Alyssa or Louisa

[Littlemeadow123]

I love the name 'Lyssa' for my DD but only want to use it as a nickname and not a full name. Currently torn between Alyssa and Louisa as full names. What do you all think?

How about Melissa shortened to Lissa. Classier than Alyssa, which seems a bit trend-led.

I like Louisa much more than Alyssa.
I very much doubt Lyssa will become a 'natural' used name though if she is a Louisa.

Louisa. So much nicer and classier than Alyssa.

'classy' is such a tacky word.

Very....Swiss Toni.

Alyssa, this is my DDs name and I love it. Doesn't seem.to be liked very much by mumsnet though!

@SassyBadger I think people try to say chavvy without using the word

Louisa has been shortened to Lou here as well.
Melissa is Lyssa

Alyssa is quite dated. There were loads of them in the 90s.

Louisa otoh is a classic.

Why not just call your baby Lissa and leave it at that if that's what you want to call her?

Or if you really want a name that can be shortened to Lissa or Lyssa, I would go for Elizabeth or Elisabeth.

Felicity?

Just call her Lissa!

Alyssa

Louisa is a beautiful classic - I might use it myself actually! And you can use any nickname you like - just announce the nickname first & let it stick. I don’t think Lissa is much of a stretch especially when you look at Posey for Josephine & Molly for Mary etc!