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Ellena

31 replies

Lironlavie1 · 04/11/2019 21:18

Quick question, how would you pronounce the name Ellena??
Thank you!!!

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Pippilangstrumpfi · 04/11/2019 22:49

Elena = Elen-ah

Eleanor = Elen-or

MissHenty · 04/11/2019 22:23

How about the name Elina. I know a little Elina

Lironlavie1 · 04/11/2019 22:07

Thank you, I’m asking as I like the pronunciation as Eleanor but not keen on the spelling.
I’m wondering if Ellena would be read as Ellen-ah rather then Elena that gets read as E-lay-na....

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catchyjem · 04/11/2019 21:58

Ellen-ah

flowery · 04/11/2019 21:34

My instinct would be to pronounce it the same as Eleanor, however I would worry about being wrong as I would think if that’s what the parents intended, they would have spelled it that way, so I’d probably ask.

concernedforthefuture · 04/11/2019 21:22

A bit like I would Eleanor (but with an 'ah' sound at the end instead of the 'or'). I was at school with an Elena who wished her mum had just called her Eleanor, because she hated when people pronounced it Elaine-ah or Eleen-ah.

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