Anonymous
02/08/2022 10:47
Subject: Lisette
Anonymous wrote: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.
You're also obviously someone who engages in lazy thinking and likes to advance nasty stereotypes. I'm a Latina with a cousin named Lisette, who has a PhD. Our parents' generation includes physicians, teachers, and librarians. Other cousins in our generation include physicians, lawyers, architects and MBAs, so I'd say we're pretty well-educated as a group. As far as "trying to sound fancy", that's pretty subjective, but I'll say we're not people who judge others as "tacky" just because they like different names than we do.
Read again.
Anonymous
02/08/2022 10:09
Subject: Lisette
Why not name Elizabeth, nn Lisette?
Anonymous
02/08/2022 10:06
Subject: Lisette
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."
[/b]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.[b]
You're also obviously someone who engages in lazy thinking and likes to advance nasty stereotypes. I'm a Latina with a cousin named Lisette, who has a PhD. Our parents' generation includes physicians, teachers, and librarians. Other cousins in our generation include physicians, lawyers, architects and MBAs, so I'd say we're pretty well-educated as a group. As far as "trying to sound fancy", that's pretty subjective, but I'll say we're not people who judge others as "tacky" just because they like different names than we do.
Anonymous
02/08/2022 09:49
Subject: Lisette
It’s a diminutive. I would call dd Elizabeth or Eliza with nickname Lizette.
Anonymous
02/08/2022 09:46
Subject: Lisette
Aw, I had a friend named that when I was very little. Not sure if it was spelled the same way or not. Anyway, I like it, and if your daughter doesn't seem to "fit" the name or she doesn't like it, nickname "Liz" works.
Anonymous
02/07/2022 13:04
Subject: Lisette
Reminds me of a popular Latina cheerleader I went to high school with.
Anonymous
02/07/2022 09:41
Subject: Re:Lisette
I know a Filipina Lisette, also liz EHT. I think it's pretty
Anonymous
02/07/2022 09:22
Subject: Lisette
I prefer Lise, Elise, Héloïse. Lisette is more of a nickname and as PP said the connotations in French are not flattering (on par with Cosette). It’s ok for a nickname for a little girl. Of course you don’t have to factor this in if it doesn’t bother you.
Anonymous
02/07/2022 09:08
Subject: Lisette
It's okay as a nickname for Elizabeth
Anonymous
02/07/2022 09:06
Subject: Re:Lisette
I like it but agree it will be mispronounced. I would call her Lisa but if I had had a girl, I would have named her Lisa so....
Anonymous
02/06/2022 22:01
Subject: Lisette
Anonymous wrote:Like or not? I thought it sounded so pretty. Pronounced lee- zet.
Lovely. I've known French people and Latinas with this name. It's nicer with a softer pronunciation, though ... more like Liz-ETTE.
Anonymous
02/06/2022 13:50
Subject: Lisette
I have only heard it pronounced Lee-ZET. It is beautiful.
Anonymous
02/06/2022 13:11
Subject: Lisette
Not really my style but I think it's pretty! 
Anonymous
02/06/2022 11:05
Subject: Lisette
Pretty, but prefer Elise. Similar (French derivative of Elizabeth) but prettier IMO.
Anonymous
02/06/2022 09:35
Subject: Re:Lisette
I knew a Lisette, always thought it was a pretty name. Her name was pronounced with an s sound, not a z.