[identity profile] monkiesayswoo.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
How does one pronounce these names...

Helena (ha-lay-na OR Hel-la-na)

Elena (ah-lay-na OR El-la-na)

Also, what do you think of the names? The first is a family name of my friend.

Date: 2007-02-05 07:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sadblueyes.livejournal.com
i say eh leh nah and hell eh nah.

as my boyfriend put it, "it is ell a nah, unless you say ahlayfant."

i laughed almost uncontrollably for a few minutes.

his older sisters name is elena, and they pronounce it eh leh nah. (with spanish accent)

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