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How would you spell the name pronounced A-lay-na?

Alana.

Elena

because a friend has this name, and that's how it's pronounced. Before I knew her I would have said her name was pronounced Eh-len-ah, a bit like Eleanor without the 'or' ending iyswim

Lovely name, is this the name you were thinking of OP?

Elena or Helena (a lot of people drop the H in speak).

speak speech

I love it but I don't like the spelling Alan with an a on the end and I was hoping it wasn't Elena cause I would pronounce that el-en-a. Ive got a thing about names being spelt the way they sound after years of my name being mispronounced.

I'd spell it Alanah but that's because I knew a girl at school who spelt it this way and pronounced it a-lay-nah.

I think some people pronounce it a-larr-nah if it's spelt as above though.

It's a love name though however you choose to spell it :)

Stick with Alayna. It means 'in love' in Hawaiian!

wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_word_alayna_mean_in_hawaiian

My friend Elena pronounces it as uh-lay-na rather than a-lay-na. Spelling it Alayna could work well though.

I think putting a y in would definitely help.

Yes that's what I mean uh-lay-na! I love A names.

I have a friend with this pronunciation and she spells it Alaina. She's never had any problems with others mispronouncing it either. Lovely name.

Alana. There is one in DS1s class.

Alana. I love this name

Elena.

Alana would be Alarna to me.

Elena Is pronounced E-le-na

Alana is pronounced Alan-a

Alannah is pronounced al-Ann-ah

Alayna is pronounced a-lay- na

All very pretty names IMO

Elena.

Agree with SoupDragon, Alana is pronounced Alarna.

Greenfly ,No it's not ....it does not have an r in it . .

Alarna would be pronounced Alarna .

It doesn't need an R in it

Alanis Morrisette? No R there.
Lady Gaga? No r there.

So if it doesn't need an r ,why pronounce it wrongly with an r then ?

I'm not pronouncing it wrongly.

Suppose it depends if you have an accent or not .

I say tomayto, you say tomarto...

Personally I've never heard of 'Alarna' as a spelling for this name. And Alana is pronounced 'Al-ar-na' round here.

I would say Elena , too.

( droves it's more alahna for alana, with a long a - like the southern grass)