How would you pronounce this?
An acquaintance recently named her baby girl Allyse and I cannot figure out if it's supposed to be pronounced like Elise (uh-leese) or Alice. The nickname, Ally, makes me lean towards Alice, but the spelling makes me think it's Elise . What do you think the pronunciation is? Has anyone come across this name before?
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I would guess like Elise. I would be my inclination to call her that. Maybe instead of el LEESE, it is al LEESE. I don't think it is name on it's own but a creative spelling. And it is too creative if we don't know how to pronounce it!
Can you ask what the correct pronounciation is?
Can you ask what the correct pronounciation is?
I'd say it "al-EEZE"
Could be wrong, but that's how I'd say it. Like the name Al, plus "eez". I've never come across it, but it looks vaguely French to me.
Could be wrong, but that's how I'd say it. Like the name Al, plus "eez". I've never come across it, but it looks vaguely French to me.
It's probably like Elise, but who knows.
Like Elise. If it were spelled Allyce I would think Alice, but my brain wants to say uh-leese with that s in there.
This is actually a name one of my friends used for her daughter who is about 8 now. She says it like Elise. She used it because she wanted to call her Ally (which she is 95% of the time). I'm still not sure why she couldn't have been Alexandra or something if her FN was never going to be used anyway...but that's a whole other thing. It's really unfortunate because the name Elise is so pretty. Some people.
There's a DIY vlog girl named Allyce King who pronounces her name like Elise. I would have no guess otherwise.... because until I actually just looked up a vlog by Allyce King I assumed she pronounced her name like Alice =/
I think it's Alice, though, like you, the spelling looks like Elise. One would wish people wouldn't do this.
I also wish people wouldn't do this - it makes for awkward mispronunciations and a lifetime of misspellings for the child.
First thing I said in my head was uh-lees
Looks more like "a-LIS" to me.
Estimation
I would estimate that it's uh-LEES, but I could be wrong.
I would estimate that it's uh-LEES, but I could be wrong.