Elena

[deethra]

I’m curious to hear how everyone would pronounce the name Elena?
Would you say E-LEH-nah or E-LAY-nah?

The first.

It doesn't matter though as pronunciation depends on people's accents and neither is wrong.

I think lots are used and accepted. I would say el-LEN-ah or EL-en-ah, before el-LAY-nah.

E-lay-nah

E-len-ah to me would be like Elenor

Eh-lay-na for the one I know

I work with one. Half the people at work pronounce it one way and half the other way. She’s extremely shy and I asked her which way it was pronounced and she said she didn’t mind but her family call her e-lay-nah.

I would say E-lay-nah

Eleanor or Elenor would be El-en-ah to me.

El-len-ah

My first though was E-lay-na.

El-len-ah

It's DD's second name and I pronounce it El-ay-na.

I don't think it really matters either way, though. Just choose the one you prefer.

@deethra we have literally added this to our list this morning!!! And I googled how would people pronounce! I would say el ay na

ELL-en-ah

Emphasis on first syllable

There's definitely no -lay sound involved imo.

The same as Eleanor (ELL-en-ah) unless told otherwise. I am aware of the E-LAY-nah pronunciation though, which wouldn't surprise me.

The one I knew was El-AY-na. However I have a niece whose name is spelled Ileana, pronounced Il-AY-na, because her mother was afraid that Elena would be Eleanor.

Ellen-uh

Elena - Ell en ah
Eléna - Ell é nah
Elayna - Ell ay nah
Eleanor - Ell en or

El-ay-na But I have three 30-something friends and colleagues from Eastern Europe called Elena and that's how they pronounce their names.
I also know a couple of El-en-ah's and they spell their names Eleanor

El-é-na is how it’s originally pronounced.

It is not the English name Eleanor, In my opinion if you want to pronounce it Ellen-uh spell it the English way. Elena is Spanish and pronounce El-é-na or E-lay-nah

Your first option. So El-É-na like the PP said. But I’m Spanish and that’s how I know correct pronunciation 😅

El-lay-nuh

I really like it, I knew one who went by Laney

El-ee-na is how I read it but apparently that’s wrong?

It's originally Greek.

In many languages including Greek, Russian, German, it is pronounced Ell en ah

In Greek its actually more like Él en ah.

el-AY-na.