pronunciation of Elena
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pronunciation of Elena
| Fri, 11-11-2005 - 5:02pm |
pronunciation of Elena
- E-lay-nuh
- E-lee-nuh
- I prefer E-lee-nuh, what do you think
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| Fri, 11-11-2005 - 5:02pm |
My name growing up (which I only use with family now) was Elaina, my parents' phonetic spelling of Elena, after Russian figure skaters (they're big fans). It's a form of Helen/Elaine traditional in Russian, Greek and Spanish, and in my experience always pronounced with a long A in the middle. If you want a long E sound, I'd go with Elina. There's actually a Barbie doll in the 'Fairytopia' line with that name right now, she's also a character in the Barbie Fairytopia movie. Whether the pop culture relevance is a plus or minus is up to you, but it would make the name, spelling and pronunciation more familiar to many families with young girls. I had years of hassle trying to get people to spell and pronounce my name correctly, not as Elaine, Alanna, Helena, Helaine, etc. Pronouncing Elena with a long E sounds like an enormous amount of frustration to me for you and your daughter.
Josie.
I know/have met many people of all different ages with this name/spelling. Almost all of them pronounce it Eh-lay-nuh, but a couple pronounce it EL-ena. I've NEVER seen/heard it pron. with a long E.
That said, I think that pronounciation is very pretty. And if you want to use it, I say go for it. But I think you need to tweek the spelling to indicate that. Eleena, Aleena, or Alina perhaps. I like the Alina spelling best, actually.
Good luck!
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