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Alyssa or Louisa

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Littlemeadow123 · 06/06/2019 23:23

I love the name 'Lyssa' for my DD but only want to use it as a nickname and not a full name. Currently torn between Alyssa and Louisa as full names. What do you all think?

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WittyFool · 12/06/2019 00:03

Louisa is a beautiful classic - I might use it myself actually! And you can use any nickname you like - just announce the nickname first & let it stick. I don’t think Lissa is much of a stretch especially when you look at Posey for Josephine & Molly for Mary etc!

rachelgrace · 11/06/2019 21:10

Alyssa

sunnyshines · 10/06/2019 10:01

Just call her Lissa!

ElfishBiatch · 10/06/2019 09:12

Felicity?

mathanxiety · 10/06/2019 01:07

Alyssa is quite dated. There were loads of them in the 90s.

Louisa otoh is a classic.

Why not just call your baby Lissa and leave it at that if that's what you want to call her?

Or if you really want a name that can be shortened to Lissa or Lyssa, I would go for Elizabeth or Elisabeth.

Weenurse · 10/06/2019 00:03

Louisa has been shortened to Lou here as well.
Melissa is Lyssa

Penny4Thoughts · 10/06/2019 00:00

@SassyBadger I think people try to say chavvy without using the word

mothertobe789 · 09/06/2019 23:59

Alyssa, this is my DDs name and I love it. Doesn't seem.to be liked very much by mumsnet though!

SassyBadger · 08/06/2019 13:01

Very....Swiss Toni.

SassyBadger · 08/06/2019 13:00

'classy' is such a tacky word.

Carpetburns · 08/06/2019 12:50

Louisa. So much nicer and classier than Alyssa.

BlueMerchant · 08/06/2019 12:45

I like Louisa much more than Alyssa.
I very much doubt Lyssa will become a 'natural' used name though if she is a Louisa.

MikeUniformMike · 08/06/2019 12:41

How about Melissa shortened to Lissa. Classier than Alyssa, which seems a bit trend-led.

cptartapp · 08/06/2019 09:03

Louisa. Classier.

anothernotherone · 08/06/2019 08:59

SassyBadger ok I'm not in the UK Grin I'm in Germany. But they don't seem especially German names. In DD's class I can't keep track of all the Alicia, Alycia, Alyssa, Allissa, Alexa names and calling them the wrong varient or muddling them up is a worse "crime" than totally forgetting their names. It's worse that there are so many very similar names than if they all just had the same common name, in which case at least there's be less margin for calling them the wrong name! My sons' class lists also have Alycia and Allissa on them both, and I have young colleagues with all the spectrum of Alyssa type names. They're everywhere here! Only reason they're not higher up lists is there are so many variations on very similar sounding names!

JumpingFrogs · 07/06/2019 23:37

My Louisa has never been called Lou. She's occasionally called Lulu by family. Her friends have only ever called her Louisa. She's 16.

SassyBadger · 07/06/2019 20:49

Every girl seems to be called Alyssa or Alysia or Alisa or Alexia.

Really? I suspect all these names are quite uncommon. In the UK at least.

sunnyshines · 07/06/2019 20:45

Lyssa is much nicer than Lou (Loo Shock)

MoreCookiesPlease · 07/06/2019 17:15

Both are nice. Alyssa sounds prettier to me.
I know three Louises and they're all "Lou." I think if you pick Louisa then she'll end up being called Lou for short. If you wanted her to go by Lyssa then Alyssa would make more sense.

Sophronia · 07/06/2019 16:55

Louisa is lovely.

MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2019 08:59

Given that you want Lyssa, then Alyssa. Both very pretty, but Louisa could be Lou, which I'm not keen on and people will misspell Alyssa.
Louisa is more timeless.

FionasWineShow · 07/06/2019 08:37

Alyssa is the sort of name I loved when I was 16.

Louisa is a much more elegant name that will stand the rest of time.

Astronica · 07/06/2019 08:30

Louisa by miles.

daisypond · 07/06/2019 08:18

Cross post with another!

daisypond · 07/06/2019 08:16

Larissa? It normally shortens to Lara in Russian but you could have Lissa easily.

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