Thoughts on these names

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I like Anaïs for a girl, I think it's simple yet pretty. In my mind it's pronounced an-eye-ees, though I know it would be subject to mispronunciation.

For a boy, Alexis.

The only Alexis I've know is a girl. I don't think I'd imagine it as a boy's name although I know an Aleksi.

Anaïs is pretty but the pronunciation thing would annoy me. I would probably say it more like a - nay. Some people might say a-nay-is too.

Yes I like them both, very French-sounding. Anouk is also nice and easier to pronounce.

Love them both.

Lots of people will say Anay though. People pronounce the perfume Anay Anay 😵‍💫 they would NEVER pronounce naïve wrong so I don’t know where the logic is. My eldest has a name that is often misheard and it’s ok, you just have to teach them not to care and take themselves so seriously.

Love Alexis and contrary to PP, I considered it for a girl but the only ones I knew have been boys.

Thank you. I wanted names that worked in both French and Greek, but a bit limited perhaps. I like the pronunciation "Alex-e' but that probably wouldn't work in the UK .

Anaïs is lovely but open to mispronunciation and the trema is a bugger to type.

Alexis is too feminine

Anaïs is quite a mouthful, and she'll probably get called Ana or Annie.
The diaeresis will be omitted and the name will get said as Anay. There are nicer names.

Alexis is nice, and a boy's name, but the only Alexis know is a woman.

I see Alexis as more of a unisex name than feminine and really love it on a boy but I do agree many people will think he's a girl as it seems to be more popular on girls now. Not keen on Anais at all, it'll get mispronounced too much and doesn't seem very nice to me.

Both lovely.

I agree that there might be future problems with Anais and I don’t know how to get the diareisis even.
I love Anouk if that appeals?
Annis is a very old English name.
Alexis was always a boy’s name until it was made popular in the TV series Dynasty. How about Alexei as that’s closer to the pronunciation you like. Or Axel or Alexandre.

How about Alexei as that’s closer to the pronunciation you like?

I was going to suggest Alexei too. i don't thing you will get the pronunciation on both Alexis and Anais that you want in the UK.

I think Annis might be easier if you like it

Alexis is mostly a girls name here

Alexi would work

I teach an Anais and she pronounces it Anna-ees. I like it. A lot of people call her Annie though.

I like Alexis but I'd think of it as a girl's name, really. Alexei is good.

Anais is such a well known perfume that I think the name would be pronounced that way.

Do you like Annice, Agnes, Annest, Anastasia