Aileas or Alice...?
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Aileas or Alice...?
| Sat, 04-02-2005 - 1:23am |
Hi i was wondering if u could please help me with these pronunciations of the name Alice.
I wasn't sure if they were pronounced Alice or AL EES -it's hard to be sure!?
Alys
Alyce
Allyse
Ailis
Aileas-this one is Scottish and looks liked it should br pronounced Al ees but i think it's said as Alice, i know it's definately a variant of Alice anyway.
Cheers!!

Alys - "ah-LISS"
Alyce - "ah-LEECE"
Allyse - "ah-LEECE"
Ailis - I would pronounce this "AY-liss", but according to behindthename.com this is actually pronounced "AY-leesh"
Aileas - "AY-lee-iss"
That's how I would pronounce those names, I don't know how any of them are actually pronounced except for Ailis...if you want to name you baby Alice, spell it the normal way.
My opinion:
Alice--Old fashioned Al-Lis
Alys--Al-lis
Alyce-- Al-lis
Allyse--UH-lease... I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE
Ailis--I dont like this spelling, but this is Al-lis
Aileas--Wouldnt have even said either way... to me this is L-lis (Ellis) or El-lease
Alys, Alyce and Allyse are all English variant spellings and said exactly as Alice is - 'AL-iss'
Ailis is Irish Gaelic and said 'AY-lish' because the Gaelic s is almost always pronounced 'sh' (a few rare exceptions in the language but none that I recall in names), witness Sean, Seamus, Siobhan, Sinead, etc.
Aileas is Scots Gaelic and said 'AY-lesh' same reason.