Comments on: Name of the Day: Lewis http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Baby Name of the Day: Herschel | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-27292 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:03:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-27292 [...] Lewis, known for his gory horror flicks in the 1960s and [...]

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]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-1603 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:11:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1603 Katharine, thank you for the lesson in slang! Let’s consider my clever nickname suggestion a few notches less appealing. *Blushes.*

I love Llewellyn myself, but my aunt and uncle live in an upscale gated community called Llewellyn Park, so it has rather different associations for me.

I forgot to mention this in the original post, but one of the funny things about Louis/Lewis is this – the most popular variant of the name in the US today is NEITHER. Instead, the Latino Luis is the clear frontrunner.

]]> By: Corinne http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-1590 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:43:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1590 I adore Lewis, and used to be considering it for a boy before my aunt broke up with her fiance, Louis, called Louie. Llewellyn is definitely growing on me, but possibly as a middle name…? I really can’t believe that Louis is more popular than Lewis in the US, I’d think it would have some sort of following as a surname name that is also a first name. It’s legit, and a “misspelling” to the untrained eye. Shame, really, I truly love it. I’m not sure how much of a nickname Lash could be, it realy just reminds me of lashes, as in abuse, which isn’t something you want your child associated with. I think Lew is cuter than Lou, but there isn’t a great way to spell Louie for Lewis. Lewwie? Lewy?
We’re hoping to make Scotland our Christmas vacation trip with the girls, so I’m hoping to get some glimpse of the many Lewis-es! When we went to England you couldn’t swing a four foot stick without finding a baby Ruby, it was magnificent!

]]> By: Katharine http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-1589 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:55:05 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1589 Oh dear I’m really not a fan of Lewis and far prefer the French, regal sounding Louis (they are completely separate names to me too Lola!)

Llewellyn sounds too Welsh for me – its a fairly common Welsh surname and I wouldn’t be able to get past that, I’ll admit that it does sound rather dashing though! (An interesting middle name perhaps?)

As for Lash, perhaps Lash doesn’t have the same connotations in the US, but in the UK ‘going out on the lash’ is a euphemism for getting drunk! :-)

]]> By: coolteamblt http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-1585 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:44:59 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1585 I adore all the variants of this name. I like Llewellyn, although I think it sounds a pretty feminine to the average American ear. Lewis seems like a more cowboy-ish choice because of the popularity of Lewis and Clark around here, where Louis has pronounciation issues. LOO-is or LOO-ee? I think Lash would be a bit much as nickname, but if he’s a football star or something, it might work.

]]> By: Lola http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/05/name-of-the-day-lewis/#comment-1584 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1584 Even with my Scottish roots, I prefer Louis (as Lou-ee, not Lewis) They’re two completely different names to this Yankee, which drives most everyone I know bananas. They’re the same for most everyone I know. Lewis is also primarity a surname to me. Of all the possibly relateds you posted, Llewellyn is easily my favorite of the bunch. I like Llewellyn’s sweeping style.
Lash seems rather kinky to me too, but then, I think in twisted ways… so maybe that’s just me. To most he’d probably sound Western/Cowboy-ish . I rarely, if ever agree with Redmond & Satran. I own several of their books but when I read them, my DH makes fun of me, I argue with the printed word!

Overall, Lewis is kind of cool though. He’s snappy sounding, handsome, easy for just about anyone to figure out and he gets a bonus for this Scrabble fan, his W! I just prefer the lighthearted sound of Louis to the slightly ponderous Lewis. I’d rather meet a Lewis and yet another -aiden/Jacoob or *sigh* Gavin.

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