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Elissa/Ellissa
WDYT? This has been growing on me recently. Better with one or two l’s? How does it compare to Alissa or Elisa (in the Eleesa pronunciation?)"We have met the enemy and he is us" Walt Kelly
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ElissaElissa is good both as a variant of Elisa, and the historical usage. Ellissa seems unbalanced.For me it's Elissa > Elisa > Alissa >> Ellissa.
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Elissa is nice, but Ellissa much less so, with all the double consonants, plus it looks like a feminine form of Ellis. I like Elissa it is very nicely feminine and I come across it very rarely so I'd think it's not highly used at all. But since there are so many different spellings plus similar-sounding names with different etymologies, the downside that I see is I think it could get confusing when used in real life.
I think I like Elisa a bit more though, can't say why but I do. Alissa is my least favourite out of these, I much prefer just Alice.
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Like ElissaI've always had a soft spot for Elissa, another name for my beloved Dido. Ellissa just looks wrong. I prefer it to Alissa (which I pronounce identically to Elissa) and to Elisa.
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If I recall, it's only got one l in Carthaginian! And to me the i sounds like the vowel in fit, not feet. I like it, but I imagine most people would perceive it as a version of Eliza and pronounce it accordingly.I don't find Alissa and Elisa (Eleesa) at all interesting; Elissa is.
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Indeed, Dido only had one l!
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I like Elissa. I could say it either to rhyme Melissa (more intuitive to me), or as 'el-LEE-sa' and it's nice either way. Better with one L just because two double consonants in one name never looks right to me. If it rhymed Melissa I would interpret it to be very similar to Alyssa. But I knew an Elissa who pronounced it el-LEE-sa and it never occurred to me that it was like Alyssa - it reminded me of Elisa instead.

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Ellissa looks odd to me, like an attempt to feminize Ellis. I think I like Elisa best.
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I like Elissa.
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I prefer Alyssa
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