Elysia

Girl Names
1

[name]How[/name] do you pronounce [name]Elysia[/name]?

Is it -

Eh - li - s - ia?

Eh - lee - z - ia? Which I really like!

Or is it Eh - lee - sha??

Many thanks

2

There is a girl at my work with the name and she pronounces it “[name]Ah[/name]-leesh-ah”.

3

I’ve always pronounced it Eh-liss-ee-ya

4

Yes - that’s what I thought :slight_smile:

5

The person i met with this name said Eh-lee-see-ya, if i remember right.

6

I’ve always said it eh-[name]LEE[/name]-see-yuh

7

eh-[name]LEE[/name]-see-ah, or EE-lee-see-ah. :smiley: I like both. Pretty name.

8

My thoughts exactly!

9

I say eh-[name]LEE[/name]-see-ah, like the Spanish pronunciation of [name]Alicia[/name], but I think eh-LIH-see-ah and eh-LIH-zhee-a are also correct. You can pretty much just pick your favorite, just know that there will be some confusion no matter what you choose.

10

I say it ehl-ee-SEE-ah. Although the emphasis might be on the second syllable instead, I think it depends on my mood. Hopefully @dantea sees this thread, since it’s her daughter’s MN. I can’t exactly remember how she says it, although I think it might be close to my pronunciation?

11

Maybe it’s one of those names that we choose the pronunciation and then just correct folk when they say it the way they think. Thank you all!!

12

I believe it’s el-IS-ee-ah, in ancient Greek, like Elysium. If it were el-EE-see-ah, it would probably be spelled [name]Elisia[/name]. However, most would probably say el-EE-see-ah.