Eleni

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Dh is Greek and suggested this name.

What do you think? A lifetime of mispronunciations. Do you know any?

I think it's lovely. I would day Er - lane - ee. Is that right?

Actually I've been practising and naturally I'd say Ill - ane - ee

I like that pronunciation more but dh says its between that and Elleneee

Yes, half Greek here. It's pronounced like it's written, letter by letter. Really like that name. Is it a family name (they usually are)?

Yeah it's sorta like "Eh-lenny" as I understand it. (Sorry to all Greek speakers reeling in horror.) Lovely name IMO.

Half Greek here too, I love it, its my middle name (&it's my saints day), never had any problems with being pronounced in the UK.

I love it. I know an Eleni and she pronounces it as El en ee

I know a 2 yr old named Eleni - nicknamed Lenni. Very sweet

I know one, would have got the pronunciation wrong when I first met her but now honestly can't remember how I thought it was pronounced. She's a bit of a Queen Bee, but I wouldn't hold that against the name. :)

Yes, the emphasis is in the middle.

My godmother is Eleni but is know as Helen to her english friends

Eleni is the Greek version of Helen

It's very, very common in Greece but presume you are in the UK so that might not be a factor.

I love it, used to know an Eleni at work. I think it is a very pretty name.
And a random bit of info for you: eleni (pronounced differently, more like el-lenn-ee) is also a Welsh word which means 'this year'.

I know a Helleni , also Greek. Lovely name .

I like it :)

Would be an issue if you ever moved to Wales though as it does mean 'this year'.

Beautiful!

springtime that's the pronunciation I prefer?

Do people often get confused with her name? Would you recommend it?

Gorgeous name. There is one at school and she is lovely.

mispronunciations will await you

• we have recently learnt to pronounce

Elena - Greek child - like eleanor
instead of El -ee -na
.... its el ... in ...a

A young child learns to train adults on the right name if it isn't obvious to all from an early age - then they get pissed off if you've given them a quirky spelling as the differentiation swifly turns into a problem for all.
No matter what Mummy does at an early age a large section of the UK will struggle to spell most names!

A childhood friend was called Eleanor and nicknamed Leni

So could Eleni accidentally be called Leni lots missing the first vowel?
Sounds more like a nickname?
Or better renamed as Lexi - but then short for Alexis, Alexia

Could you settle on a more straightforward name like

Elin .... Eliana ... Enea .... ?

Enea means "9" in Greek. I don't know how you would mispronounce Eleni, tbh. Maybe get the emphasis a bit differently at most, but it's very straight forward imo.

Lovely name :)
It may be open to different pronunciations but many names are really.

I love the name Eleni. We have a friend called Eleni who is greek but uses a completely different name as a 'nickname' of sorts