Pronunciation of Eleanor

[SherbertLemons]

Just that really.

How does everyone pronounce this name and what do you think of it?

Having this debate amongst my family and friends as my baby due in January will probably be called Eleanor!

For me I'd pronounce it 'Ell-a'nore' but my family take issue and say I need to spell it Eleanore otherwise it's pronounced 'El-en-a'

Really struggling with it

I've only ever heard it pronounced Ella - nore.

@bethabean

Having this debate amongst my family and friends as my baby due in January will probably be called Eleanor!

For me I'd pronounce it 'Ell-a'nore' but my family take issue and say I need to spell it Eleanore otherwise it's pronounced 'El-en-a'

Really struggling with it

Surely if you were going to pronounce it El-en -a you'd spell it Ellena.

L n or

@starrynight21

I've only ever heard it pronounced Ella - nore.

Same here

Odd one out but I'd say Ellen-er... I'm Irish if that makes a difference

How do you pronounce

Elena
Ellanore
Elanor
Ellana
Elinor
Ellen
Elan

That should help you

L-n-a

I say "elle-a-nore", and the only 1 person I've ever known in real life with the name used to pronounce it the same and would always correct people who said "elle-a-na"!

@IsMaithLiomLeaba

Odd one out but I'd say Ellen-er... I'm Irish if that makes a difference

This, I'm Scottish

Whenever I see an Eleanor, I always pronounce it NOR.

We used to have patient with the name and the mother would really pronounce the NOR. She's actually stop and say Elea..NOR.

That was irritating.

Ell a nore

The beatles song eleanor rigby....sing that to yourself. That is how to pronounce it

I think it's a beautiful name.

My best friend's sister is an Eleanor, we (me, her sister, her family, herself) all pronounce it Ellaner/El-ah-neh.

Like 'melon' + 'uh'?

(I wish I could do proper IPA on my phone, haha)

As opposed to El-ah-nore.

All Northern, if that helps.

Elll a nore

My daughter is Eleanor.

I loved the Lindisfarne song Lady Eleanor and always said if I had a daughter that's what I'd call her.

We pronounce it Ellen-or.

three syllables L N OR

Ell-en-orr is how I would pronounce it and I'm in central Scotland.

It has to be the OR sound for me..

Ellen-ah

If you want the "naw" at the end, how about the very much less used Elinor?

Ella - Na

That's my name! I go by an uncommon shortening though so it doesn't come up much. When I was younger I used to pronounce it 'El-e-nah' until my mum eventually said that officially it was 'El-e-nore'. Tbh she pronounced it pretty much the same as me, probably down to laziness in pronunciation (possibly accent except I come from a South-East area where you'd expect the 'nore' pronunciation if you really thought about it)

I've had people pronounce it both ways when introduced or seen it written down, it doesn't really bother me. It's a lovely lovely name and I do like it very much but I found it inevitably got shortened to Ellie which I didn't want (there were seven Eleanors shortened to Ellie in my year group at secondary school). Hence why when I found a more unusual shortening around the age of 14 I ran with it! I'd happily go by Eleanor now as an adult but it does make people think you're quite...posh? Not quite the right word but in the job I do I need to not be viewed as too posh or intimidating for very vulnerable people so a shortened name works better.
Sorry, massive detraction, it's a lovely name, I love having the name just be prepared for it to be shortened! And I think whichever way you pronounce it you will get both pronunciations but officially that spelling is the 'nore' one!

Ella nor (rhymes with 4)