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I mean I can kind of see the appeal of it in a way with the iambic pronunciation. It's still unusable but I suppose if it was still used there are worse things to be named after tbh.

I’m sorry but I can’t like it. It is literally impossible for me to unhear “lettuce”. Lettie is cute, but maybe you can use Violet?

I want to love Lettice because it's medieval and I adore the nickname Letty / Lettie, but I can't dissociate Lettice from lettuce, and the "leh-TEES" pronunciation is unnatural to me.

I like the sound of Lettice, but I wouldn't use it on a real child. It would be hard on a small child to have other kids think she was named Lettuce and be confused.

Not a fan, sounds too much like “lettuce “ or “lattice.” Laetitia prime Letizia is better:

I agree with Amphelise - it's nice, but not on a real child. I grew up watching Tokyo Mew Mew and I found it insanely odd that one of them was literally called Lettuce. We snickered at it. Lettice sounds like a "fancy" way of saying Lettuce and I don't see kids being kind about it.

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I'm somebody who believes that kids are always going to be picked on for something anyway, and even normal names get picked up. My surname (of which I will not be sharing) and an old friend called Stephanie who used to be name-called Fanny etc If you are in a culture that might be more accepting of a name like Lettice then you could try it, but if you're worried about possible bully-bait, I'd give it a pass

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Lettie is cute. Sounds like a flapper name

It still sounds like Lettuce, or did in the late 19th, early 20th centuries: I encountered a book of children's poetry once, which included a poem about sweet Lettice looking through her lattice ... Lettie is sweet for children all right, but I don't see it ageing very well. Letitia ... ? Seems more adult.

One of my teachers at school had a daughter named Lettice, pronounced just like lettuce. I guess she would be in her teens now. People commented on it a lot.

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I prefer Lettie as a nn for Violet or Violetta.

Terrible

I don't think it would be a good idea on a real child. They'd go through school being called Salad or Rocket or Iceberg or something. Letitia is better if you want Lettie.