How do you pronounce 'Clarice'?

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How do you pronounce the name 'Clarice'? I need to know before reading dd1's Clarice Bean book to her!

IIRC Jodie Foster's character in 'Silence of the Lambs' was pronounced Cla-reese. But the name Maurice has 2 different pronunciations: Mo-reese in the US, and (usually) Morris in the UK. So should a British Clarice be pronounced Clar-iss?

Any thoughts? Or are there any British Clarices reading this?

I would have said 'Cla-reese', Clar-iss sounds a bit male for some reason, but hopefully someone called Clarice will come along soon!

Clareese Starling but Clariss Bean (as in Clarice Cliff).

Would prob say Clar-ees but with Bean would say Clar-iss. Don't know why, maybe I have heard it like that on Tv/radio?

Clariss

Clarice to rhyme roughly with Paris is the English way. Clareese if you're Franch

It's definitely Clar-iss Cliff on Bargain Hunt!!!

To rhyme with Harris. Cla-rees sounds US (I remember Joan Collins in Dynasty talking about her late DH CEcil- sounded daft).

Clar-iss definitely

Would say Clar-iss unless reading SOTL

don't embarrass Clarice Harris IYSWIM

yes, CLA-riss, like Cliff

cla-REES sounds American and somehow pseudo-French

Clar- iss without a doubt.

Great. I think that clears that up. I'd forgotten about Clarice Cliff.

Clariss as in Harris. Yes. My great Gran was Clarice and that's how she pronounced her name

Clariss

Depends imho.......... the china lady is pronounced Claris and in The Silence of the Lambs its Clareeese..................

Clariss. My dad is Maurice. That's bad enough but if anyone called him Mo-Reese it would be even worse! Morris. Clariss. The British way

A friend of a friend is dutch and his Maurice is pronounced Moreeeeeeeese

My grandmother was Clarice - Clariss, definately.