How would you pronounce Elena?

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Goscat · 02/03/2025 17:26

Latin family loving in the UK. We want to use this name but are unsure how Brits (Scots specifically will pronounce it?)

It should be Eh-LEH-na

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Sherararara · 02/03/2025 17:31

El-leh-nah

Ariadneefron · 02/03/2025 17:31

English people will call her ELLunna. Scots maybe different. You just have to get used to it really or you have to spend your life correcting people.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 02/03/2025 17:30

Cross-posted!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 02/03/2025 17:30

PrincessHoneysuckle · 02/03/2025 17:28

El-ay-a

It has an 'n' in it!

OP - I'd pronounce it like you do, but some English speakers might assume it's pronounced like 'Eleanor' (i.e. 'eh-luh-nuh' for most people in England).

Holgen · 02/03/2025 17:30

Ell-uh-nuh

Stromboluigi · 02/03/2025 17:30

El-eeh-na

NotVeryFunny · 02/03/2025 17:29

I would pronounce it El-ay-a if I didn't know otherwise.

Teeheehee1579 · 02/03/2025 17:29

EL A NAH

LePetitMaman · 02/03/2025 17:28

Not Ell-ay-na, which is what my Portuguese colleague continually had to correct people to say.

She was always called:

Ell-uh-nuh

PrincessHoneysuckle · 02/03/2025 17:28

El-ay-a

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