How is ELLE pronounced?

[MadamePeacock]

Is it Ellie, Ella or just like the letter L?

Also Halle? Is it Hallie or Hal?

I would say like the letter L

It's like the letter L. But Halle is Hally

L

Elle is like the letter L.
Halle is Hallie.

Elle is L

Halle is Hal

if you want Ellie spell it like that and if you want Hallie spell it like that.

I think technically to be pronounced Halley, Halle should be spelled Hallé (that's how the orchestra spells it anyway).

But I should imagine most baby Halles are referencing Halle Berry who doesn't have the thingy-whose-name-I-have-forgotten over the e.

If you wanted Elle to be Ellie I guess you could add the thingy.

soubriquet Halle is pronounced 'Ha-Lee' around here - never heard of it pronounced 'Hal'

Not having a go btw .... was just pondering!

El

Hallee

Elle = L
Halle = Hally

Elle= L to me but I teach two Elles who tell me it's the Ellie sound. I feel like saying 'no it bloody isn't'.

I think that Elle = L but I know of someone who thinks that Elle=Ellie. It's her name so hard to argue but I go every time I see it written down.

If they think Elle=Ellie then Ellie=what?

If they think Elle=Ellie then Ellie=what

=Ellieeeeeee

I know a few Elles who pronounce it Ellie.

I also know Hallies, Hals and a Hayley who all spell their name Halle.

If they think Elle = Ellie then Elle = what?

One parent said they thought any name with ie should be pronounced with an eye sound not an ee sound, so maybe Elleye? I thought she was wrong but I do know a Poppie that I always read as Popeye!

Elle is a french name and pronounced Ell, just like Belle. I'm surprised that anyone would even consider pronouncing it differently .

Halle isn't French but Scandinavian (had to google this) so you would pronounce the e.

L
Hallie

Elle = L
Ellie = Ellie

Never heard it pronounced any other way

I'm related to an Estonian Elle, the Estonian pronunciation of Elle is more like Ella; Ell-eh.

I thought the Scandi version was Halla?

I know an Eleigh

Elle = El. As in Macpherson. Elle pronounced Ellie is nonsensical.

Halle = Hally

But Halle pronounced Hallie is also nonsensical, isn't it? According to English pronunciation rules it should be pronounced Hal. According to Scandinavian pronunciation rules it should be pronounced Hall-uh (with an unstressed schwa vowel sound st the end). I suppose if it were Greek like Penelope and Hermione it might be pronounced Hallie. But I don't think it is.

Ell.

In other languages such as German, the final e would be pronounced, so more like Ella, but IMO it would be confusing, and very likely irritating to many people, to expect that pronunciation of Elle in the U.K.

In German Elle is pronounced Ell-eh (eh as in elephant). But it isn't a name in German, it's a unit of measurement.