Ilsa/Ilse

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ladycarlotta · 22/07/2018 20:36

DP suggested the name Ilsa the other day, like Ingrid Bergman's character in Casablanca, and I rather like it. However, I keep mis-spelling it Isla! Given that's the name of the moment rn, will poor Ilsa forever be mistaken for an Isla?

I wondered about using the alternate spelling Ilse, but I don't know if that's just too 'foreign'.

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MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2018 19:34

Ill-suh

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 23/07/2018 19:31

How is it pronounced?

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2018 18:42

I like it and would go for the Ilse spelling or put up with people thinkingit's Isla.

MorrisDancingViv · 22/07/2018 20:51

I think it's a lovely name but Isla is just so popular atm that I think at first glance that people will call her Isla if they see it written down before she introduces herself

AnneOfCleavage · 22/07/2018 20:48

Meant to say that the Ilse spelling may make the pronunciation difficult as they may pronounce it as a one syllable name instead of two.

AnneOfCleavage · 22/07/2018 20:46

Ilsa is a lovely name and I have only ever met one before - she was European and about 75 - and I thought what a lovely unusual name. It's not that different to Elsa which people know so it's just an I instead if an E. You may get some miss spellings in the beginning but correcting immediately will sort that out. Good luck 😉

Sloanriley · 22/07/2018 20:44

I like it, but I would use the Ilse spelling.

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