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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.

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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.