I see its appeal but it isn't one of my favourite portmanteau names, I prefer
Annabelle.
I would spell it
Annelise or
Annalisa, I don't really like the '
Liese' spelling.
By the way, how did it get so popular all of a sudden in
France, in the early 1940's?
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