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Which pronunciation of Lourdes do you personally use/prefer?
...It's like "lured" in my accent

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Also, could it work on an American child not of Spanish/Latin descent (for instance, a black or bi-racial child)?
...Absolutely.

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Is it too "Madonna?"
...Yes, too much for me. But probably a lot of people have been inspired to use it by her, I would guess.

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- chazda

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I believe the correct pronunciation is something like LOORDZ, and I have no idea if the 'popular' one (something like LOOR-dess) is legit at all. I also think it's a bit odd on a non-Spanish child, but not horrible. I recently cared for triplets (Caucasian), two boys and a girl, named Liam, Logan & Lourdes (LOOR-dess). The names together were extremely trendy and cutesy together imo, not good at all. But that's the only actual "Lourdes" I've ever met. :b

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ETA: I clicked on the link. I was wrong about the correct pronunciation (no Z sound on the end), but the LOOR-dess one is not even close! lol

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~Heather~

This message was edited 1/11/2006, 2:56 PM

I prefer Loor-dez

It is very Madonna... and despite that fact I think it is a beautiful name... I think that it could work on an American child and I pronounce it Lor-dus

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"Never make someone a priority, who only makes you an option."

If I used the name, I would pronounce it like the place is said in English. That is, "loords". But I think Madonna uses the Spanish pron, "loor-dez".

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I think it would work on a non-Hispanic child, depending on which pronunciation you use.

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"If you want to make a sound like James Blunt singing, simply take one fork, and drag it down a greasy plate."

I like the one-syllable LORDS pronounciation, and I do like the name on a girl. I think it is a little too Madonna, though.

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- Maria

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I tend to pronounce it "lor-DEHS" and I think it could totally work on a child that's not of Hispanic descent. If I'm not mistaken, I think the name Lourdes is actually French.

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If I heard of a little girl named Lourdes, Madonna wouldn't be the first thing that popped in my mind, though admittedly, it might the first thing others think of.

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It's a very nice name. :) Do you have any ideas for middle names?

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