Alizé/Alizée

[Brazie]

Hi all, DHs mum is French, she moved to the UK as a child but has maintained strong links. To tribute this we are giving our children French names. We have a little boy named Louis Timothée Arthur and are now expecting a second baby.

We were set on Camille being our girls name of choice but are currently on holiday in France and have met someone called Alizé/Alizée pronounced Ah-Lee-say. I think I've fallen in love!!

Full name would be Alizé Camille Inès.

Should we stick with Camille or go for Alizé?

Camille Sylvie Inès is lovely ☺️

Interesting. What are your thoughts on the other names? Camille, Inès and Sylvie. (I really like them btw OP hence asking about them for myself!)

Kate Middleton's sister in law ( married to James Middleton) is Alizee.
How does one pronounce it ?

Same! It put me off the name and I can’t get past the sickly boy association.

I like Alizé(e).. I might be tempted to butcher it to Alizae for the benefit of English speakers, but if you want to stick to the (beautiful) French spelling, do 2 e’s to help reduce pronunciation errors.

I'm afraid the first thing I thought of was

"The Moet and Alize keep me pissy, girls used to diss me, now they write letters cos they miss me...'

However this will only be a problem if they introduce themselves to a Biggie fan.

I might be tempted to butcher it to Alizae for the benefit of English speakers
Why? It's hideous.

I love Elise, only ever met one, she was a lovely girl.

Camille: fine, not v common for girls now, probably trendier for boys. Sylvie v middle aged, would imagine it to be in homage to a parent. Inès fine, possibly commonest among people with a Mediterranean/ North African background.