Elias - How do British pronounce it?

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It’s natural to me, as I read it, to pronounce it as Eee - lee - as.

Is it the way it is pronounced in the Uk?

Eh lie as

Eh-LIE-as

I would say “El-ee-ass” - with a short “el” not “long “ee” at the start. My accent is “standard” British English, how people think newsreaders speak.

I'd pronounce it El-eye-us

Or maybe, more accurately, el-lie-us

I know one and he is eh-LIE-as

Ell-ee-ass

Some say Ell-eye-ass

E-lee-ass it's nice but doesn't work well in English

El igh us
I think

I think the "Eh -lye -as" pronunciation is pretty standard for the UK and other English speaking countries like the US etc (as most will base the pronunciation on similarly Biblical but more popular/well known Elijah which also has the "lye" sound). It's a shame as I personally much prefer the sound of the European "Eh- lee -as"

I have taught two El-Lee-as 's

Almost always e-LIE-as, but I've met one, from a Middle Eastern Muslim background, who was ELLIE-as.

As you do

Eh - lie-ass

Eh-LEE-as

El (like at the start of elephant) - eye - us

Like Eliot but ending in -as not -ot

Depends on how they pronounce

I've met
El - ee - ass (people pronouncing like this have all been Muslim)

But also
El - igh - ass (not sure of origin)

Oh and I've also met Ilyas - Ee - lee - ass

I would pronounce same as OP

I have one and we pronounce E-lie-us.He’s almost 21 and the name was very rare in the UK when he was born. I see it in the boards a lot now.

I hate people pronouncing it E-li-ass with emphasis on the ‘ass’! We’re not Muslim. Just loved the name.

El-EYE-us in most of the UK.
Welsh speakers say it as El-EE-as

I know 2 children with this name

One pronounces it Ell - eee- ass

The other is Ell - eye- ass

The children I have taught names this, it's been pronounced

e-l-ee-uh-s

What did you teach them, @Abraxan ? What were their backgrounds?