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That's funny, because I think Esyllt looks pretty but sounds strange. Incidentally, there is a poster here named Esyllt. I dunno if that's her real name or not though.

Question on pronounciation

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Of Isolde, Isolda, Iseult, Ysolda, Yseult, Esyllt, Eseld, and any other variants (besides Isotta and stuff obviously)
Are they pronounced the same? I've been saying eess-ULD for Isolde, but with a weird thing on the ULD where my tongue sort of flicks off the roof of my mouth. No idea what that's called. I say eess-ULT for Iseult and ess-ELD for Eseld. Are these accurate?

I love Esyllt, but the extreme likelihood of mispronunciation outside Wales would stop me from actually using it on a child.
Isolde and Isolda look lovely, but I can't get round the fact that however I say them, they sound like 'is old' & 'is older'. Or 'is sold' and 'is solder'. Or possibly Isildur :)
Eseld could grow on me.

Neat sighting! I prefer Esyllt to Isolde. I like the sound better too. But my favorite form of that name is Eseld.