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Like I said in your earlier thread, I had a friend named Elissa in high school. I think it's perfectly usable as a first name, BUT, people actually seemed to have more trouble spelling it than they did pronouncing it. (I don't really see any difference in the pronunciations you posted here, for what it's worth. If I try REALLY hard I can say them a little differently, but I imagine I'd get exhausted trying to call a child that way :P) Everyone seemed to know she didn't spell it Alyssa, but for some reason, they had trouble getting to Elissa.

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I guess I like the combo Hope Elissa, of the two you posted, but don't care for either first name much.