Louise ("loo-EEZ") gmv.
Louisa ("loo-EE-zuh") is nice, and doubtless is the more popular form at the moment. But I'm a contrarian and just felt like voting for the more stream-lined French form.
My favorite variant is
Aloisia ("al-o-EE-see-uh").
This message was edited 4/28/2008, 4:15 PM