Lisette

[Anonymous]

OP, I don’t think most people are going to pronounce it how you are expecting

[Anonymous]

She will be called lizzard

[Anonymous]

It just screams “Heathers” to me, but yes it’s also very pretty

[Anonymous]

I don’t really like it OP, but it’s also not a “bad” name or something. Use it if you love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It just screams “Heathers” to me, but yes it’s also very pretty

PP again. I stand corrected! I was thinking of Lisanne, not Lisette.

[Anonymous]

I knew a Lisette in middle school (in the early ‘00’s) who pronounced it Liz-Ett, with perhaps a softer z/s sound. I think it’s a pretty and charming name.

[Anonymous]

My mother had a wonderful friend named Lisette, pronounced the same way you indicate, who was from Switzerland. Very sweet lady. I have never met another Lisette.

[Anonymous]

It’s beautiful name - trust your own instincts.

[Anonymous]

You and your child will forever be explaining how to pronounce it.

[Anonymous]

It's not hard to pronounce and it's charming. Go for it! Especially if your last name is French.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like someone trying to be fancy.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t it mean “little Lisa”?

Could you name her Lisa or Elisabeth and then use Lisette as a sweet nickname?

[Anonymous]

I think Lisette is a very pretty name.

My DH, who is French, says he thinks it’s desuet (old fashioned) and paysan (rural, I guess not necessarily a bad thing). Random sample size of one. Plus, if you’re not actually going to be living in France, who cares?

I really like the idea of naming your little girl Elisabeth, and using Lisette as a very lovely nickname.

[Anonymous]

I would pronounce it with an "s" sound.

Liss-ette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two--one hispanic, one caucasian. Both pronounced "lih-SET". I think it's pretty! I'm not a fan of it with a "z" sound though.

I grew up in San Diego and knew a lot of hispanic kids with this name. I think it's pretty, but to me it's definitely an "ethnic" name, sort of on par with Yolanda? I've always heard as is "lizETTE."

Latina here. Very different. Yolanda is a classic, Lisette is a French name associated with uneducated people trying to sound fancy(at least within my subgroup).

OP, I think it’s tacky, but I’m obviously biased.

+1. Definitely sounds like someone trying to be fancy.