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Thoughts on Anneliese
What are your thoughts on Anneliese possibly shortened to Liesel or Annie?~ Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry ~
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My best friend in high school was Annaliese.She pronounced it anna-LEES.She hated that so many people shortened it to just "Ann."She preferred to be called by the full length of her name and she wished it had been spelled the classic way, Anneliese.I don't like Liesel. It sounds like diesel and I have the same pronunciation problems that I have with Laurel.Annie is extremely boring for a name like Anneliese.Bullying potential:
As someone mentioned below it can be anal-ease. It can also be on-a-leash.

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i love it because of the character Annelise Keating. she chooses it for herself because she thinks it sounds professional, which i agree it does. i prefer the spelling Annelise, unless youre in a German/Dutch speaking area. Annie is a cute nickname.
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I like it, but I'm used to hearing it pronounced AN-uh-lees, which is the main pronunciation in English. The spelling is thus more commonly Annalise, but I don't like the way that looks, I think Anneliese looks much prettier. Though I imagine this might cause confusion if she were to visit Germany or the Netherlands... or Belgium, or Luxembourg...Annelise is also pretty (basically, I prefer that one letter to be an E rather than an A), but perhaps the least intuitive of all spellings.As for nicknames, Annie would be more easily acquired in an Anglophone country, if she would get a nickname at all. In a Germanic country Liesel would be cute.
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I used to like Anneliese and its variants until someone told me it looked like the product Anal-ease which was a product sold at one of those at home sex product parties. I never knew and know I can't unsee it.
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It's so dated where I live! That makes it hard for me to be objective, I think, but objectively it's very long and has a clumsy rhythm. I think there are better ways of having a daughter known as Liesel or Annie!
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I love Anneliese if it's anna-LEES. Not a big fan of the Annalisa pronunciation (though I do like Annalisa spelled like that).Liesel reminds me of diesel but Annie is cute.
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In my experience (my roommate and one of my closest friends is called Liesl), in a majority English-speaking country, Liesel is a problematic name to have, even with the Sound of Music reference. In terms of nicknames making a slightly complicated name more simple and user-friendly on a day-to-day basis, I'd say Annie is the one to go with. Liesel might work as a family nickname.That being said, there's nothing I don't like about it. I don't LOVE it and wouldn't use it, but if I met a child or adult with the name, I'd be like, what a great name! I would immediately think they had Dutch/Scandinavian/Germanic roots though.
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I like it spelled this way or Annelies only, not Annalise though. I like Annie.
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It depends how you pronounce it. I like it with the German pronunciation (the last e pronounced) more than I do with the French (last e silent). Liesel is a good nickname for it.
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Anneliese is one of my absolute favorite names. Gorgeous yet strong and not too common. I've never met an Anneliese/Annalise. I love it!Dislike any nicknames for it, I think Anneliese on its own is gorgeous.
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This message was edited 10/17/2017, 2:47 AM

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