Not Nole Lou so much, but the name Lou.
I have an extremely unusual last name with an odd spelling/pronunciation. I've spent my entire life with nobody being able to pronounce or spell may last name. That's totally fine.
But in the last ten years, I have now found that virtually nobody I encounter in a public setting under 30 years old understands the name Lou or Louis...at all. I find it extremely odd. It's never been the most common name, but now I constantly encounter people that simply don't process it as, like as an available name.
I mean, if I came across someone named Mortimer or Abel, I would find that unusual, but I would definitely recognize it as a name that exists. That's not what I get...I get people responding as if I said my name was chair, or Toledo or neeeeeeeee.
When I get called in a place like a doctor's office where I've written my name down, I constantly see people struggle with it like they used to my last name. Almost always they call for me as the female "Louise", which strikes me as a WAY less common and more old timey name that Louis. It's not like my name is Robevt and people are saying Robert. It feels like they are pulling a MORE uncommon version. If not Louise, they sometimes call for Luis, which makes some sense to me, as they may encounter that more frequently at least.
When I have to verbally give my name, like at a restaurant, they almost always settle on "Blue".
And what's the name on that?
"Lou"
I'm sorry, what?
"Lou"
Clue?
No, "Lou"
Uh ok...sir.
5 minutes later...
"Order for Blue!"
How am I in a world where someone being named Blue is more comprehensible than someone named Lou. I mean, there was Old School and all, but I haven't seen that result in a huge uptick in the number of people named Blue I run into.
I'm not particularly bothered by it, as I've spent my whole life going through it with my last name, I'm used to it. But it gives me this super weird Mandela effect or Glitch in the Matrix feeling like this name never actually existed. I mean, there were several famous people named Lou or Louis or Lew in the culture or sports or fictional characters during my life to establish it as a name...I guess they've all disappeared in the last couple decades?
So, if you don't mind...
First, how old are you?
And second, how unusual is the name Lou on a scale of 1-10? Not uncommon, but unusual as being a name?
1 - I didn't know it could be a name until I read this post
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - I can see it being a name now that you mention it, but I might not assume it was a name
6-
7-
8-
9-
10 - Yeah, it's easily recognizable as being a standard if uncommon name
I have an extremely unusual last name with an odd spelling/pronunciation. I've spent my entire life with nobody being able to pronounce or spell may last name. That's totally fine.
But in the last ten years, I have now found that virtually nobody I encounter in a public setting under 30 years old understands the name Lou or Louis...at all. I find it extremely odd. It's never been the most common name, but now I constantly encounter people that simply don't process it as, like as an available name.
I mean, if I came across someone named Mortimer or Abel, I would find that unusual, but I would definitely recognize it as a name that exists. That's not what I get...I get people responding as if I said my name was chair, or Toledo or neeeeeeeee.
When I get called in a place like a doctor's office where I've written my name down, I constantly see people struggle with it like they used to my last name. Almost always they call for me as the female "Louise", which strikes me as a WAY less common and more old timey name that Louis. It's not like my name is Robevt and people are saying Robert. It feels like they are pulling a MORE uncommon version. If not Louise, they sometimes call for Luis, which makes some sense to me, as they may encounter that more frequently at least.
When I have to verbally give my name, like at a restaurant, they almost always settle on "Blue".
And what's the name on that?
"Lou"
I'm sorry, what?
"Lou"
Clue?
No, "Lou"
Uh ok...sir.
5 minutes later...
"Order for Blue!"
How am I in a world where someone being named Blue is more comprehensible than someone named Lou. I mean, there was Old School and all, but I haven't seen that result in a huge uptick in the number of people named Blue I run into.
I'm not particularly bothered by it, as I've spent my whole life going through it with my last name, I'm used to it. But it gives me this super weird Mandela effect or Glitch in the Matrix feeling like this name never actually existed. I mean, there were several famous people named Lou or Louis or Lew in the culture or sports or fictional characters during my life to establish it as a name...I guess they've all disappeared in the last couple decades?
So, if you don't mind...
First, how old are you?
And second, how unusual is the name Lou on a scale of 1-10? Not uncommon, but unusual as being a name?
1 - I didn't know it could be a name until I read this post
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - I can see it being a name now that you mention it, but I might not assume it was a name
6-
7-
8-
9-
10 - Yeah, it's easily recognizable as being a standard if uncommon name