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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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georgialondon · 26/04/2020 15:32

1/3

mynameiscalypso · 26/04/2020 15:31

The only one I know pronounces it somewhere between 1 and 3z

Zisforstripyoss · 26/04/2020 15:31

1 and 3 sound the same to me?

I say it Ell-AY-nah

DartmoorChef · 26/04/2020 15:30

Eleanor is ell-en-ore

Elouera · 26/04/2020 15:29

5 ?

Like Eleni but with an A

SunshineOutdoors · 26/04/2020 15:29

Elaine-a, think this is like your 1 and 3 (which sound the same to me when I say it.

midsomermurderess · 26/04/2020 15:29
Ofitck · 26/04/2020 15:28

Ell AY nah (but I live in Spain).

If you want ELL en ah it should be spelt "Eleanor" i think. Or Helena but people would pronounce the h.

Honeyroar · 26/04/2020 15:28

4

lopdedop · 26/04/2020 15:26

5.Eh le na

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