Lena pronunciation?

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Would you say Lay-na or Len-a?

Not bothered how it should be pronounced just want to know how you would assume it's pronounced.

Cheers :)

Lee-na

Lee-na as well.

Ley-nah

Lee-na (like Zavaroni)

sorry an errant h has crept in there somehow.

Closer to Lay-na, but maybe more like Leh-na

Hmmm that's a few different ways! Think that's put me off it now...

i would pronounce it Lee-na

my community midwife was called Lena and that's how she pronounced it

I know two lenas - they are both called Lee-na.

Hth

Lee-na

I work with a lena

pronounced lay-na

I would assume Lee-na, but wouldn't be surprised if it was Lay-na IYSWIM.

Prefer Lay-na

Lay-na.

I would assume that 'Lee-na' would be spelt Lina.

Neither Lay-na nor Lee-na but Leh-na (with a long eh sound).

i would say lee-yena but only because i studied russian at university..

ok - that didn't work. the ye was supposed to be in italics but for some reason wasn't. stress on the ye basically

bold not italics

getting my hat now

I would say Lee-na. I have a friend whose DD is Lena with a french accent over the e (the child is 1/2 french) and I pronounce that Lay-na, though I have never met the child so don't actually know if this is right!

Lay na. Tis my next door neighbours name and thats how she says it.

Lee-na.

In English there isn't a phoneme to describe the sound of the -ena as it would be pronounced in German and French, but it would be closer to Lay-na, without such a pronounced -ay (if that makes sense )

Lay-na.

Lee-na