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Anonymous wrote: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

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!

I also have an Italian great grandmother who was called Lena- short for Madelena. In Italian, Lena is pronounced Lay-na, not Lee-na.

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 😅

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.

I love it, OP. I knew a Liza growing up, and it wasn’t short for anything. No one was confused about the pronunciation. It’s unambiguously lye-zuh, like to lie down.

People on here are nuts. Liza is very obviously pronounced Lie-za. Like Eliza. No one is going to pronunce it Leeza or Liz-ah unless they are very stupid. Wouldn't worry about it at all, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Leeza would be spelled that way. Liza is pronounced Lie-zah.

OP here. My first is named Lena. 50% of the time people get her name pronunciation right as "Lee-na" and others say "Len-a."

With both names, it it a matter of pronouncing a short or long vowel for the "e" and "i."

Again, just curious as to how people would pronounce Liza and if there was a "preferred" way, if there is such a thing 😅

That's interesting because I have a friend whose first is named Lena and she pronounces it Len-ah

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Anonymous wrote:Why not spell it Lyza? You’re more likely to get the pronunciation you want than 100 variations of Lisa.

OP here. Unfortunately that way of spelling feels way too Gen Z to me 🫣😆

Well then maybe it would be better as a middle name?

Anonymous wrote:Why not spell it Lyza? You’re more likely to get the pronunciation you want than 100 variations of Lisa.

I would pronounce that Liz-ah

Lie - Zah

My sister is an Eliza and never really liked going by Liza, partly for this reason. I would assume the pronunciation is Lie-zah, but a mother at my kids’ school is Liza and pronounces it “Lisa” surprisingly. There’s actually also a mother Lena who pronounces it Len-ah, which also surprises me. Both are children of immigrant parents from non-English speaking countries, so I don’t know if that’s a factor.

Anonymous wrote:Why not spell it Lyza? You’re more likely to get the pronunciation you want than 100 variations of Lisa.

OP here. Unfortunately that way of spelling feels way too Gen Z to me 🫣😆

Why not spell it Lyza? You’re more likely to get the pronunciation you want than 100 variations of Lisa.

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Anonymous wrote: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

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!

I also have an Italian great grandmother who was called Lena- short for Madelena. In Italian, Lena is pronounced Lay-na, not Lee-na.

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 😅

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Anonymous wrote:I've been set on the name for 6 months and had it in my head that the name would be pronounced like "Ly-za" but curious what people think about both that pronunciation and the other way of "Lee-za?"

Obviously I know it will be my choice, just curious to hear people's thoughts.

There's only one way to pronounce it: LIE-za.

Your daughter would be correcting people for the rest of her life.

Incorrrect; there are multiple ways.
The Liza I know pronounces it Lee-sah. Agree she will spend her life correcting people, no matter the intended pronunciation.

yeah, cause that's Lisa.

Nicknames are sometimes odd. Long ago I worked with a Margaret. She apparently went by Peggy, up until a divorce. When she remarried, she took her new spouse's last name, and decided to go by Meg. So there was the gap at work of those who would refer to her as Peggy (in a work conversation) and catch themselves and correct to Meg.

Anonymous wrote:I would say LIE-zuh but I know somebody who spells it that way and says LEE-suh. I'm afraid it's one of those names where your kid will have to correct people.

100%

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Anonymous wrote: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

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!

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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Anonymous wrote:I've been set on the name for 6 months and had it in my head that the name would be pronounced like "Ly-za" but curious what people think about both that pronunciation and the other way of "Lee-za?"

Obviously I know it will be my choice, just curious to hear people's thoughts.

There's only one way to pronounce it: LIE-za.

Your daughter would be correcting people for the rest of her life.

Incorrrect; there are multiple ways.
The Liza I know pronounces it Lee-sah. Agree she will spend her life correcting people, no matter the intended pronunciation.

Well, my name is spelled "Fred" but I pronounce it "Tom".