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How do you pronounce Elena?

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littlefawn · 26/04/2020 15:25

  1. Eh-lay-na
  1. Eh-lee-na
  1. Eh-lane-a
  1. Ellen-a
  1. Eh-len-na

DH likes the name but I'm not sure how exactly it should be pronounced

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audreyand · 26/04/2020 16:46

I know one who is a 5

zigaziga · 26/04/2020 16:46

1/3 which I think are the same? - the only Elena I knew pronounced like that.

BikeRunSki · 26/04/2020 16:46

I know two, one provinces it like your 1., one pronounces it like Eleanor.

(I also know an Eleanor who pronounces her name like Elinor)

Jamiladodger · 26/04/2020 16:44

2

userabcname · 26/04/2020 16:44

3 or 4. I'd pronounce Eleanor as Ellen-Or as well.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 26/04/2020 16:44

4 before I heard of Elena of Avlon, now 1

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 26/04/2020 16:42

Either in the Russian style (know a couple of Russian Elenas, so with Yel-AY-na) or ELL-enna (friend at school was called Elena pronounced that way).

But I've heard all of the ways you mention, so any of them - you just decide which way you want to pronounce it and stick with it.

RaspberryBubblegum · 26/04/2020 16:41

1 or 3. Like the Disney Princess

Abbccc · 26/04/2020 16:37

4

GoodbyeToCare · 26/04/2020 16:32

Ye-lane-a here too.

speckledpigeon · 26/04/2020 15:50

Elaine-a. So 1/3

Wasail · 26/04/2020 15:46

YEL-en -a But that’s only because I have a Russian friend who pronounces it something like that.

SoftBlocks · 26/04/2020 15:44

El-AY-nah

rottiemum88 · 26/04/2020 15:43

Elaine-a, as a PP

KateF · 26/04/2020 15:41

Well I always thought it was El-ay-na but in fact the only one I know pronounces it E-len-a with the emphasis on the second syllable.

Merename · 26/04/2020 15:39

I agree, 1 and 3 are the same and that’s how I’d say it.

Gingernaut · 26/04/2020 15:38

Elle Lay Na

fantasmasgoria1 · 26/04/2020 15:38

Posted too soon!
Ell ay ner
Eleanor I would pronounce Ellen or

elp30 · 26/04/2020 15:37

5

fantasmasgoria1 · 26/04/2020 15:37

Ell at ner

SimonJT · 26/04/2020 15:36

Ay-lane-ah

Shopkinsdoll · 26/04/2020 15:36

3

PulpHorn · 26/04/2020 15:34

Elena- Ell-ay-nah

Eleanor - Ell-ah-na or Nor

Can see why everyone thinks differently!

GertiMJN · 26/04/2020 15:33

1/3

Needtheadvice · 26/04/2020 15:32

5 was closest for me, Eh Le Nah

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