MemberI love the sound of Liesl, and I love The Sound of Music! However, when I saw the title of the post, I thought it read “Lies!” For that reason, I’d have to vote no on the name.
MemberI’m surprised at how many people think this is made up or extremely unusual. I don’t LOVE it, but it is nice and I’ve never thought it was that unusual. I know two personally. I saw go for it!
I do agree that I like the spelling Liesel better.
MemberIt’s a pretty standard name in my culture, but I guess it’s to be expected as a lot of my language is derived from German (I’m Afrikaans from South Africa)
I love the name – one of the sweetest, prettiest girls I know is called Liesl, so I might be biased 🙂
MemberWhat about that OP?
Not a huge fan of Liesl, as a teacher i’ve seen worse but I worry that the poor kid would be correcting and re-spelling her name until the end of time.
bubbycakes.
MemberI voted No because I’m not a fan of the name. I like the spelling Liesel better. I’m super surprised that so many people have never heard the name before though.
MemberIt looks like “Liesle” is an alternative spelling too… and it avoids the “diesel” similarity. Regardless of how you spell it, I love it! And this is coming from someone with an antique, obscure, ethnic name lol. It is nice because you never get confused with anyone else! My bf has the same name as half the world and in a busy pizza restaurant this weekend he tried to take 3 other “common name guys” pizzas before the one that was actually ours came up!
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MemberWhen I clicked on this post I had no idea what it was about… I thought you accidentally spelled lies wrong. Maybe a diff spelling like Liesel? It’s a great name btw!!
MemberI don’t like it. I’ve never seen the SOM but the fact that everyone is saying “OOOH, Like from Sound Of Music!!!” makes me dislike it even more. Why? Because that’s all that kid will hear it’s entire life. It’s like if people started naming their daughters Katniss during the Hunger Games obsession… Ariel – Little Mermaid… Jasmine – Aladdin….everyone will reference the movie when they meet her.
When I read the alternative spelling I thought it was pronounced Ly-zel but now that I know it’s pronounced Lee-zl all I think is Weasel
If you live in Germany where this is a well-known name then great. If not, I’d consider something else.
MemberMemberI’m German and Liesl is a quite common name- For really old ladies. I’ve never met a Liesl who was under 60. It’s cute for an old lady, but for a baby? Nah. Besides, Liesl is just a nickname for Elisabeth.
MemberAs one PP said, there is an Australian swimming gold medallist called Liesel. She’d be in her late 20s now. It never crossed my mind that it was one letter different to Diesel, though commentators usually pronounce her name with an “s” sound rather than a “z” sound.
So yes, it’s fine.
MemberThis name looked like Lies! to me too when I clicked on the post. And then I realised why… A German friend has the name and she spells it Leisl and for the people who have spoken about Leisel Jones the Australian athelete, she too spells her name with the E before the I at the start. From what I have seen this is still an accepted spelling of the name. I really like the name and it sounds really pretty in person. If you are concerned about the Lies thing maybe consider the Leisl spelling? If not go ahead with Liesl – it’s your kid and you like it. That’s the main thing!
MemberPersonally, I would give a more traditional name (Lisa or some other version) and then use the short form to address her.
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