Liris

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Heard it for the first time recently and quite like it. What's your thoughts?

How’s it pronounced Lie-Riss? Lirr-is?not keen and think it’ll be mispronunciation a go go

Sounds like some kind of bacteria.

I think it would look prettier with a Y.. so Lyris.. but then you would forever be correcting people from Lyra or Iris...
I think they are all beautiful sounding names though

How is that pronounced?

Ee-rees? Ee-ree? Eye-ris?

How are you getting the EE pronunciation from Lyris?

Liris

Lee-ree(s)?

An "i" sounds like ee in various languages.

Fair enough, further potential pronunciation in the mix
Op needs to clarify the pronunciation

Pronounced like Lyric and Iris iyswim. I also thought Lyris looks prettier.

Haven’t a clue what you're describing, Pronounced like Lyric and Iris . No I don’t get what you mean at all
let’s face it.mispronunciation is going to be a habitual thing

But lyric and Iris aren't pronounced the same...

Is it ly-riss or leye-riss?

Ly-riss. Sorry for the confusion.

Ok if you’re combining Lyric and Iris I’d pronounce that Lirr Is
Lyrics and iris are pronounced differently
But looking at Lyris it could be many pronunciation I’d assume

Lie Riss
Lirr Is

Ly Riss, you will habitually be correcting that it isn’t Iris,as that’s were the empahasis on name falls
I love iris as a name Btw so that’s no a bad thing

The Li sounded like it does in Lyric.

I though you described the pronunciation well.

Much prefer lyris

I think people will just be totally confused by it. This thread demonstrates that too.

I'm not keen. It sounds as though you just made it up, even if you did hear it elsewhere.

Lyris is actually a 'real' name and the pronunciation is a bit more intuitive imo (I'd probably pronounce Liris like Iris).

You might also like Liorit, Larisse and Lyra.

"Lyris is actually a 'real' name"

*I believe...

It sounds like a skin condition or something.

It was the name of a model on Project Runway. Sounded prettier the more I heard it, especially when Tim Gunn said it.

I assumed this was a typo for Iris when I saw the thread title.

I’d have guessed at a pronunciation of Lie-riss for a name spelt Liris.

I don't like it, personally - I like Iris (my nans name and definitely coming back into fashion) however I also know a Larissa - similar but pretty :)

Does it rhyme with virus?

I don't like it - it sounds clinical or like some sort of software for a computer.

I know a Lyra and a Lyric.

Liris....it does sound a bit like a skin condition!

Does it rhyme with virus?
Unfortunately yes