how would you pronounce Elena?

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how would you pronounce Elena?
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Tue, 09-26-2006 - 5:01pm

how would you pronounce Elena?



  • Ellen-a
  • El-ah-na
  • El-ee-na
  • other


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Registered: 03-06-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 5:11pm
I picked other. It's eh-LAY-na to me.

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Registered: 02-05-2004
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 5:13pm
I would pronounce it ah-LAY-nuh - the same way I pronounce Alaina. I guess you could pronounce it E-lay-nuh with the emphasis on the first E.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 6:39pm

I'd say El-A-na. With A as in say.

Marla



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Registered: 09-29-2005
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 6:51pm

I also voted "other." As pretty much everyone else has mentioned, I would pronounce Elena as either e-lay-na or a-lay-na (soft beginning sound, so it's about the same) or ee-lay-na. I've known women with both those pronunciations, but never with any of the other choices. I'd assume to get the ones you're looking for ...

Ellen-a would be Ellena or Elenna (but I could actually see this one being a pronunciation of Elena, and that one seems much simpler and more visually appealing, so if you like this I'd probably just explain what pronunciation you like when it's pronounced differently)
El-ah-na could be Elana or Alana/Alanna(h)
El-ee-na should probably use an "i" to get the long "ee" sound (since Eleena isn't all that attractive), so I'd use Elina or Alina

HTH ;)

~Kelli


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 9:16pm
elle-AY-nuh

                             
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 11:07pm

Like the others have said, I'd pronounce it eh-LAY-nuh/uh-LAY-nuh or with a slight Spanish accent as ay-LAY-nah.

I love the name, but I've never heard any of the pronunciations that you listed. I have heard similar pronunciations for the name Helena -- HEL-uh-nuh, huh-LAY-nuh, or heh-LEE-nuh.

Stephanie

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 09-27-2006 - 9:41am
Our 4 year old is named Elena, pronounced eh-LAY-nah.
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Registered: 10-23-2004
Wed, 09-27-2006 - 10:30am
Ditto.
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Registered: 03-31-2003
Wed, 09-27-2006 - 1:12pm
El-ay-nah
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Registered: 08-30-2006
Wed, 09-27-2006 - 1:28pm
I selected "other". I would pronounce it E-Lay-Nah.

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