How would you pronounce this name....

[BettyBoo246]

Alicia?

A - liss - e - a
Or
A - lee - sha

I love the first pronunciation but hate the second. Is there another way some might spell it so it’s more obviously pronounced the first way?

if i saw that name, i would pronounce it in the second way.

however, i know a little girl with the name allisia, and her name gets pronounced the 1st way.

Ah- lee- cee-ah

I would say it the first way too but both versions are in common use so I would avoid it if you really hate the alternative pronunciation

Alice is so much nicer IMO!

I would say Aleesha.

What about Alyssa instead?

Genuinely, it's pot luck. When I see it on the register I will say it the first way but some of the time they'll say it's the second.

That said, I think the spelling Alisha is much more common now so I think more people will assume Alicia is pronounced as your first version. It is lovely.

I think more people would pronounce it the second way

With a sh sound. I went to schilool with an Alissa and an Alyisa who were both pronounced more your way

A liss ee a

Aleisha is a name that I’d pronounce the second way

The first way.

I really don’t like the second.

A - liss - e - a

I prefer the first but would assume the second (as I think it's the more usual one).

The first.

Al - iss - ee - ah

though, if I had the chance, I'd ask, as it is one of those names that is used more than one way

Nona I do love Alyssa too just cannot decide which i like more

I’d assume the first way is correct! I prefer it too OP.

Aleesha - just because everyone I've ever met with that name (including people from other countries and those quite middle class) have pronounced it that way.

I meant I’d expect to find it more common to pronounce it the first way!

I'd pronounce it Al-ee-sha as I know a few who spell it this way.

The first way.
The second way is a different name.

I have taught three pronunciations of this name:

Most common: A-LEE-see-a

Next common: A-LISS-ee-a

Least common: A-LEE-sha

Common as in frequency not class!

I'd be 50/50 on the pronunciation. Would probably lean towards Aleesha, A-liss-ee-ah always sounded a bit affected to me.

Love Alyssa though. Nicest by far.

Oh, a-lee-see-ah! Yes, forgot about that, I've met one of those. Not mad about it tbh.

The second way I’m afraid. I think if you use that name some people will pronounce it that way at least until corrected (and maybe even after being corrected)

A-lee-cee-a