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

I think there's just too many variables and I would be correcting people, lovely name but I just don't think it'll work where I live, back to the drawing bird

*board

I did wonder if we were when I read your list We do say a lot of names/words differently than the rest of the UK

Somewhere between 1 and 3?! That's how it is pronounced in Spain.

1 but i think most brits would say 4
Elayna sounds lovely
Ellena not so much

E (as in Elephant) LEN uh

4

Eh-lay-nah which I love, but I know an Ellen-ah

depends on where you are from.

For me, southern English. Eleanor is NOT pronounced with an OR at the edn it is pronounced

Ellen-a more or less.

My friends from germany, Holland would pronounce Elena the same way, ie same name different spelling.

But friends from further East eg Russia, would see it in the same category a sthe name

Lena, and would add an E sound to the beginning E -LAY -na.

So I think you get to choose which one you like

Oh I say 1.

Eh lay na

But I have friends with this name from other European countries I don't know anyone British with the name