Louis

In French, the "S" is usually silent, so I don't see what the argument is. It is the same thing with the German W sounding like V. Names are pronounced differently in different languages. It's not rocket science people. LOO-is or LOO-ee, who cares?

It is also correctly pronounced "LOO-is" as in St. Louis, Missouri. I'm not sure why people here are acting like the LOO-is pronunciation is incorrect. I have multiple family members with this name in the U.S. and they pronounce it LOO-is.

To say Loo-is in an incorrect pronunciation is failing to recognize other world cultures and historical context. The name has been pronounced different ways all throughout history in different languages. If Loo-is is "incorrect" because it's not the original pronunciation, then LOO-ee is also incorrect, because it "should" be the French loo-EE, kind of like the English pronunciation of Marie (Ma-REE) as opposed to Mary (MAR-ee). All pronunciations of Louis are correct depending on what part of the world you live in, what language you speak, and how your name was intended for you.

If you live in the UK I'd recommend only using this spelling for the pronunciation LOO-ee. Any I've known in England have used that pronunciation, and used Lewis for LOO-is, so it'd avoid a lot of confusion.

Pronounced Loo-ee, not Loo-is. If you want a name pronounced Lewis, just spell it that way. Never understood why people choose the spelling Louis just to pronounce it incorrectly, especially in a time when the internet (and therefore the correct pronunciation) is easy to find.

The correct pronunciation is whichever the bearer prefers. I'm sick and tired of people who think the pronunciation of a name is engraved in stone.

I much prefer the French pronunciation of Louis and I'm Canadian. I like this name but I think people will pronounce it wrong sometimes. I know a Louis that pronounces it [Lou-is].

My son is named Louis. In Australia, most people read it as "Lew-IS" since there is virtually no French heritage or knowledge of how to pronounce it the popular European way of "Loo-EE". So we have taken to the notion of letting the formal pronunciation be "Lew-IS", and his nickname be pronounced "Loo-EE". This way, everyone is right. Problem solved.

I have a lot of family named Louis. If I call them Lewis it's a joke. Louis is Loo-ee or else it would be Lewis.

The English pronunciation is NOT LOO-is. This is a mistake, albeit a common one in America. "Lewis" is the English form, with the audible S.

Louis in French is actually pronounced 'lwee', in one syllable, not two.