Elena Eleanor pronunciation

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I personally would pronounce Eleanor and Elena exactly the same - eh le na (with the stress on the first syllable)

If I want that pronunciation, should I use Eleanor or elena ?

I worry that with Eleanor there will be SOME people who pronounce it eh le NOR. I know this would really irritate me.

Equally , would Elena be pronounced by some people as eh LAY na or eh-LEN-a ?

Anyone know/ got an Eleanor / Elena who can share their findings ?

Thank you!

Purposely haven't rtft so as not to be swayed by other's ways of pronouncing!

Eleanor I would say ellUHnor, and Elena ellAYnuh

Elena - Eh - Lee- Na
Eleanor - Ella - Nor

Elena - Eh - Leh- Na
Eleanor - Elleh- Nor

Hello.
So I read Elena as Eh lay na,
And Eleanor as Eh le nor!
I called my daughter Ellena (pronounced Ellen-ah) just because I loved Eleanor as some ppl pronounce it but couldn’t just not say the ‘or’ myself! If that makes sense 🤣
Her siblings always call her Ellie.
I love that name but it does get lots of mispronounce and having a different spelling is also not the best.
I love the meaning too, I think that in Greek it’s light or bright ❤️ Which is beautiful.
Saying all that, if I had the choice to change it I’d probably would.. just for something that has one solid pronouncing!
Good luck with everything x

Elena - eh-LAY-na
Eleanor - Ellen-a

I'd say Elena and Ellena the same.

Eléna would be more El ay na.

Elena would be ell een ah and Eleanor would be el an or. But I'm Scotland

I'm pregnant and if it's a little girl naming her Elena, but will be pronouncing it E-len-a. There was another post similar to this and a lot more people agreed that was the way it was said. I'm surprised so many on here would say e-lay-na.

To me, Eleanor rhymes with Helena because I have a non-rhotic accent (South East England).
I recognise that Eleanor is pronounced El-en- NOR by rhotic accents (Scotland, West country, most of USA).
The majority of Elenas I have met are El-LAY-nuh, but I have also met a couple of Elenas who rhyme with Helena.

Elena and Helena > Elen-ah and Helen-a

Eleanor > Elean-or