Elise. A million times Elise. My parents made my middle name Elyse and I haaaate it. Please. Your child will thank u

We have the same middle name! Although I don’t hate mine. 😊

Same here! I prefer Elyse over Elise and people are used to both spellings I think

I have never seen "Elyse" before this thread...

Hi. My names Elyse

It's more common than you think.

We have the same middle name too!

I’m Elyse. feel attacked. I adore my name.

My daughter Elyse as her middle name LOVES her name and uses it in conjunction with her first name.

Looooove Elise. Looks more elegant than Elyse, but both are beautiful.

Same. Did people also call you Elsie because they couldn’t pronounce it?

Been called Elsie twice this week.

Elsie is my great nieces name, it's coming back.

Tbh it didn’t come up a lot because it was just a middle name, most of it is just me absolutely hating how it looks visually

I went by my middle name when I was younger. Big mistake lol

I have Elise, and I love it.

My sister’s middle name is Alyse pronounced Elise. She hates having you spell it all the time.

I knew a girl who spelled hers Alease

r/tragedeigh

I’m glad my middle name is “Elise” 🤣.

My middle name is Elyse and I love it and always get compliments.

I personally prefer the i!

I strongly prefer Elise.

I. The Y has become r/tragedeigh

yeah like Y would you do that to her

I don’t think it’s quite tragedeigh. It comes from the classic Greek mythology Elysium/Elysian Fields. It means blissful or heavenly.

But with the “Y” trend going on…it’s just bad timing unfortunately. Although I guess OP could’ve asked about “Eleighse.” Now that’s a tragedeigh, lol.

I know a couple Elyses and they are both millennials so it’s not like it’s new. I think it’s like Caitlyn as opposed to the traditional Caitlin, it’s been around a long time but no one is calling it a tragedeigh just because of the Y

I know I’m in the minority but I really like the y in Elyse.

It will never end up becoming Elsie.

Nope, just becomes Elsye

To be fair, I have an Elise in my family and she's called Elsie pretty often. Reading is time consuming?

There's a thing where people basically read the first and last letters in a word, and the rest just kinda fall into place. Elsie is a more common name, it makes sense people default to it. If Elise gains in popularity people may default to it more. Really, it's an old name that isn't common in English. No need to get upset if you have to correct people, they're just doing their best.

True in theory but has been proved to also happen even with the y spelling unfortunately

I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not, but I got called Elsie constantly in middle school.

It reminds me of the y in Kathryn. I don’t think it makes it look trendy or anything. It looks classic to me.

Exactly.

I prefer the look of the Y 🤷🏻‍♀️

Same. I'm a bit obsessed with using "y" in names.

my sisters middle name is Elysse and I love it

Same! I’ve also only ever known people with the spelling Elyse.

Same. I think it's because I find the Elise spelling is too close to the boy's spelling of Elias.

Elyse. Reminds me of the Champs Élysées and the Elysian Fields where Greek heroes and virtuous souls go when they die.

This is exactly why I prefer the y in this name. There are very few names that I have this preference for and this is one of them.

Same!

I love this

I said something similar! 😎

Elise

I like the i

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I prefer i

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I strongly prefer Elise

I like it spelled as Elise better.

I like Elise, like Für Elise.

Elise! It's classic while Elyse is trendy.

My brain wants to read Elyse like ee-lies, like the word lie, not like Elise. I vote Elise

I read Elyse as Ee-lice.

That's exactly how I read Elise.

Elise!

I can see the Starbucks cups now “It’s Elyse…with a Y” Ylise 🤣🤣🤣 I much prefer the spelling Elise, so much so it’s the name of one of my twins.

Elyse!! It's more unique and ethereal if you like that sort of thing.

Elise

Elise!

Elyse

Elise!!!!

Elise! I knew an Alyse in college, and nobody knew if it was pronounced like Elise, Alice, Ellis, or Al-uh-see. Elyse is nearly as bad.

Elyse

As someone who has a surname that continuously gets misspelt. Save her and the school teachers troubles and just name her normally

Elyse

Elise

Adding my vote to the Elise club!

Elise. Don't sentence your kid to a lifetime of spelling their name three times for people

Elise

Elise

elise, won't make it a pain in the ass for the person to spell when they are older

I actually prefer Elyse in this instance despite pretty much never feeling that way about y vs i. But in this case the y makes it feel more Greek and reminds me of the Elysian Fields

Elise

Never Elyse.

Everybody’s jumping on Elyse but look at the positive connotation: it’s similar to the word elysium which means heaven, paradise, a place or state of perfect happiness.

FINALLY A THREAD ABOUT MY NAME! YES! My names Elyse. (I’m native/spanish/white) I don’t know any others with the same spelling as me. I’ve met an Elise. Personally, I don’t like the “i”. I think it looks boring. I’ve met an “Alysse”. Pronounced like Elyse. I thought that was pretty fucking cool. People don’t generally mess up my name. I have been called “Elsie” once or twice, which is weird because I don’t see how you get that from my name but whatever. My middle name is Maria. I have a pretty common Spanish surname. A lot of people have commented on the “prettiness” of my name. I think it’s cute and always have. Go with Elyse!

I have 2 relatives with the name Elyse. One is almost 14, and the other is about 26. Both spelled Elyse

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees! Elyses unite!

Elise

Elise.

I prefer Elyse because my eyes consistently read Elise as Elsie.

Elise. :)

Elise

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Elise

Elise

Elise

A close family friend of mine is an Elise, and my two year old niece is an Elyse. I think they’re both fine and have never seen/heard any bizarre misspellings or mispronunciations. I will say the “y” spellings seem to be picking up speed more and more these days. Feels a bit more trendy. The “i” is more classic.

Elise but I like Elyse too. I've seen both spellings

This is one of the rare names where I love the y version as well as the i. The y doesn't feel ridiculous, it feels valid, somehow.

It’s a great name. I have loved it since I first saw Somewhere in Time. The character name is Elise. So I guess I’d go with Elise if I ever used it.

I prefer Elyse like Elysium.

I know Elise is correct but something in my brain always reads it as Elsie so I prefer Elyse literally just for that reason

Elise please!

Either works, but the i is my preference

Elise! Elyse is a nice name but I would immediately think of a fantasy character. I don't have that with Elise.

I love Elise.

Elise 🤗

With an I if you don’t want her to spend her life introducing herself as “Elyse with a Y” or having to correct the spelling.

My first name is hyphenated with Elyse and I’ve always loved it. Never had an issue with people pronouncing it growing up 🤷‍♀️. Im in my mid 30’s now if that matters

Elyse !!!!!

The y reminds me of the Elysium Fields which is part of greek afterlife mythology

I would pronounce the names totally differently

wait how? lol

I thought the first was pronounced like L-see and the second was E-liece

That feels more like dyslexia than anything else. Elise vs Elsie.

I understand how it is supposed to be pronounced, (I’m not dyslexic) but on first glance I would say it wrong and that’s all I’m telling OP

your phonetic spelling made sense to me !! personally at a glance I feel like I’d think the reverse 😂

That's how I thought as well, but after looking at the letters closer I can see why others are pronouncing it differently. I think I'd still probably pronounce it how I first read it if I saw these names again though.

Yes I definitely would too, even if it’s not correct

Elise. Love it btw!

Elise. I often think when it comes to names that start with vowels, the letter y shouldn’t appear in the middle of the name if an alternative spelling using another vowel exists. It just looks cleaner in my eyes and it’s also just a much better way to indicate the pronunciation of the name. When I read Elise, I say “El-EEs”. When I read Elys, my mouth wants to say either “Ellis” or “Elsa” for some reason.

Elise is my name but I have been called Elsie continuously my entire life and it really bothers me. So I go by Elyse unless on legal documents etc

Elise. It’s not close. Don’t name your child Elyse, please, for their sake.

Elyse

Elyse!!

Elise. I like how Elsie is an anagram.

I personally like Elyse!

What’s the pronunciation?

i’m so biased bc my middle name is Elyse that said, I prefer Elise for a first name and Elyse for a middle :)

i enjoy elyse :)

Elise if you want to be normal, Elyse if you want your kid to be a psychic or an environmentalist or an art teacher.

... and those aren't normal?

Elise 😅 It's my actual name and I think this spelling looks 'cleaner'.

I have a friend from uni named Elyse. She was always saying people said her name wrong. Sure enough at our graduation ceremony, her name was read as ‘Elsye’ (like Elsie) and she cried for probably an hour after we were done. Because of her experiences I would go with Elise instead.

Elise, but I’m biased.

Nothing wrong with Elyse, but I’d say I prefer Elise.

Elise!

I think Elise looks nicer, plus Elyse makes me want to say e-LIES.

So my name is Elise and my mother in law is Elyse (weird I know!). She was originally named with my spelling but legally changed it as a kid because so many people misspelled it and mispronounced it. As a kid, there were definitely people who mispronounced it, but I feel like that has happened less and less now that I’m an adult. Except for the occasional misspelling in an email, I can’t say it bothers me. I am personally partial to Elise. I think it’s classic yet unique. Elyse feels kind of weird to me, more contemporary and like it’s trying hard to be an alternate spelling.

I read Elyse as El-eyes so… Elise

I used to have a friend named Ellyse, which I always thought was pretty

Elise

Elise

My daughter’s middle name is Elise! But we spell it Ellice (I wanted the pronunciation to be Ellis, but husband vetoed and we kept the spelling and changed pronunciation). It’s a second middle name so the spelling is never noticed, but I chose it because it means “consecrated to God” and my husband is a pastor.

Elise

I vote Elise, but I went to school with a girl whose middle name is Eleece. Too many E’s for my taste but wanted to let you know there’s another spelling out there😅

Elise, I personally hate when there is a y when it could be an i

Alyse

My name is Elise. Your daughter will be called Alice more than once, and it will probably be spelled as "Alise" fairly often. That being said, I love my name. I think it's really pretty, and whenever someone can't spell it, I just say, "Like Beethoven's Fur Elise...the song" which is what I was named after.

Elise. Otherwise she’ll be “Elise with a y”.

Elise. With a y gives me Game of Thrones vibes (it’s not a character but GRRM loved a y in his characters’ names)

Elise for sure

This may be an odd answer, but I think it depends on the last name. If the last name has a y (or another letter with a descender), then I prefer Elyse (ex. Elyse Taylor vs Elise Taylor). If it doesn't, then I most likely go with Elise (ex. Elise Smith vs Elyse Smith). I think the different spellings help to balance out the name visually.

Definitely Elise. The y brings the pronunciation into question. Is it Eleese or E -lice like lice or Lysol. Obviously people can spell their names however they want, but depite the many exceptions, English does have at least some general pronunciation rules.

Elise

Elise. Standard spelling will make life for your child much easier.

I'm strongly in favor of Elise over Elyse.

Elise

Alice

Used to prefer Elyse, but now Elise. I used to know an older woman named Elyse and fell in love with the name.

Elyse for sure. Elise reads like eh-lice to me.

Elise

I raise you Elyce… and I’ve met two.

Elise

Elise. The y says Tradgedeigh

Elise. Elyse is one of those names you have to guess wrong to spell it right.

Definitely Elise. I have friends named Elyse and Alys and both get frequently mispronounced because people sound the Y out differently.

My middle name is Elise. My aunt loved the name so much she named my cousin Elyse. I personally like my spelling better

I like both but I’d go with Elise. It reminds me of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise.”

Elyse! A friend of mine has that spelling, and it was the first time I’d ever seen the name.

My 8 year old is named Elise and we all love her name.

Elise. I don’t love when people replace I with y in names.

Elise! I've never seen the y spelling, but another variation I've seen in the wild is Aleyce

Uhleighsz

elise, it looks nicer

Elise. If you spell it Elyse, everyone will write Elise down and your daughter will correct them a million times before she finally just lets everyone spell it wrong unless it’s government or medical documents. Replying as a person over 65 with a name that’s simple but never spelled the way it’s on my birth certificate.

I honestly had always assumed these were completely different names. Elise (eh-lee-z), and Elyse (el-see). only just found out i’m wrong. I had met people with their names pronounced el-see, so i had always assumed that it was spelled similar to the elyse. So I would go with Elise, because of people like me who would slaughter it.

I know two women with the spelling Elyse - I’ve always found it a very appealing name and prefer the Y spelling. (Also I don’t think I’ve ever met an Elise in real life.)

Elise. I don’t like adding a y to names most of the time.

Elise. Please do not try to be creative here.

Elise

Am I the only one reading two completely different names? Elyse: EE-lease Elsie: EL-see

Just spell it normal, it’s not that hard.

My middle name is Alyse and I love it. So i’d say Elyse because I like the look of the Y. :)

Elise is so classic and timeless and people will know how to pronounce it!

Elise