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Louisa is lovely. It's one of my favorite of my family names, and I'm considering it as an unofficial middle name (seeing as I don't have one). I use the Z pronounciation (I think, said it a few times and the Z hisses. 'Tis odd). And I like the Louisa spelling much better, it just looks so much better.

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Louisa and Teresa are not singsongy at all, especially for different people and especially for non siblings. It doesn't even sound alike. It's fine, no one will notice.

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And I can't decide between Louisa and Lucia. They're both on my favorites. I love them both. Don't make me pick.

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Edit: I spelled between with double w's. Are there any words with double double-u's? Will that make it quad-u's? Are uw or wu triple u's?

This message was edited 7/21/2006, 1:43 AM

1. No. I perfer Louisa
2. No! I think it's cute. It's only annoying when they're siblings.
3. Luisa. I can't stand Lucia.
4. I dont't! I'm horrible with those things...

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L'Eau Qui Pleure

1) Would you choose Luisa over Louisa in order to get this pronunciation?
Probably not. But then, Louisa is a family name, so I probably wouldn't mess with the spelling because of that. There's nothing wrong with Luisa, that's just my preference.

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2) Would it be too sing songy to have a daughter named Luisa which kind of rhymes with my name, Teresa?
Maybe some people would think so, but I think it's perfectly fine. My name is Amelia and I want to name my daughter Cecilia or Ophelia. See? They rhyme! And if other people don't like it, too bad! It's none of their business.

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3)Which do you prefer, Luisa or Lucia (loo-SEE-a)? I love both and can't decide.
Luisa. People would probably call Lucia "Loosh-ya".

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4) MN Suggestions?
Ashley
Gabrielle
Charlotte
Caroline (the end is pronounced "line", not "lyn", which would be different and not a good match for Luisa/Louisa)
Ariel

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Though it depends on her last name, of course. These could be totally bad.

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~only this moment~
*holds us together*
~close to perfection~
*nothing else out there*

1) Maybe. I still prefer the Louisa version, mostly because Luisa is more hispanic and italian, of which I am neither.
2) No, not at all.
3) Luisa. I do like Lucia, but I pronounce it Loo-sha.
4) Louisa....
Claire
Maria / Marie
Noelle
Nicole
Christine
Thea
Faye
Gabrielle
Isabelle
Nell
Sofia
I'm not very good with this mn thing.

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Honestly, I don't hear enough of a difference between your Luisa and Louisa for it to matter to me. I see what you're saying, but it seems like such a fine point to me. I imagine you'd get both sounds no matter how it was spelled, depending on who was saying it.

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I like the sound of Lucia A LOT more than Louisa/Luisa.

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I think it's fine as a daughter to Theresa.

1) I like Louisa better, even for pronunciation.

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2) It is a bit sing songy.

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3) It'd pick Luisa

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4) I'm bad with middle names, sorry!

1. Me personally? Yes, because when I see Louisa I think and say Z. When I see Luisa I think and say S.

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2. Not at all. I wouldn't name a daughter Luisa Teresa but I don't think Luisa is so terribly similar to Teresa that they can't be members of the same family.

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3. I prefer Lucia. I like Louisa and Luisa, just not as much as Lucia.

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4. How 'bout: Marisol, Jasmine, Blythe, Rachel, Grace, Gretchen, Miriam, Isadora, Hyacinth, Danielle, Simone, Nicolette, Caroline, Francesca, Paulette, Chloe

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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

I'd use Louisa because I just dislike the look of Luisa. It's been my experience that when Louisa is lazily pronounced, you get the loo-EE-sah prn anyway. I knew a girl my freshman year whose name was Louisa, and everyone pronounced her name loo-EE-sah.

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I don't think anyone would really even notice that your name rhymes with your daughter's.

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I much prefer Luisa.

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This message was edited 7/20/2006, 2:20 PM

Lucia LOOKS prettier. I think I prefer that. I do feel that Luisa would more often achieve the pronunciation that you want.