Aleska...

lynelise04 · September 2010

What do you think?

kailua5 · September 2010

Hmm...I'm not sure. I guess, if I was really attracted to the sound of it, I'd go ahead and name the child Alaska. At least that way people would get the spelling right.

What about Jessica or Alyssa, maybe Rebekah?

vans or violets · September 2010

Alaska...she, I assume it's a she, will constantly be asked if she can see Russia from her backyard.

laurel22 · September 2010

Not a fan. You might as well name her Alaska.

laurel22 · September 2010

vans or violets:
Alaska...she, I assume it's a she, will constantly be asked if she can see Russia from her backyard.

That's exactly what I thought! The first thing that popped into my head was, "I can see Russia from my house!"

HappyMrsK · September 2010

It's nms. Is it for a boy or a girl?

strangebird · September 2010

My understanding of Aleska is that it's a somewhat modern variation of the Polish/Chech Elizabeth variant. I don't mind the sound and I can see it's appeal, but here in the states it's too similar to Alaska. As you can see from a couple of the PPs responses, people are going to read it as Alaska, anyway.

May I suggest the original form: Eliska? Similar sound, but far less likely to be confused and/or warrant moronic questions about the similarly-named State.

lynelise04 · September 2010

For the record, i would NEVER consider this name for my lo. An employees daughter named their girl Aleska, they call her Alli. I guess its her favorite hockey players name.

ara_cale · September 2010

strangebird:
May I suggest the original form: Eliska? Similar sound, but far less likely to be confused and/or warrant moronic questions about the similarly-named State.

I think Eliska sounds really pretty!

completelyundefinable · September 2010

I don't like it.

strangebird · September 2010

lynelise04:
For the record, i would NEVER consider this name for my lo. An employees daughter named their girl Aleska, they call her Alli. I guess its her favorite hockey players name.

Well, it might not be your style (or mine, for that matter) but it is a legitimate name, albeit one little heard here in the States. They could have done much, much worse: )