Why not Lois?

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

So the name Eloise seems to have risen in popularity over the last few months. I love it. I think it is a classic name from the 1920s that reminds me of Art Deco and the Plaza. However, I was wondering how many of you think the name Lois will rise in proportion with Eloise?

Lois (LOW-iss)
Hebrew Origin
Meaning: "Good"

In France and Germany there would be an umlat over the i in Lois, making it sound like Eloise without the E at the front.

While Eloise was only ranked 198 at its highest point Lois was 22.

For those of you who like Eloise, why do you think Lois hasn't enjoyed the same rise in popularity?

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Agreed - an umlaut is a diacritic, and ï is not an umlauted letter. The double-dot is a diaresis and appears on the French version though, among other languages, and in some English words like naïve and names like Chloë or Zoë.

[A diaresis goes on the second vowel where two are combined, to show that you pronounce them separately rather than together - zo-ee instead of zoh, ny-ive instead of nayve (an umlaut/diacritic shows that the vowel sound changes to a different combined sound - 'a' (Land) becomes 'eh' (Länder)).]