Leesa, Leesir or Leesar

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Lisa - which above spelling do you prefer?

Why not just Lisa?

If it has to be an alternative spelling the Leesa I guess.

Lisa.

Lisa

Lisa.

None of the words in your title are actually names....

What's wrong with Lisa?

Lisa.

Not for me. My braidsmaid's little sister naming her child. She has another girl named I'eshaar.

Lisa.

But if you absolutely must give an 'unusual' spelling, Leesa. That stands a chance of being pronounced Lisa. The others would be Lees-ir and Lee-Sar.

You are joking, yes?

In my head none of those sounds the same as Lisa, or the same as each other. different accents would add all sorts of complications.

Ayisha?

I would assume 'leesir' was a foreign name pronounced 'lee-seer' and 'leesar' ditto pronounced 'lee-sar'. Leesa is pronounceable but ugly compared to Lisa, sorry.

I prefer Leesuh.

If she must, then Leesa. The poor child will spend her life saying, no, not L-I-S-A, L-E-E-S-A unless she changed her name.

Or maybe leighsar, but would worry about coming across as a bit up myself with that one

No I am not joking. The whole family have common names with 'unique' spellings. Her brother's little boy is called Oliver spelt Oleever (or something like that).

Why do people feel the need to play with lovely names in such a way?

Oh dear. Well then at least steer her something that stands a fighting chance of being pronounced correctly based on their regional accent then - I think that's the best you can do. She'll spend her life spelling it, but at least you can protect her from the worst odds of people reading it out incorrectly when written down.

pmsl thankyou for making me LOL ! nice one ! LEESIR ! ha ha !

I think this must be a wind-up, but in case it's not - Leesa is probably the best of the three!

What about Liesa? Lise?

I'd probably go for L'eighsuh myself.

I note that you are the same lady who posted about her overweight bridesmaids, and leave others to make of that what they will.

Instead of following my instinct, I will gently point out that you may get a similar reaction to this thread. Of course, you may post about anything at all, but there is a prevailing opinion on mn that alternative spellings of traditional names are Not a Good Idea.

I've decided one apostrophe not enough . L'eighsa'ar'h is my final contribution.

Hi mrsbabookaloo, yes I am the same lady who posted about my braidsmaid keeping fit to look and feel their best on my wedding day. I decided in the end not to appraoch the subject with them (due to the reaction on here!) but I have been very lucky that the heavest one has now dropped out due to travelling to visit her parents nearer to my wedding.

Anyway on topic, I think she is going with Leesar, the one you guys have agreed is better than the others. Had her baby been a boy she would have just gone with Lee! oh well, Leesar is better than the other two options!