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I really loathe it. I don’t like -issa endings. They feel frilly and prissy to me. And Alyssa is particularly whiny. I think of a spoiled child, though one from the 90s.

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I like Alison best of the Alice names. I find Alicia repulsive when said with an American accent. Leesh. Yuck. I think to me Alicia is even worse than Alyssa, even though it feels more “legitimate.”

Again?

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Why does this boring name keep getting discussed on the boards? I'm very confused.

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Elissa is better, I think (because of the Dido association).

I think it is beautiful. My SIL has this name after Alyssum flowers. I don't have a strong impression of it as a dated, because I don't know many people who bear it, but it also feels modern to me Moreno than classic. Maybe because the y in the middle reflects modern tastes even if it comes from Alys.

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I like Alys best. It has a crispness to it that Alice lacks. Alice is my second favorite for simplicity sake.

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I hate Alicia. So many bad personal associations.

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Alison is fine.

I like it and Alice and Allison, not dated

I am most partial to Alyson because of a childhood friend of mine and later a lovely coworker I had that both had this spelling. For some reason both Alysons I have known were very impactful people in my life so even though I usually hate Y's casually replacing I's this is one of my very rare exceptions to my head Canon. I don't mind Alyssa it's fine, I knew several growing up it's Definitely a product of my generation specifically here but I have no issue with it, it still has a pleasant sound. I've warmed up a lot more to Alice the last few months tbh before it was my equivalent to plain Jane but it does have it's own unique energy to it. I generally dislike Alicia as it reminds me too much of my pet peeve Felicia but I'll tell you what I do like Aleesia but with the traditional spanish pronunciation of ah-LEE-see-ah, but because everyone and their brother would call such a person Alicia instinctively I'd never use it besides maybe a middle.

This message was edited 6/26/2021, 1:53 PM

It feels late-70s to me. Definitely not classic!

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I prefer Alice, and then Alison. I might be talked into Alys, but only as a mn. The others don't interest me at all.

My first thought when I see Alyssa is the actress Alyssa Milano. I don’t mind Alyssa or Alicia when pronounced Aliceea not Aleesha but my favourite will always be Alice as it’s a classic.

Alyssa doesn’t seem all the classic to me to be honest. I feel pretty much neutral on its meaning. I don’t care for the name either way.

This is a name I would probably use today except our daughter's close friend is named Alyssa. It's not what I'd call a classic, though of course its roots are. But it's not exactly a flash in the pan either. It's very much in style.
I like Allison a lot too, I think it's closer to being a classic, or at least a modern classic, than Alyssa is.
I don't like Alice, it's frumpy and brassy at the same time. The other variations belong in Merry Olde England in Ye Olden Days, I think.