Alyce

My name is Alyce and my family pronounces it as if it's "Alice". It's an old family name for myself. My aunt's name was Alyce, so was my grandmother's and my great-great aunt. Not sure why anyone has to be so nasty about the pronunciation when my family has had this name for a long time and it's never been pronounced any other way among us. I was told it's old German b/c my mom's side are mostly German/Danish and it's just handed down.

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I've met one other woman with the same spelling and she also pronounced it as "Alice".

No it's NOT Alice. It's not an alternative spelling for Alice. It is Alyce and pronounced Aleeese and it can also be spelt Alyse Elise. Why would you name your child Alice with a 'y' instead of an 'I'? You're just confusing people and undoing every Alyce in the world that has to correct people and tell them it is NOT ALICE! I love when people pronounce it properly the first time. It makes me think there are smart people out there that realize there must be a difference in pronunciation if it has a 'y' in it.

I knew a girl who spelled it Alyce but pronounced it like Elise with an 'a'.

It's pronounced Uh-leese, with the A as an 'uh' sound, stressing leese rather than the other way around as in ALice. It is not Alice with a y. It is an alternative spelling of the name Elise, which is said exactly the same as Alyce (or Alyse, or Elyse).

This name isn't always pronounced AL-is, or the same as 'Alice', but also 'A-leese', which is more similar to the French pronunciation of 'Alice'.