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Elias - How do British pronounce it?

61 replies

SantaClausss · 18/12/2022 21:59

It’s natural to me, as I read it, to pronounce it as Eee - lee - as.

Is it the way it is pronounced in the Uk?

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TheNinthLock · 19/12/2022 15:21

Ee-lie-as

catsandkid · 19/12/2022 14:16

El- igh-as

Irridescantshimmmer · 19/12/2022 13:56

Ehl-eye-as

ShaunaTheSheep · 19/12/2022 13:37

Emphasis on the lie

ShaunaTheSheep · 19/12/2022 13:36

Uh-lie-uhs is the closest I can get.

housemaus · 19/12/2022 13:27

Uh-LIE-uss (or Eh-LIE-ess - somewhere between those two sounds).

uncomfortablydumb53 · 19/12/2022 13:16

Ell eye as

FayCarew · 19/12/2022 12:51

Ah, I thought maybe middle eastern, north african or pakistani heritage.
I prefer the El-ee-us/as pronunciation.

Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:48

Of not off

Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:48

FayCarew · 19/12/2022 12:30

What did you teach them, @Abraxan ? What were their backgrounds?

Mainly white European and/or British boys, primary school age. Living in the north off England.

El-ee-uh-s

Fizzadora · 19/12/2022 12:36

I would pronounce it

Eee - lie - as

No emphasis on any syllable.

FayCarew · 19/12/2022 12:30

What did you teach them, @Abraxan ? What were their backgrounds?

Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:17

The children I have taught names this, it's been pronounced

e-l-ee-uh-s

AntiqueCestChic · 19/12/2022 12:03

I know 2 children with this name

One pronounces it Ell - eee- ass

The other is Ell - eye- ass

DacwMamYnDwad · 19/12/2022 11:52

El-EYE-us in most of the UK.
Welsh speakers say it as El-EE-as

AmazonianAvatar · 18/12/2022 23:31

I have one and we pronounce E-lie-us.He’s almost 21 and the name was very rare in the UK when he was born. I see it in the boards a lot now.

I hate people pronouncing it E-li-ass with emphasis on the ‘ass’! We’re not Muslim. Just loved the name.

OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 18/12/2022 23:22

I would pronounce same as OP

solidaritea · 18/12/2022 23:21

Oh and I've also met Ilyas - Ee - lee - ass

solidaritea · 18/12/2022 23:20

Depends on how they pronounce

I've met
El - ee - ass (people pronouncing like this have all been Muslim)

But also
El - igh - ass (not sure of origin)

Purplemagnolias · 18/12/2022 23:08

Like Eliot but ending in -as not -ot

UsingChangeofName · 18/12/2022 23:06

El (like at the start of elephant) - eye - us

Purplemagnolias · 18/12/2022 23:05

Eh-LEE-as

RuthW · 18/12/2022 22:54

Eh - lie-ass

AriettyHomily · 18/12/2022 22:49

As you do

CharitySchmarity · 18/12/2022 22:47

Almost always e-LIE-as, but I've met one, from a Middle Eastern Muslim background, who was ELLIE-as.