Anneliese vs Anastasia

[GoodJanet]

We’re looking for a long name for Annie.
I don’t like Annabel, as it’s a bit little-girly, and I find both Anne/Anna slightly boring.

We’ve narrowed it down to Anneliese or Anastasia.

I prefer the former, dh the latter, and we’ve reached an impasse. Any opinions?

I love both but Anastasia would have it for me. I also prefer the spelling 'Analeise'

Both gorgeous but forced to choose
and by a fraction I'd go with Anastasia. I know you're going yo use Annie as her nn but I think just generally speaking the nns are better
for Anastasia. (Tasia, Tassie, Sia, )

I'd pick whichever flows best with the surname.

Anneliese. I have one. We do get a few funky spellings but people get used to it in no time. Most common mistake is Annalise, rarely we get the ie the wring way round, and once we've had Analyse but I think that might have been autocorrect :-)

Anastasia. I like it more, and you're not likely to have spelling issues with it.
You'll get spelling and pronunciation issues with Anneliese - like Anna Leeza or Anna Lees. Analeise would be said as Analyse Her, so I wouldn't go with that.

Isn't the female character in 50 Shades of Grey called Anastasia?

I prefer Anneliese, I knew a lovely one about 25 years ago.

Should say, nobody has ever had any difficulty with Anneliese is pronounced - it's not that unusual a name I don't think?

Anneliese

They were the names my mum had picked for me she chose Annalise I personally like it spelt this way as thats how it is pronounced An na lise am biased though and been used to it for 28 years

The way I would pronounce Anneliese is a bit like Anna-Leeza - so the S is more like a Z and the E at the end has a syllable of its own, a sort of "uh" sound.

I prefer Anneliese, though I'd only known of the "Annalise" spelling before.

Anneleise. Much nicer imo.

Anneliese is lovely. I also like the spellings Annaliese, Annalise and Annelise.

Anneliese by a mile. Even with the spelling problems. I really don't like anastasia.

Dd1 is Anneka but generally goes by Annie - it's good to have nn options. 😊

Anneliese 100%

Anneliese for me too. Not very keen on the 'Analeise' spelling suggested above.

Avoid any name with the word anal in it.

Even Annal is pushing it.

My first thoughts were Anneliese from neighbours, Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.

Then that awful 50 shades shit.

Prefer Anastasia, but that might be because I'm in Germany and Anneliese is a bit of an old lady name (that has been missed out by old lady chic).

Anneliese is lovely.
Anastasia is nice but a bit overly flouncy Disney princess sounding to me.

Anastasia

It's Anneliese all the way for me , too – names like Anastasia make me think of an open-mouthed sneeze. Too many 's' and 'a' sounds... Totally aware that's a personal weirdness of mine though!

Anneliese by miles. Such a pretty name.

Yes that is a bit weird, ladybee

Is Anneliese pronounced Ann-eh-lee-se?

We would be pronouncing Anneliese as Anna-lease, so three syllables