Alicia

Variant English Pronunciations: ə-LIS-ə, ə-LIS-ee-ə, ə-LISH-ə, ə-LIS-yə, ə-LISH-yə, ə-LEE-shyə.

In the UK, Ah-LISS-ee-a is a common pronunciation.

Be prepared for people constantly mispronouncing your name if you use this.

A-Lee-sya is how this is pronounced. In parts of Spain the c is pronounced with sort of a lisp but it's pretty much the same pronunciation. Please stop incorrectly pronouncing this like Alisha. Americans always butcher other languages.

Can also be pronounced with the short I sound (somewhat like uh-LISH-uh, I can't write pronunciations)

My mother, who is 92, and two cousins are named Alicia. We have always pronounced it A-lish-a. My two cousins use the nicknames Ally and Sha because, even though they tell people the correct pronunciation, people still want to pronounce it as A-lee-sha. There is also a woman in one of my doctor's offices whose family pronounce it A-lish-a but everyone else wants to call her A-lee-sha so she just lets them.

Swedish Pronunciation: a-LEE-see-ah.

I do not understand why people pronounce this this name as a-lee-sha in the first place because that is not the correct pronunciation. This is my name and I was named after my grandmother who is Mexican. The correct pronunciation is a-lee-see-a because this name is in fact NOT English. It is the Spanish and Swedish form of the English name Alice and I wish people knew that before naming their daughters this and deciding to mispronounce it. If people like the a-lee-sha pronunciation so much, they should just spell it Alisha or Aleesha. I always got teased in school because the non-Spanish speaking teachers always pronounced it wrong and everyone always said that my name was ghetto when it wasn't but of course the English speaking world had to appropriate this name and ruin it's reputation by mispronouncing it just like they did with the Latin name Felicia.

I personally like my name (pronounced A-liss-ee-ah). However it is often misread or confuses people. I personally wouldn’t recommend my name as while I like it, it’s hardly ever said properly. Normally, I just let people say my name wrong as majority of the time when I tell people how to pronounce my name they still get it wrong.
Most of my friends and family call me Liss or Lissy which I prefer to my actual name. (I hope this helped)

My name is “Allysiah.” Spelled way different but pronounced “uh-lee-see-uh”.

At least in South-East Asia, it's pronounced "e-li-shia"
(first two syllables of 'elephant' + 'sheer')

The pronunciation in the UK is a-LI-see-a, using 'li' like in 'lid.' People from the States often get that wrong, and it isn't even listed with the pronunciations. In my eyes, that's the correct way to pronounce it.

Alicia is a great name. I prefer the pronunciation a-lee-see-ya.

I called my daughter Alicia. I read a book about a lady in the 1800s. I loved it and I had never heard it before. Ah -lee -see - uh..
.. she gets called Alisha. Leesh. Leeshy.
I love her name pronounced the correct way only. In 1978 it was uncommon now I see and hear it everywhere. But with different pronunciations.

I was named after a (one of many) Spanish pronunciations of the name, and I say it "a-lee-thi-a" (spelled Alicia still). I grew up disliking the name due to the fact that many people couldn't pronounce it properly and kept calling me "Alisha" or "Alithia" but recently I've come to terms with the fact that not everyone can say it properly, and that there are many other ways of saying it aloud. I've recently met two other people who spell it the same way but all three of us also say it completely differently.
(Probably not useful, but I was scrolling down this page and saw that next to no one pronounces it the same way I do).

I'm annoyed by those who insist that there is only one right way to pronounce this name (or any other). Whatever the person prefers is right for them. (Well, within reason. I would say that pronouncing it "Chumley" would be wrong.)

I have a friend who pronounces it A-LEE-ce-A, although most people who don't know how she pronounces it calls her a-LEESH-a.

In Britain and Australia, Alicia is often pronounced ə-LIS-ee-ə, as well as ə-LEE-shə.

Alicia Silverstone pronounces her first name ah-LEE-see-ah.

Pronounced AH-li-SEE-ah. It really bugs me when people pronounce it ah-lee-sha. If it was pronounced like that, it would be spelt Aleesha.

Czech and Slovak pronunciation is "ah-LEE-tsya".

Alicia is my name as well, and I was raised with it being pronounced a-LEE-sha. It's a bit of a tricky name though as people will call me a-LEE-sia, a-LISH-a, a-LISS-ia, you get the idea. I also get Amy, Adelaide, Alice, Allison, Ally, and Alexis and need to remind people it's a-LEE-sha.

My name is Alicia, and my pronunciation situation is bizarre - as pointed out, not an uncommon thing for we Alicias! It's pronounced a-LEE-sha (which I hate). My mother pronounces it a-LISH-a, though her South African accent may have something to do with it, my father completely avoids using my name, and most of my teachers pronounce it a-LISS-ee-ah (which, though by far the best pronunciation, sounds very formal), so I am baffled as to who exactly chose my pronunciation, and it seems so strange to change it now. However, probably the biggest downside to this name is that it really doesn't lend itself to a nickname that does justice to the femininity of the original.

In European Spanish Alicia sounds very much like Alethea.

My name is Alicia and I pronounce it a-LEE-sha, but I do like it pronounced other ways but I like a-LEE-sha the best.

In Spain it is pronounced a-LEE-thea.

My name is Alicia, and in Argentina it is pronounced aleesia. However, as I am an English teacher students tend to call me Alice, but I hate it. I like the sound of my name in Spanish. Why should I be called in English?

My name is Alicia and I pronounce my name a-LEE-sha. I have spent a lot of my time correcting people when they mispronounce my name. Though I do have to say that Alicia, which ever way it is pronounced, is a very pretty and feminine sounding name.

My friend pronounces it A-Lish-A.

It is greatly disturbing when people pronounce this name as a-LEE-sha or a-LEESH-a or anything that has the 'sh' sound in it. This name is Spanish, and the Spanish pronunciation is ah-LEE-sya, with the 'i' and the 'a' run together.

I know two girls named Alicia who pronounce it ah-LEE-sha.

Pronounced ah-LEE-see-ah.

Pronounced a-liss-c-ya.