How do you pronounce Helena?
It's probably been asked before. It's a name I really like, but the prn issues stop me from putting it up higher on my list.
Also, if you don't mind can you tell me what country you're from.
Thanks. :)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/170600
Also, if you don't mind can you tell me what country you're from.
Thanks. :)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/170600
This message was edited 8/9/2017, 7:29 PM
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I say heh-LAY-nuh and wait to be corrected. I'm in North Carolina and I've heard Hell-en-uh and huh-LEEN-uh also within about 20 miles of my house.
I'd assume as a name it would be pronounced hel-LAY-na, but in my head I read it HEL-en-a, like the city. I've never met anyone with this name though. I live in the US (upper midwest).
I say huh-LAY-nuh, but the only Helena I've ever known pronounced it heh-LEE-nuh.
(Florida, USA)
(Florida, USA)
I say Hel-en-a most often. And I'm a Yank, living in New England.
I've always said HEL-ə-nə. (California, USA)
Hell-ay-nuh.
NC, USA
NC, USA
This message was edited 8/9/2017, 6:33 PM
I'd say Hel-LAY-nuh is my first instinct, but I do think the hel-en-uh pronunciation is pretty. Also, I forgot that it could be hel-EE-nuh, as well, until I read the comments, and that's nice too.
Basically, even if someone is "mispronouncing" it from whatever way, you really can't go wrong! XD
I'm from Florida, USA.
Basically, even if someone is "mispronouncing" it from whatever way, you really can't go wrong! XD
I'm from Florida, USA.
I pronounce it Hel-EE-nah.That may easily be wrong, but I've only known one Helena, and that's how she pronounced it.
I live in Canada, east coast.
I live in Canada, east coast.
This message was edited 8/9/2017, 7:09 PM
Hel-ay-nuh. Australia.
West coast USA, heh-LAY-nuh
This message was edited 8/9/2017, 7:18 PM
Haha, yeah I asked this a while ago because I was curious as well. (-:
I pronounce it HEL-eh-nuh. I'm from the US.
I pronounce it HEL-eh-nuh. I'm from the US.
I say HEL-uh-nuh, since that's how I've mostly heard it. I live in the UK. I think I prefer Heh-LAY-nuh, but I came across Helaina a while ago, which is apparently legit, and I think simplifies it a little. I don't have it on my list anymore though.
HELina in English; heLEEuhnah in Afrikaans.
As you might have gathered, I'm from South Africa.
As you might have gathered, I'm from South Africa.
I'm Danish so I've always pronounced Helena as 'he-LE-nah', but when I pronounce it in English it's that classic way as described on this site. :)
Same
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HEL-ə-nə
I'm from the US
I'm from the US
This message was edited 8/10/2017, 5:46 AM
I'm English and would automatically pronounce it HEL ə nə but I have a friend, also English, who pronounces her name Hə LAIN ə
I've heard HELL-uh-nuh and heh-LAY-nuh.
For heh-LEE-nuh I'd go with the Polish name Halina.
For heh-LEE-nuh I'd go with the Polish name Halina.
*hah-LEE-nah
I naturally pronounce it HELL-leh-nah.
Which I find really ugly.
So now I'm training myself to say it hel-LAY-nah which I much prefer the sound of as I love Elena.
I'm from England (the middle of it).
Which I find really ugly.
So now I'm training myself to say it hel-LAY-nah which I much prefer the sound of as I love Elena.
I'm from England (the middle of it).
I say HEL-en-a and I have an American accent (from midwest and west regions)
Hel-en-uh or Huh-lay-na. I'm from the U.S.
HE-le-na (German p)
Intuitively, I pronounce it heh-LAY-nuh although I actually prefer HEH-leh-nuh. I've just never heard it pronounced that way where I live (Southeastern US). ;-)