Rosalie - thoughts and pronunciation?

[Poppins2016]

What are your first thoughts about the name Rosalie?

And how do you pronounce it? I place equal emphasis on all syllables whereas DH often pronounces it "Rosa-Lee" which is putting me off (anything ending -Lee /-Leigh is very much not my cup of tea).

We'd probably use nicknames Rose/Rosa/Rosie, so we can get round DH's pronunciation, however if the way DH sounds it appears to be "mainstream" it'll drive me nuts and we might need to re-think...!

Exactly this. I don’t think I have ever come across the first syllable pronounced ‘Roz’ with a short ‘o’ (like the ‘o’ from ‘mop’).

Ophelia Rose is lovely.

I read it like Roz a lee (so a hard o not a rose)

I guess if you're particularly attached to the way it should be said it may not be the right name simply because you will get plenty of different pronunciations

I think you must mean that you pronounce it with the emphasis on the first syllable:

ROSE-uh-lee

Whereas your husband pronounces it as though it's two names, with a double emphasis?

ROSE-uh LEE (as though spelled Rosa Lee)

Is that right?

Anyway, if that's right I agree with you.

Also thought cup of tea.

roza-lee. I watched Twilight.

I would pronounce it Roz-a-lee - same pattern as Rosalind being Roz-a-lind

(and the only ones I know in RL both pronounce it this way)

Even with this pronunciation (which is the older, Germanic version), people still use Rosie as a nn

Charlotte
Eliza
Rosanne/Rosanna
Emilia
Violet
Camilla
Aurelia
Amelie

Rose Elise
Julia Rose
Rebecca Rose
Delphine Rose

My youngest daughter is called Jocelyn. We say Joss-Lynne, but many people pronounce it Joss-uh-Lynne, including herself, which isn’t really a problem for us. And yet more come up with various different, often ridiculous versions which she dislikes (teachers at school, for example, have called her Joss-uh-line, Jock-uh-lynne, Joe-suh-lynne etc). She introduces herself as Joss now, which is what we generally call her and we take the mispronunciation lightly but I’d definitely be prepared for it if you go with Rosalie, which I’d pronounce your way for what it’s worth.
Elder daughter is Lois, and you’d think everyone would have heard of Superman’s girlfriend but alas, that gets mangled too.

I know a Rosalie who pronounces it Rose a lee.

In my accent the difference between Rose a Lee and Rosa Lee isn't that substantial. It's a nice name.

I think Rose or Rosa are both lovely too and they're easier to pronounce. Quite a few of the longer Rose names have multiple pronunciations or pronunciation which isn't as clear. Like Rosemary - I've heard people pronounce it Rose Marie, like the herb and also Rose Mary.

I just think of a nice cup of Rosie.

Love it and pronounce it

Rosa-Lee

In my Scottish accent the first two end with lee

Amelie - ah-mah-lee
Coralie - cor-ah-lee

But these all end with lay

Millie - mill-lay
Ellie - ell-lay
Hallie
Hollie
Natalie
Callie
Billie
Ainslie
Nellie

Its my middle name and I pronounce it the same way as you, not with the Rosa and Lee almost seperate like your husband does. No one has ever pronounced it starting with roz, as that’s not how it is pronounced!

I knew a Rosalia when I was younger and loved the name since. Would that be any good?

Okay, so I think the issue is not pronunciation (you and DH pronounce all separate syllables the same way) but syllable stress. It also seems to me that you're not actually stressing all syllables equally, but instead placing a very slight emphasis on the first one. Your DH is stressing both the first and the last one. Most people do what you do, not what your DH does, so I don't think you need to worry that his pronunciation is mainstream. But I would not use the name if he either genuinely can't hear the difference (so will keep doing it), or if he prefers his version and doesn't like yours.

How about Eliza?

Ah I love Rosalie and Clementine! You do need to be aligned with your DH on pronounciation though. As someone above said I would pronounce ROSE a lee but Rosa and Rosie are gorgeous abbreviations. My DH wouldn't let me have Clementine because he hated "Clemmie."
Also on my list was Victoria (discounted by DH as our surname is D and he didn't want a child with initials VD)
Our DD is actually Cecilia which I think has similar vibes to the names in your list, I also like Cecily.

I would say Rosa-Lee but I would also say Amma-Lee. I can see how you would pronounce Rosalie to rhyme with cosily but struggling to say Amalie any other way than family without the F.

That's Coraline which is a different name (though possibly the same route as it was coined in the 1800s by a French composer for an opera) from the French name Coralie.

Do you mean Coraline for the kids movie character? Not Coralie

Op I’d say Rosalie similar to you would I think. Things like twilight has made people a lot more aware of how to say it, I don’t think you’d get that many roz pronunciations. The main thing is if you love it.

Rosa lee

We almost chose this name, pronounced ROsalie (with the emphasis on the first syllable)

Rosa - nice
Rosalie - not keen
Clementine - satsuma
Meredith - horrible
Amelie/Amelia- Amelie is boring, don't like Amelia
Ophelia - tragic
Luna - awful
Esmé - spelling & pronunciation

Suggestion: Rosalind
I'd say Rosalie as Rozz-uh-ly