Elena

[deethra]

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

El-AY-na like the girl from vampire diaries

I have a friend with this name who promounces it E-lay-na. My grandmother was called Eleanor pronounced El-en-or.

Ellen-a

I would ask the person how their name is pronounced as I've heard different pronunciations , this would put me off using it tbh.

Elaine and Elaina are pronounced with -lay as second syllable.

Eleni or Elena is pronounced El en as the first two syllables.

I don't understand where the ay sound would come from?

I'd say eLAYna

Eleanor - Ell en or

Or Ellenna.

It's the same as Helena which can be Helenna or Helayna.

El lay na

El-eh-nah (all short vowels)

Greek, innit.

Eh - lay - na. I've only known one, a Spanish girl and she pronounced it that way.

Ellen-a
I know a few and like it but they get mispronounced as e-lay-na a lot

@Violetlavenders

Elaine and Elaina are pronounced with -lay as second syllable.

Eleni or Elena is pronounced El en as the first two syllables.

I don't understand where the ay sound would come from?

It would not in the uk but the Italian and Spanish Elenas (el-lay-na) are fairly common in this country

In Italian it's EL-ena.

@Violetlavenders

In Italian it's EL-ena.

Fair point, in some countries it will be pronounced el-lay-na though

@SoupDragon

Eleanor - Ell en or

Or Ellenna.

It's the same as Helena which can be Helenna or Helayna.

Or Hel-ee-na

I've only ever heard Elena and Helena as Ell-en-a and Hell-en-a. Just don't understand where the AY sound would come from..?

You're right, everyone saying otherwise has just made it up 🤦🏻‍♀️

In Italian, it's somewhere between El-EN-a and Elaina.

Violet, you must know that combinations of letters may be pronounced differently in different languages, right? Well Elena is not an English name, so that's why
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El-lay-nah

Eh-leh-na here

Pretty name

I would pronounce it e-LAY-na

The Old English poem Elena is usually pronounced like Eleanor, but I knew a girl at uni who was called Elena and pronounced it Elayna.

Eh lennnnn a
Not like ellena

I pronounce Elena as Elayna.
Helena is Hel-ee-na.
Eleanor is El-an-ur, with the r being very much pronounced.
I'm in Ireland, and they're the standard pronunciations where I am.