How would you pronounce Alicia?

[Notyetamummy]

My friend's little sister has this name and I think that her pronunciation is beautiful, but think that most people would pronounce it differently.

How would you pronounce it?

I would pronounce how the child and her parents pronounced it. I think Alissia, Aleessia and Aleesha are all common enough pronounciations for nobody to be thrown by one or the other.

I have two Agneses in my class, one pronounced Anyess, the other Agnes, nobody is thrown by this and both girls are always called by their correct pronunciations by friends and teachers, so I really don't think it's anything to be concerned about, just tell people how you pronounce it.

But you wouldn't pronounce Felicia, "Felissya" (unless you're referring to the car), or Phoenicia "Fenissia", would you?

qumquat's right though, I'm sure different pronunciations don't cause much trouble at all. I wouldn't not choose a name because of it.

My DN is Alyssia pronounced al-ih-see-ah but my friends sister is Alicia pronounced the same way.

As far as I know no one pronounces my friends sisters name wrong but NOONE can get my DN name right. I'd have thought it would be the other way round.

Alissia is the 'correct' pronunciation but people are obviously free to decide how to pronounce their child's name (and the child is free to make their own decision once they are old enough to have an opinion).

Other people are of course free to have an opinion on whether the parents were being daft, insisting that little Destiny is pronounced Shakira...

I would Ali-See-Ya off my own bat... however these days - I'd just ask, same as I do with Aaron etc.

Aleesha

my DD's name is Alicia pronounced 'Alissia', and almost every teacher etc. she meets pronounces it either Al-ee-shah, or Al-ee-sia. I have never understood why people think it would be pronounced Al-ee-shah (surely that would be spelt Alisha?)

Aleesha ish
Except silvers one who I always assumed her parents have beer heard it pronounced.

It goes with marcia-marsha felicia-faleesha etc

Bloody autocorrect insert correct words

I would pronounce it A-leece-ee-a
Only because it is a friends name - Spanish pronounce it 'A-leeth-ee-a', and h friends parents are spanish so I presume it came from that.

I agree that 'A-leesh-a' should be spelt 'Alesha'

One of my DD's has a friend called 'Elysia' which I think is nice

Alesha would be said a-lesh-a though

Al-ISS-ee-uh

A-lee-sia

Ah-leesh-a

But you wouldn't pronounce Felicia, "Felissya" [...] would you?

Oh, I would. I just assumed that was how it was said.

Molecule 'I have never understood why people think it would be pronounced Al-ee-shah (surely that would be spelt Alisha?)'

because in English 'cia' often makes the sound 'shhh' e.g. optician, appreciate, crucial, social etc. etc. I think 'cia' says 'shhh' as much as, if not more than, it says 'see-uh'.

I would say 'Al-ee-sha' because I've only ever known one and that was how she pronounced it. Also it makes me think of Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife (I love that show) and she also pronounces it Al-ee-sha. I think Alicia Keys is an Al-ee-sha as well.

I would pronounce it Aleesha.

I knew a girl called Alicia who called herself Lisa as no-one could ever pronounce her name properly.

I don't like it all, sorry.

I agree there is a posh non posh way of pronounciation of Alicia, I prefer the

Alicia with a iiiii sssss in the middle and no hhh or eee.

I know a Spanish one who is A-lee-thea (which I love). Currently reading Malory Towers with dd so I say A-lee-see-a for that character.

Isn't it an English/American difference?

Americans tend to say Aleesha/Marsha
English tend to say Ali-cee-a, Mar-cee-a

Rita, Alicia Silverstine has no shia in her name

A-Lee-sha but I have known an a-liss-ee-a too. I prefer it pronounced a-Lee-sha.

I think Alicia Silverstone's parents are British though. Most Americans would pronounce it like Alicia Keys.

A-liss-ya

A-lee-sha.