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How would you pronounce Phyllis?

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PoemBeatrice · 22/05/2022 11:25

I like the meaning of foliage and I pronounce it FILL-iss, therefore I like the name. Is that correct. I also love Felicity with nickname Fliss and Lissy.

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Cranefliesthinkthecarroofiswater · 06/06/2022 10:18

I knew someone called Felicia and people shortened it to Fliss. Remember my dad saying it sounded like a disease that horses might get, as in 'The horses have all gone down with Fliss, sir!'

PoleFairy · 06/06/2022 07:42

Love the name Phyllis. It's the sister in The Railway Children and I loved her character

Eaudesource · 04/06/2022 20:30

I would pronounce it S-T-I.

Jennarator · 04/06/2022 18:49

I instantly hear syphillis…
I like Felicity nn Fliss though!

babyjellyfish · 03/06/2022 12:21

FILL-is.

My great aunt was a Phyllis, known as Phyl.

esoryelneh · 02/06/2022 18:07

Reminds me of syphilis

Lunificent · 02/06/2022 17:33

My nana was called Phyllis. I really can’t imagine it used for children now, although you could start a trend.

honestogod · 02/06/2022 17:31

And I'm Philippa, which I hated as a child, and love now. I shortened to Pippa as a kid, but am Pip and Philippa now. I know you're not considering it but someone mentioned and I think it's a good name!

honestogod · 02/06/2022 17:30

I love Phyllis, my wonderful grandmother's name, she was Phyl for short, lived to be 100, and was a glorious woman. I think it's fab.

Lulu1919 · 02/06/2022 17:27

Fill iss

PuppyMonkey · 02/06/2022 17:25

My Dneice was a Phillipa for about a week until her siblings kept calling her Flipper and it made my sister change her mind and rename her.Grin

Mosmuma · 02/06/2022 17:20

I would rather Felicity or Philippa for the reasons above.

bigbootyjulie · 25/05/2022 12:35

I'd say FILL-iss. I've literally never heard any other way to pronounce it. I've known a few elderly women with this name, but nobody younger.

Jjnbftgkhfrvjudv · 25/05/2022 01:09

I second the syphillis comment. That was my first thought 😂😂

FelicityBeedle · 25/05/2022 01:06

Phyllis is lovely, nothing like syphilis. Much nicer and less common than felicity (is that irony? I’m never sure)

Alstoybarn · 25/05/2022 00:31

Felicity is so much nicer. Really love that name

GreatCuppa · 24/05/2022 13:12

Phyllis is awful, sorry. Felicity is so much nicer.

caringcarer · 24/05/2022 00:44

I had a school friend called Phyllis pronounced fill is.

SpringHasSprungGrassIsRiz · 24/05/2022 00:40

Coronation Street vibes here too....

Some old lady names stay old lady names....

How would you pronounce Phyllis?
WhatWouldPhylissCraneDo · 24/05/2022 00:40

I love it. If I have a DD it's top of my list. Whenever I say that the name ends up being mega popular within 5 years. Hmm

Cloud16 · 24/05/2022 00:40

To rhyme with the STI.

Felicity is sparky, I like it!

Luredbyapomegranate · 24/05/2022 00:35

I knew an old lady one, she lived to be v old... Fill-iss was how she said it, not short for anything.

It seems in the same group as Mabel and Maeve to me, and will Philippa so popular I don't see why Phyllis won't come back. I think it's fine.

Jessbow · 22/05/2022 14:08

i know a Philippa thats known as Phyl.
could also be Pippa- but she says Pippa isnt grown up name

ItsSnowJokes · 22/05/2022 14:08

My nanna's name was Phyllis (I think born circa 1922), and as amazing and wonderful and beautiful as she was please don't saddle your child with this name.

Finalcountdowntoourtripaway · 22/05/2022 13:57

Our dinner lady was a Phyllis
. All she ever heard was Phyllis a glass of water..

Felicity is a better option..