I have an Alice -ia and I'd say 90% of people call her Aleesha until they are corrected (gently
). I try to let it pass over my head but it is very annoying, especially as I am certain that "Alice - ia" is the historically, classically correct pronunciation and Aleesha is an imposter
.
I have a Polish friend called "Alicja" and I wish now that we had spelt it like that but I didn't know her then unfortunately!