How would you pronounce Elena?

[Goscat]

Latin family loving in the UK. We want to use this name but are unsure how Brits (Scots specifically will pronounce it?)

It should be Eh-LEH-na

El-ay-a

Not Ell-ay-na, which is what my Portuguese colleague continually had to correct people to say.

She was always called:

Ell-uh-nuh

EL A NAH

I would pronounce it El-ay-a if I didn't know otherwise.

El-eeh-na

Ell-uh-nuh

It has an 'n' in it!

OP - I'd pronounce it like you do, but some English speakers might assume it's pronounced like 'Eleanor' (i.e. 'eh-luh-nuh' for most people in England).

Cross-posted!

English people will call her ELLunna. Scots maybe different. You just have to get used to it really or you have to spend your life correcting people.

El-leh-nah

I've known one, and I think her Mum is Danish. Her name is pronounced El - ay - na

Elaine a

ELLuhnuh

Eh-LEN-a

The Elena we know calls it EL-uh-nuh (which is identical to the more common Eleanor) but is perfectly aware that others say El-AY-nah. Especially if you have a Latin background nobody would be surprised at a DC called El-AY-nah.

Ellen-ah / L-N-ah (capitals pronounced as letter names)

El-ay-nuh. I’m so terrible at writing out how I say things but hopefully that makes sense 😂

I know two people called Elena- one pronounced the same as Eleanor, the other eh-lay-na. But ultimately it doesn't matter- once people know how's it pronounced they'll pronounce it the way you want it to be pronounced. I've had all sorts of pronunciations for my name and it's fine once you correct people.

I would say it how the Spanish would say it

El-eh-na

but most English people will say it like Eleanor or Elaine-a

I know one pronounced Eleanor but it looks like it should be Elayna

I would say it as Eh-LAY-na. Not the same way as Eleanor at all

Eh Lay na

What does cross posted mean? As in I posted this elsewhere? Because I didn't 🤣

El-lay-nah