Alessia?

[hannahfaithhope]

DH is Italian and we have an Italian surname, and we'd quite like an Italian first name to go with it.

What is your initial reaction upon hearing the name Alessia, and how would you instinctively pronounce it? What do you think of Ally or Essie as nicknames?

Middle name will be Serafina.

Any thoughts or opinions would be much appreciated x

I would say Al-Essss-Eh -Ah,

Al ess eeh ah.

Once knew a lovely Alessia so like this name very much. Love Essie, not keen on Ally.

Alessia is a lovely name, especially with an Italian surname.

To me, Lessie seems the most natural shortening..

Love it! It's on our shortlist, and I wish we had Italian connections so we had more justification to use it!

I know a little one, it's Ah less ee ah. mostly known as Messy :)

Lovely. I like Serafina a lot too.

I would pronounce it a-leash-a but only because that's how the only person I know with the name says it. I think it's nice.

Al-less-EE-ah

Sorry posted too soon.

I like it!

My friend has one! Al-less-ee-ah
Shorted to Lessie
It's a lovely name

There are many pronunciations of Allessia/Alicia.
I teach ...
Al-ees-e-a
Al-eesh-a
Al/ iss/e-a

All correct (I just get mixed up as two are in one class!)

Al essss e ah

It's a nice name but a bit over used in italy at the moment IMHO . it's usually shortened to Lessia or ally in italy.

If DH is italian he'll be into his feast days and st Alessia is 17 July

I prefer Serafina tbh

Alessia

There's 3 in nursery - it's the next Lilly or Eva

I prefer Alessandra

It's lovey. DD was almost Alessia too.
I'd say Al-ess-e-a

Beautiful name, Al-ess-ee-ah.
Essie for short, don't like Ally.

Maybe it's overused in Amalfi but I live in the north and I don't know any under twenties called Alessia. I like it.

allegretto

Really? Here it is really overused. I think it's been in the top 20 ISTAT for the past few years too and is gradually falling.

North they do tend to use "foreign" names more though. Here it's all about the Saint

Lovely name-I know one 6 year old with that name. Hers doesn't tend to get shortened.

Go for it!

It's nice, but I love pp's suggestion of Alessandra. I also love Antonella. I really like Ally as a nn. Lessie would probably be the first nn to spring to mind after Ally.