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My best friend in high school was Annaliese.

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She pronounced it anna-LEES.

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She hated that so many people shortened it to just "Ann."

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She preferred to be called by the full length of her name and she wished it had been spelled the classic way, Anneliese.

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I don't like Liesel. It sounds like diesel and I have the same pronunciation problems that I have with Laurel.

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Annie is extremely boring for a name like Anneliese.

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Bullying potential:
As someone mentioned below it can be anal-ease. It can also be on-a-leash.

This message was edited 10/18/2017, 7:21 AM

i love it because of the character Annelise Keating. she chooses it for herself because she thinks it sounds professional, which i agree it does.

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i prefer the spelling Annelise, unless youre in a German/Dutch speaking area. Annie is a cute nickname.

I like it, but I'm used to hearing it pronounced AN-uh-lees, which is the main pronunciation in English. The spelling is thus more commonly Annalise, but I don't like the way that looks, I think Anneliese looks much prettier. Though I imagine this might cause confusion if she were to visit Germany or the Netherlands... or Belgium, or Luxembourg...

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Annelise is also pretty (basically, I prefer that one letter to be an E rather than an A), but perhaps the least intuitive of all spellings.

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As for nicknames, Annie would be more easily acquired in an Anglophone country, if she would get a nickname at all. In a Germanic country Liesel would be cute.

I used to like Anneliese and its variants until someone told me it looked like the product Anal-ease which was a product sold at one of those at home sex product parties. I never knew and know I can't unsee it.

It's so dated where I live! That makes it hard for me to be objective, I think, but objectively it's very long and has a clumsy rhythm. I think there are better ways of having a daughter known as Liesel or Annie!

I love Anneliese if it's anna-LEES. Not a big fan of the Annalisa pronunciation (though I do like Annalisa spelled like that).

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Liesel reminds me of diesel but Annie is cute.

In my experience (my roommate and one of my closest friends is called Liesl), in a majority English-speaking country, Liesel is a problematic name to have, even with the Sound of Music reference. In terms of nicknames making a slightly complicated name more simple and user-friendly on a day-to-day basis, I'd say Annie is the one to go with. Liesel might work as a family nickname.

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That being said, there's nothing I don't like about it. I don't LOVE it and wouldn't use it, but if I met a child or adult with the name, I'd be like, what a great name! I would immediately think they had Dutch/Scandinavian/Germanic roots though.

I like it spelled this way or Annelies only, not Annalise though. I like Annie.

It depends how you pronounce it. I like it with the German pronunciation (the last e pronounced) more than I do with the French (last e silent). Liesel is a good nickname for it.

Anneliese is one of my absolute favorite names. Gorgeous yet strong and not too common. I've never met an Anneliese/Annalise. I love it!

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Dislike any nicknames for it, I think Anneliese on its own is gorgeous.

nt

This message was edited 10/17/2017, 2:47 AM