How would you pronounce Helena?

[HinchcliffeandMurgatroyd]

Just that really. Home country/region might have an effect, I think.

I'd struggle

I have heard

Hell E na. (Long sounding )

And hell A na ( much shorter )

I have lived north and south

HELL-uh-nuh.

I used to read it as Hel-AY-nuh as a child but was told that was wrong

Stress on first syllable. Just like Helen, but with an extra syllable. I believe Helena Bonham-Carter's name is pronounced like that.

Hell-Lee-Na

That's an interesting one, because I've heard it
Helen - ah
Hel -ay- nah
Both pretty!

Helen-uh

I would say Hell- eh- na, but have also heard it pronounced Hell - ain -a, like in A Midsummer Night’s Drean

We have one and are in the north west. We pronounce it Helen-ah. She does on occasion get Hell-ay-na but not often and she's old enough to correct them.

HelAYna

My sister is insisting that Hel-AY-nuh is the Germanic pronunciation but I’m not sure whether that’s right.

There’s a girl in my daughters class is called Helena, pronounced Hel-ay-na, but her mum says most people pronounce it as Helen-a as that’s the usual English pronunciation (I’m in Yorkshire).

Hel-ay-na.
But I know someone with this name and they say it Helen-a.

In Germany it would be pronounced Hel ay na

I always just assumed Hell-uh-nuh before I thought about it more deeply.

Both pronunciations in my social circle.

Hell -A - Nuh is used by a friend with scandi family background as this most closely mimics the pronounciation in her Mum's native language (but isn't quite accurate).

Helen-ah is used by a colleague and another friend's daughter and is I think the more usual pronunciation (I live in London).

Helen-ah teen always used to correct my pronouciation when I talked about Hell-a-Nuh (adult) until they met and then the adult explained to the teen that she uses a different pronunciation and actually I wasn't getting her name wrong but was respecting her wishes.

Teen Helen-ah hadn't realised you could pronounce it differently.

Helen-uh.

Oh so big sis is right again?

Maybe Queen V used that pronunciation for her daughter and that’s how we ended up with a split?

HEL-en-uh, from south England

Teen Helen-a has a german mother so I"m not sure the germanic argument holds true.

We have a Hel-ay-na in the family. Northern Scots relatives pronounce it more like Hel-ee-na.

The other option I'm aware of is Helen-a, but due to our relative we always default to Hel-ay-na. (And I'm prob biased but I prefer that).

Like Bonham-Carter - Helen-uh, with a slight emphasis on the Helen

Instinctively, Hell Ay Na, but I know Hel Enn Ah is just as likely so I'd probably try to find out which it was. South East England but am not sure it's regional,think it's just how the Helena you know best pronounces it!

Hel-ee-na, emphasis on the ee

Looks fairly split here.

Yeah sorry she is right!