How would you pronounce "Helena"?
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How would you pronounce "Helena"?
| Thu, 02-24-2005 - 5:05pm |
How would you pronounce "Helena"?
- Hel-lay-nuh/ Huh-lay-nuh
- Hel-len-nuh/ Helen-a
- Hel-lee-nuh/ Huh-lee/nuh
- other
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I voted for he-LEE-nah only because I grew up w/a girl who pronounced it that way. Having said that, my daughter is named Elena, pronounced eh-LAY-nah, so if it weren't for the girl I grew up with, I imagine I'd vote he-LAY-nah.
Beautiful name either way!!
We've talked about this name and its pronunciation here before.
Michelle
Graham (May 1999),
I say hu-lee-nah because I've known three different people with that pronounciation. I have known no one else with that name.
BUT - I do say Saint Hu-lay-nah for the town in California and Hellen-ah for the city in Montana because that's how people there pronounce it.