How would you pronounce Elowen

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We both like Elowen but we have seen various pronunciations of it. How would people pronounce it.

It is Cornish and I wondered how it would be pronounced there.

We have been saying El-o-wen

I'd say ELL-oh-wen. I think it's pretty!

Ee-loo-ann

I'd say Ell -OW (like clown)-en.

Ell-o-wen

I'd say El-OW-en, but that's because I always assumed it was Welsh. Didn't realise it was Cornish so interested to find out the correct way!

Sorry, that should say El-O-wen

like the name Owen, with Elle on the front, but softer and more run together

As though I was spelling out London and stopped midway L-o-n-

L-Owin. You just let your natural Cornish lilt take it. Expect everyone to pronounce it differently & incorrectly if they're not Cornish (like saying Fo-wee for Fowey for place names). Actually, having looked at your other list, avoid Cornish place names and anything Poldark related like the plague. (I'm Cornish born & bred and have a family with proper Cornish names, so I speak with experience).

At first glance I would put the emphasis on the first E... 'E'lowen e as in Ellie, low as you would say it and a soft 'en'.

I suppose how the Welsh would pronounce it.. EH (air) lowen.

Does that make sense?? Lol I'm a little sleep deprived!

Am I being stupid is this a boys or girls name?

This is a name I've never heard hence the curiosity. Like it ether way X X