Before she was born we had a shortlist of 3 for a girl, when she arrived DH admitted one of them (my favourite) he just couldn't get on board with as a first name. That has become the middle name (Cecilia)
Of the other two options we were totally undecided but eventually went for Elise, a name we've always really liked.
We've now discovered that lots of people pronounce it Eh - leess (with second part as 'lease' like in leasehold). We had always thought it was Eh- leez, and we much prefer that.
We've found that almost everyone so far has pronounced it Eh - lease with a soft s.
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are we wrong to pronounce it eh-leez?
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should we change it if we're finding the different pronunciation a bit annoying? Maybe I'm overthinking it?
Please be gentle, I'm feeling pretty rotten physically after the birth and have found picking her name really stressful from the off.