...to consider Elsy as a middle name?

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I would like to give my dd a middle name honouring my sister, as she has always been there for me and is my best friend.

Her name is Elizabeth, but our family have always called her Elsy. (Pronounced Elle-Zee). She goes by 'Beth' professionally, but I don't associate that name or Elizabeth with her.

I would love to give dd the middle name 'Elsy' - part of me thinks it's too nickname-y but the other half thinks it's a beautiful name and nobody knows what your middle name is anyway...

It would be paired with a normal first name:
Jessica Elsy
Olivia Elsy
Freya Elsy
Aurora Elsy
Charlotte Elsy.

Any opinions? (I'm prepared to be told it's awful)

Elsie is a real name...

Won't people just pronounce that as Elsie?

I know Elsie is a real name, but it's pronounced Elle-see, whereas my sister's name is El-zee

I think its very pretty, and it is a normal name, well 18,000 parents thought so in 2017.

Id still pronounce it Elle-see though?

I’d spell it Elsie. It’s middle name so the pronunciation difference will be less important.

Then just make Elze the middle name. Elsy just looks and sounds like a misspelling of Elsie. Elsy & Elsie sound exactly the same to me, I definitely wouldn't know it had a Zee sound.

A lifetime of explaination awaits your child.

As above, it's a weird spelling of a common name. If you want Elle-zee, then I would spell it to reflect that, like Elzee. I know that looks strange, but then so does Elsy.

I think people might just hinknuouve misspelt Elsie
Elsy doesn’t have a ‘z’ in it so people will still pronounce it Elsie I think x

Both spellings Elsie or Elsy already exists, so it's not strange.
You cannot change the way people would pronounce it until they know the right pronouciation of course.

You can't name her Elsy - it'll look as though you can't spell.

What about Eliza?

I think it’s a nice name and a lovely way to honour your sister. I haven’t heard the name Elsy before and if I knew it was someone’s middle name I’d probably assume it was from the grandmother’s maiden surname or something. I wouldn’t think it was weird at all.

From just looking at Elsy I would also just pronounce it Elsie.

It doesn't matter how your family pronounce it. The rest of the world will read Elsy, and hear Elsie in their heads.

That said it's a middle name and nobody uses or knows them anyway!

It's a lovely idea, my dd has a middle name after my favourite aunt but when I see Elsy and hear Elsie.

If you want Elle-zee you need a different spelling.

As others have said I'd pronounce Elsy and Elsie the same. If you want Elle-Zee then you'll need to put a Z in it (Elze).

It's a middle name, so it isn't like it'll be used day to day, so I don't think a 'made-up' name is an issue.

Elsy is not El-Zee, no matter how much you want it to be. Either call her elsy, pronounced correctly, or call her Elzy.

If you want the pronunciation to be Elle-Zee, then go with Elzie, or Elzy.

It's a middle name, do as you like. Nobody knows or cares about anyones middle name.

Yes - I'd go with a pp and say Elizabeth is your best option and you can call her what you like. Plus a good way to honour your sister.

I also read that as Elsie, you probably have to change the spelling to get the pronunciation you want. Would that still feel like your sisters name to you.

Pretty names on your list

I totally misread your OP and thought you wanted to name your daughter Etsy

My friend's name is Elsy (but pronouced Elzy, no one's questioned it as far as I know), shortened from Elspeth, it'sa nice name.