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[Opinions] Alice and Elise
Which do you prefer? Do these names give the same vibe at all to you? They kind of do to me just because Elise in English sounds so much like Alice in French.What about Elisa? I like it pronounced "Eleesa", not so mch "Elaysa"."We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, all this hardness; but we aren't like that really, I mean...one can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold...d'you see what I mean?”
John LeCarré
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I like all of these. I slightly more prefer Elise to Alice. They do sound a bit similarly, but they're totally different names to me and don't have much in common. I like ELisa too and prefer Eleesa to Elaysa as well.
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They feel like they have a different vibe to me. I used to hate Alice, mostly because people would call me Alice instead of Elise and that would drive me mad. I've changed my tune and now I have a perception of an Alice to be intelligent, quick-witted, good sense of humor, sunny disposition, and someone who kind of just goes along to the beat of their own drum. This has no doubt been shaped a lot by the 4 Alices that I have known who range in age from 7 to 85ish. I don't know what the vibe of Elise is. I can't objectively assess that. But it feels different to me. I dislike Elisa. I pronounce it the way you prefer but I think the -a on the end seems unnecessary.
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I prefer Alice. Elisa is pretty too.
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I was just thinking about Alice the other day w/ the French pronunciation, which I adore. I think Elise is nice alternative if you're like me and prob wouldn't be able to get away with that. I like Elisa even more (pronounce it the same as you).
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I think about both of these names a lot. I think Alice would be an easier name to have (in the US at least), because I have a feeling Elise would get mixed up with other names more frequently. Alice seems a bit less “frilly” for some reason.”, but I like both names very much.Elisa is nice but again I could see it getting mixed up with Elise, Alyssa, etc. in the US.
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Elise definitely gets mixed up with a lot of other names in the US. (Source: I am named Elise in the US) It also gets misspelled constantly.I get called Elsie, Alice, Alyssa, Elisha/Alisha, Alicia, Ellie, Lisa, Elisa etc with some frequency. I wouldn't be surprised if girls/women named Alice have a similar experience though. In my experience, people just glance at names on pages or hear your name and associate it with maybe a name that they hear frequently in their own life that's similar.
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Elise is nice, but Alice is so much nicer. Alice has more of a timeless, classic feel to me, whereas Elise isn't so classic.
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I prefer Alice to Elise, and to most other names.Elise (and Elize) are so often used as nns for Elizabeth and Elisabeth where I live that I always assume it is a nn. I've never actually encountered Elisa: Eliza of course, but that's a nn as well.
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I want to pronounce Elise Uh-LEEZ. I prefer Elisabetta and Adelaide or Alicia, if you mean forms in general. I prefer Alice to Elise.
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To me, Alice seems more like a complete, beautiful name. It’s quaint and dainty and a little quirky.Elise seems more like a nickname for Elisabeth that eventually became a name in its own right, like Lisa. It’s pretty, but there are a lot of El- and Em- names floating around the top popularity lists. Al- names (Alice included) are there too, but they don’t seem as ubiquitous to me. Elise seems safe and a little boring.
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