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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is then Lisa is pronounced as "Lee-sah"?
OP, those names sound like beautiful Russian names to me, Lena like in Elena and Liza like in Elizaveta, haha[/quote]

OP here. Thank you! Our first was named after my Italian great grandmother but after the birth we found out it was also the name of my husband's two great grandmothers - one Russian and one Ukrainian! It was wild but also very cool to find out![/quote]

I also have an Italian great grandmother who was called Lena- short for Madelena. In Italian, Lena is pronounced Lay-na, not Lee-na. 
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OP here. I don't know what to say, mine pronounced hers as "Lee-na."

Interestingly, it seems as though in Europe Liza is pronounced as "Lee-za" 😆

I have some ancestral roots from Spain as well but I still like the "Lie-za" pronunciation better 😅[/quote]

A lot of names have different pronunciations in different languages. Some immigrants dropped their traditional names to fit in in their new country.

I wonder where in Europe you’ve heard Liza pronounced Lee-za? My relatives in England definitely pronounce my cousin Liza’s name Lie-za.

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Given that the spelling with a “z” is only in English,  Liza would only be in English speaking country and then pronounced Lie-za.
Now, it could be that someone appropriates the English spelling but then uses their native, non English pronunciation. 
As far as I know, non English European languages spell the name Elisabeth in its various iterations with an “s”[/quote]

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