how do you personally pronounce Eliza

Girl Names
1

[name_m]How[/name_m] do you personally pronounce [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]?

eh-liy-zə
ee-liy-zə
some other way

2

I don’t know what the upside down e’s sound like, but I pronounce it Uh-lye-zuh. I know an Eliza, so that’s where I get my pronunciation from.

3

I pronounce it ee-ly-zuh

4

It is called a schwa. Schwa Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
ə = the sound of the A in about, sofa, alone

5

uh lie zuh

6

[name_f]El[/name_f]-eye-zuh

7

Uh-lee-zuh

Probably the one only one that pronounces it like this, but to me it sounds right

8

Either uh-lye-zuh or ee-lye-zuh, depending on how lazy my tongue is being.

9

uh-lie-zuh

10

I say Uh-LIE-zuh.

11

Eh-lie-zuh

I adore this name :smiley:

12

If I enunciate properly, I pronounce it like ee-LIE-zuh, but since the emphasis is on the second syllable and not the first, the “ee” often comes out more like “ih.” It feels more natural that way.

13

ə-LIE-zə

I wasn’t aware there was more than one way to pronounce it.

14

Ee-Lie-Zuh

15

Cool, thanks! My phone doesn’t have those, which is kind of disappointing. The first one is how I pronounce it, but almost with more of an uh sound at the beginning.

16

Eh-lie-zə for me

17

uh-lye-zuh

(distinctly different from [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], which I pronounce uh-liz-ah-beth)

18

eh-liy-zə is the only way I’ve heard.

19

ee-ly-za is how I say it

20

This is how I say it as well. Beautiful name, by the way!