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I say it more like ANNA-leese.

In my Australian accent:

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'A' as in ant
'NN' as in dinner
'E' as in garden (unstressed neutral vowel known as a schwa)
'L' as in leg
'IE' as in grief
'SE' as in case

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The emphasis is on the 'LIESE'.

I say ann-eh-LEES. In German, it's ahn-uh-LEE-suh.

Ann-eh-leese.

An-na-leese

I say ah-ne-LEE-suh...which I don't think sounds much like either of the prn in your post.

I say ANN-uh-lees.

'ANN-uh-leeze'.

Well, I'm German and I've only ever heard it pronounced AN-ne-lee-suh. So it doesn't sound like analyze at all.

I pronounce it the same way as you. I too find it more appealing than the German pronunciation. I think it's a beautiful name by the way.

I don't think it's like analyze... In the German pronunciation, there are four syllables... And it's an EE sound as opposed to a Y sound. Ann-ah-LEE-zah.

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As for me, I pronouce it ann-ah-LEE-sah. Basically the German/Danish way (I have a friend Annelise who is Danish so I'm sure that's why) but with more of an s sound than a z.

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But, basically, your way is right. anh- or ann- or -leese or -ah... It all works. It's about personal preference, because this name is pronounced so many different ways all over the world.

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ETA: I just talked to my friend Annelise, and she said that when she's in the US it's "ann-ah-LEE-sah" but when she's in Amsterdam it's "ahn-nah-LEE-zer" ish. But I suppose you could denote that in a few different ways. Basically, there is more of a long a at the beginning, more of a z sound towards the end, and a bit of an r tacked on, hehe. But yeah, like I said, it's kind of up to you.

This message was edited 6/7/2008, 9:56 AM

In Denmark...

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It's pronounced as an-ne-LEE-suh, because Liese are German for the (Danish) Lise, which we pronounced the same way.

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So in effect, Anneliese is spelled Annelise in Denmark. (Mostly spelled Anne-Lise or Anne Lise though.) Just useless facts I suppose.

My name is Annaliese and I pronounce it as you do when in the UK, and use the German pronounciation in Germany (because I go there often)

I have always said "ANN-uh-leece"

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S xx

I pronounce it like you do. The prn on BtN is actually the way it'd be pronounced in Germany.