How is ELLE pronounced?

[MadamePeacock]

Is it Ellie, Ella or just like the letter L?

[MadamePeacock]

Also Halle? Is it Hallie or Hal?

[LaundryQueenHatesIroning]

I would say like the letter L

[Tatlerer]

It's like the letter L. But Halle is Hally

[AndNowItsSeven]

L

[Loyly]

Elle is like the letter L.
Halle is Hallie.

[Soubriquet]

Elle is L

Halle is Hal

if you want Ellie spell it like that and if you want Hallie spell it like that.

[sleepyhead]

I think technically to be pronounced Halley, Halle should be spelled Hallé (that's how the orchestra spells it anyway).

But I should imagine most baby Halles are referencing Halle Berry who doesn't have the thingy-whose-name-I-have-forgotten over the e.

If you wanted Elle to be Ellie I guess you could add the thingy.

[MmmmWine]

soubriquet Halle is pronounced 'Ha-Lee' around here - never heard of it pronounced 'Hal'

[MmmmWine]

Not having a go btw .... was just pondering!

[JasperDamerel]

El

Hallee

[3Eggses]

Elle = L
Halle = Hally

[leccybill]

Elle= L to me but I teach two Elles who tell me it's the Ellie sound. I feel like saying 'no it bloody isn't'.

[senua]

I think that Elle = L but I know of someone who thinks that Elle=Ellie. It's her name so hard to argue but I go every time I see it written down.

If they think Elle=Ellie then Ellie=what?

[chinlo]

If they think Elle=Ellie then Ellie=what

=Ellieeeeeee

[Notso]

I know a few Elles who pronounce it Ellie.

I also know Hallies, Hals and a Hayley who all spell their name Halle.

If they think Elle = Ellie then Elle = what?

One parent said they thought any name with ie should be pronounced with an eye sound not an ee sound, so maybe Elleye? I thought she was wrong but I do know a Poppie that I always read as Popeye!

[Pipilangstrumpf]

Elle is a french name and pronounced Ell, just like Belle. I'm surprised that anyone would even consider pronouncing it differently .

Halle isn't French but Scandinavian (had to google this) so you would pronounce the e.

[BadToTheBone]

L
Hallie

[TheNaze73]

Elle = L
Ellie = Ellie

Never heard it pronounced any other way

[Dontgiveaschnitzel]

I'm related to an Estonian Elle, the Estonian pronunciation of Elle is more like Ella; Ell-eh.

[AllPowerfulLizardPerson]

I thought the Scandi version was Halla?

[leccybill]

I know an Eleigh

[KoalaDownUnder]

Elle = El. As in Macpherson. Elle pronounced Ellie is nonsensical.

Halle = Hally

[Ontopofthesunset]

But Halle pronounced Hallie is also nonsensical, isn't it? According to English pronunciation rules it should be pronounced Hal. According to Scandinavian pronunciation rules it should be pronounced Hall-uh (with an unstressed schwa vowel sound st the end). I suppose if it were Greek like Penelope and Hermione it might be pronounced Hallie. But I don't think it is.

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

Ell.

In other languages such as German, the final e would be pronounced, so more like Ella, but IMO it would be confusing, and very likely irritating to many people, to expect that pronunciation of Elle in the U.K.

[Pipilangstrumpf]

In German Elle is pronounced Ell-eh (eh as in elephant). But it isn't a name in German, it's a unit of measurement.