Alys?

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Said the same way as Alice. thoughts?

Don't like it spelt that way. Looks like it is made up if you are not familiar with welsh spelling.

Unless you are Welsh then spell it Alice.

Alys was the daughter of King Louis VII of France,back in the 1100s. Nothing Welsh there.

It's lovely

We have Welsh blood so justified the use that way but actually I mostly just preferred the way it looked. It is surprising how many people first pronounce it Aleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees though. Especially since our surname basically ends in eeeeeeeees. Would be an extremely odd choice if we did pronounce it like that!

It's also the name of the Wife of Bath in the Canterbury Tales - she refers to herself as Alys and Alyson

It's lovely.

I always read Alice as a lice which is rather off putting really.

Alys Fowler seems manage just fine

Loved it since I was 15 and read a book where the main character was called Alys

My dd has this as a middle name which comes from her Dutch heritage.

I think it's beautiful!

Medieval spelling of Alice, Wife of Bath was Alysoun (ie Alison)

I like it