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?

My cousin is Alysia, just one S.

Ah-Lee-see-ah

First way, I knew an Alicia and that's how she pronounced it.

I would pronounce it A-liss-ee-ah but I know just as many would pronounce it A-leesh-ee-ah. I personally prefer A-liss-ee-ah but each to their own.

A liss ee a

Even though I know a girl spelled that way and pronounced aleesha. I automatically read it phonetically.

Aleesha

First one.

Alyssa is lovely too, but they are not the same name. If, like me, you are bothered about the meaning, Alicia means "Truth". Lovely name.

I would pronounce it Al-i-cee-a at first sight.

I think it depends on context though - in the very white, upper middle class Home Counties town I come from, the girls I knew with that name all pronounced it A-li-cee-a.

In slightly more ethnically diverse, working class areas, I think it's more likely to be pronounced Aleesha.

I read it as aleethee-a just to throw another option in

It's tough because English has more than one way to pronounce many words/names.

In many other languages both Patricia and Alicia are pronounced Pat ree zia and Al ee zia.

But in English it's often Patrisha and Alisha.

That's precisely why Alicia never made it on my shortlist, I love the first pronunciation but was worried everyone would say it 'the wrong' way. How about Alice instead?

Was at school with a girl with this name written Alicia and pronounced Aleesha so I would generally pronounce it like that

It's A-lee-sha. I don't know why this is even up for debate. Words in the English language that have cia in them = sha.

Social, appreciate, pediatrician, alopecia, artificial, beautician, clinician, financial, special...

Yeah, because the English language always follows hard and fast rules with no anomalies seeyouhen

right back at you shaggedthruahedgebackwards

It's A-lee-sha unless you want to be pretentious then it's A-liss-e-a or A-lee-see-a.

All-eece-ee-ya

The spelling for the way you'd like it pronounced is Alyssia

It's A-lee-sha.

In your opinion but not in that of many others.

Anyway, by your logic it would be Alisha to rhyme with Patricia. Unless you say Patreesha ...?

Just spell it Alesha like Alesha Dixon. Then not problem 😊

My cousins name is Alysia, pronounced the first way.

If I say the name OP suggested I would pronounce it second way.

Never ever heard it pronounced Aleeesha.
It's always been A-liss-ee-a.

Actually yes it should be Al isha like Pat risha in English.

I prefer Alissia but have heard equal numbers of Aleeshas and also one Aleethea

The name Alicia used to be pronounced Al-is-ear. Like the ballerina Alicia Markova.
It dropped out of fashion about 50 years ago then Alicia Keys became popular about 20 years ago and she pronounced her name Aleesha. So everyone thought that's how you pronounce Alicia.
I like the old pronunciation, much prettier.

It's A-lee-sha

In your opinion but not in that of many others

The name the OP is looking for is Alyssia.