Pronunciation of Eleanor

[SherbertLemons]

Just that really.

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

Oh and she's now a young adult but has never been Ellie.
And I pronounce Charlotte as shar-lot with the emphasis slightly more on the first syllable but definitely an OT at the end.
I have quite a posh English accent though.

Lovely name, we almost went for it but didn't for the pure reason that there are multiple pronuncations and the one we liked El-an-ore doesn't go with our surname.

We chose Eloise in the end.

Ell-en-ah.

I'm originally from the Midlands.

Elen-or sounds a bit posh.

Only ever heard it the one way! It's only likely to be mispronounced by those who haven't come across it before (like many other names).

I've heard it said both ways, but the reason I could never use it was that I loved one way of pronouncing it and really disliked the other!

The ella-NORE pronunciation sounds very droney to me.

@ginghamstarfish

Only ever heard it the one way! It's only likely to be mispronounced by those who haven't come across it before (like many other names).

There are a few equally valid pronunciations of Eleanor. Just because someone says it differently to you doesn't mean they're mispronouncing the name!

Ellen-na

I know a few Elenas and pronounce them the same way.

However have occasionally come across an Eleanor who wanted it pronounced with a -nor and have obliged.

I have one. She’s El en or. My work colleague has the same name. If she’s does something silly I shout across El en or (our surname) like my dd.
Cracking name though,

@SecretKeeper1

Charlotte rhymes with scarlet, surely? Never heard it with an -ott sound at the end.

If you were in France it would most definitely have an -OTT. However you’re probably not in France!

Ell-en-uh

And Charlotte is Shar-lut

I've never heard either pronounced any other way in England.

I’d think of Eleanor as having an ‘or’ at the end but in practice would pronounce the second and third syllables the same, as a schwa (like the first and third a in banana, or the i in family). That’s the SE England accent for you.

Oh and a schwa for the o in Charlotte too.

ELLA-nur