How do you pronounce Elena?

[littlefawn]

1. Eh-lay-na

1. Eh-lee-na

1. Eh-lane-a

1. Ellen-a

1. Eh-len-na

DH likes the name but I'm not sure how exactly it should be pronounced

Yell-een-a. (Russian friend.)

Or El-ay-na, if not obviously Russian heritage.

1 and 3.

I really don't get how Eleanor is pronounced the same, but I'm not British, so...

e LAY nuh

4

1 and 3

1

1 and 3 are not the same in my accent

1 is how the one I know is pronounced.

4 which is how it's pronounced here (Italy) more or less. (Italian Elena is very similar to English Eleanor tbh apart from a stronger E)

El - AY - na

No 1

1 or 3

Ell-Enn-a , but to be fair I pronounce Eleanor the same way

4 Ellen-A

Yeh-LAY-na

It depends on where you’re from - the Italian, Spanish, Greek and Eastern European pronunciations are all different. As you might expect.

5

1/3

3

4

1 - e-lay-na

4

Eh-lay-na (but the lay is quite soft sounding).

I think it's beautiful.

Upthelaganinabubble - I'm assuming we're from the same area (by your name) as with our accent I think it can sound a bit harsh, I feel like when I say Eh-lay-na I'm putting on an English accent!