For the Dutch pronunciation of Lowie, you can listen to the audio clips featured on the websites below:• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Lowie/nl/ (in Dutch) • https://youtu.be/MJcXmE9bd08 (in Dutch; this bearer is Flemish and the name is said at 0:00)Converted to IPA, it should be: /lo:.'ʋi/Also, the pronunciation indicates to me that this name is a 'dutchization' of the French name Louis. It seems unlikely to have started out as a diminutive of Lodewijk, as in the Dutch language, the stress is never placed on the part that contains the diminutive suffix (which would be -ie in this case). If Lowie were a diminutive, the stress would have been on the first syllable.Another thing that indicates a French origin for the name, is the fact that as an official name on birth certificates, Lowie is significantly more common in Belgium (specifically Flanders) than in the Netherlands. The French language has a much stronger presence in Belgium than it ever did in the Netherlands - both past and present. As such, it makes sense for Lowie to be a result of this strong French influence. [noted -ed]• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Lowie (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017) • http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Lowie&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Lowie/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/MJcXmE9bd08 (in Dutch; this bearer is Flemish and the name is said at 0:00)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /lo:.'ʋi/
Also, the pronunciation indicates to me that this name is a 'dutchization' of the French name Louis. It seems unlikely to have started out as a diminutive of Lodewijk, as in the Dutch language, the stress is never placed on the part that contains the diminutive suffix (which would be -ie in this case). If Lowie were a diminutive, the stress would have been on the first syllable.
Another thing that indicates a French origin for the name, is the fact that as an official name on birth certificates, Lowie is significantly more common in Belgium (specifically Flanders) than in the Netherlands. The French language has a much stronger presence in Belgium than it ever did in the Netherlands - both past and present. As such, it makes sense for Lowie to be a result of this strong French influence. [noted -ed]
• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Lowie (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Lowie&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)