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Comments for ELENI:
I'm not certain about the pronunciation of this name, but I plan on naming my daughter Eleni, spelled "Ellani" to make my preferred pronunciation evident (Ella-Nee).-- Anonymous User 11/9/2006
Pronounced either e-LEN-ee or e-LEN-yee in Modern Greek. [noted -ed]-- Kosta 12/5/2006
I like to pronounce this name with an emphasis on the second syllable and giving it an "ay" sound as in lady.-- SerenitySong 3/17/2007
Pronounced EL-en-aye (like eye) in Finnish. I think.-- Anonymous User 5/2/2007
Means 'Light'. It's also my real name, so it makes it totally special. ;)-- SOYSUZA 6/29/2007
Love this name but prefer the pronunciation of ee-LANE-EE.-- jaimej 7/9/2007
This is my grandmother's name as well as my middle name and we pronounce it A-LEN-E.-- aea300 7/25/2007
The name's Greek and I have a friend who is both Greek and has this name. It is pronounced e-len-ee.-- Alistair 10/7/2007
I really like this. It's pretty without being too strange or overly used.-- xKatiex 1/23/2008
Eleni is also the Welsh word for "this year", pronounced "El-e-nee".-- DontDissMadison 4/30/2008
I have a cousin and a great grandmother called Eleni. We're Greek Cypriot and pronounce it El-e-nee.-- Torially 6/30/2008
Eleni is a beautiful name, simple yet elegant, feminine and sweet, it's my daughter's name (we are Greek), we pronounce her name: ee-lei-ni.-- Anonymous User 12/12/2008
I have a friend named Eleni, she prefers the name to be pronounced ee-lay-nee, it's a gorgeous name!-- gigilin23 12/13/2008
I love this name because it's different without being weird, however to avoid mispronunciations I would spell it either Eleini or Eleyni to make sure people pronounce it the way I like it which is ee-lay-nee.-- gigilin23 12/17/2008
Eleni is a minor character in Anne Rice's 'The Vampire Lestat', who is a member of the Satanic coven under les Innocents, later to be in the Theatres des Vampires.-- Lunar_Wolf 3/18/2010
I have a friend with these name who is Greek, and she pronounces it uh-LAY-nee.-- lydie43 11/25/2010
So, this is not the normal way to pronounce the name, but my wife is Eleni, and when her parents named her, the decided to pronounce it EL-in-eye, as her mother didn't want her to ever be called 'Lenny.'
My wife usually tells people to pronounce it just like the letters: L-N-I. :) We also have friends who named their daughter Eleni with the same pronunciation, though she always goes by 'Ella.'-- eblackwo 3/31/2012
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