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Help[Opinions] Re: How would you pronounce the name Elisha
in reply to a message by Cam
The Biblical name Elisha is a BOYS' name pronounced el-EYE-sha. It is not a girls' name, even if it ends in a and sounds feminine. It is largely irrelevant whether or not it has been used as a girls' name; the fact remains that it is masculine, not feminine.
In Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle, there is a female character called Elisha. However this is a combination of El (her father's name) and Isha (her mother's name) and so I believe is pronounced el-ISH-ah. That is the only time I've seen "Elisha" as a female name and even then it wasn't the Biblical name that was used.
In Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle, there is a female character called Elisha. However this is a combination of El (her father's name) and Isha (her mother's name) and so I believe is pronounced el-ISH-ah. That is the only time I've seen "Elisha" as a female name and even then it wasn't the Biblical name that was used.
This message was edited 12/22/2016, 1:56 AM
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It is historically a boys name but I think the OP was trying to gauge whether people would realistically know that because it's not super common. Many might assume it was a girl's, because it follows such a similar pattern of other feminine names.
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