Elise or Eloise?

[jennifersbee]

Just wondering which name people think is nicer? Elise or Eloise, TIA

Elise is a bit too sweet for me so I like Eloise more. Would find myself shortening it to Elle a lot though, due to the extra syllable! Wouldn't do that with Elise. Might matter if you're someone who hates people shortening your children's names.

Eloise beautiful name

Eloise. Elise sounds like a car. Loads of trouble usually serious.
Not mad about either but they're OK.
I'm of the age that had a lot of Lisas so Elise sounds a bit dated.

Eloise. I like Elise pronounced Eleez but not Eleece, which seems to be more popular now.

Eleece is the actual pronunciation, surely? Never heard it pronounced any other way.

Like both but Eloise just wins.

Elise

Elise is pronounced El-Eez not Eleece.

Elise. I find it hard to pronounce Eloise for some reason, I always want to say Elouise.

El-oh-eez

Elise is pronounced El-Eez not Eleece.

Um, no. Not by anyone I have ever heard saying it.

Eloise has a Z, though. You are right on that one.

How do you get Eleece from Elise?
It's French.
If it was pronounced Eleece it would be spelt Elice.

Are you in a part of the UK with a strong regional accent?

Eloise.

I agree that in French it would have a z. But in English, I have never heard it pronounced other than with a soft s. No strong regional accent, no.

It rhymes with Please not Fleece.
Please sounds different from Pleece.

No doubt someone will be along to correct me that it's really pronounced Brenda and they know 250 Elises.

Elise is El-eez in UK & France
El EEz-uh in Germany

Both lovely but Eloise always spunds like Eh Louise? In my head so i would go for Elise. (Which i would have pronounced El-eez but after reading this thread actually prefer Eleece).
Really pretty name, wish i'd thought of it!

Both lovely, I like Elodie as well.

Well, there is a good reason not to pick Elise, following Mike's comments, as your daughter will clearly have to explain how to pronounce it. However, I think Elise pronounced Eleece very pretty and Elise pronounced Eleeze not pretty at all.

In the UK, I have only ever heard it pronounced Eleece. I am not 'getting' this from somewhere, just telling you what I have experienced.

I prefer eleeze to eleece. I can’t say eleece eleeze is much easier.

I have only heard it pronounced Eleeze and prefer that.

Definitely El-eeze, not heard it pronounced any other way.

I know an El-eece

Elise 100%
Elouise seems precocious and an attempt to make Louise more interesting/more 2018.

It's not really got anything to do with Louise. Hence it's spelled Eloise, with no 'u'. It comes from the French name Heloise (there's an accent on there I can't do).

Elise and Eloise are both lovely, but I think Eloise just pips it.