Elin?

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Hi there! I’m still hunting for girl names that I like, and I was wondering what everyone’s opinion is of the name Elin?

My great grandparents were Norwegian, which is what led me to the name. I pronounce it EE-lin, but with my accent it sounds like AY-lin (which I’m fine with). From what I’ve seen, Aylin is Turkish, and I like it a lot but I have no ties to it - just maybe less pronunciation issues.

How do you pronounce Elin?
Should I just go with an alternative spelling/use Aylin, or could Elin be used without everyone saying Ellen?

Thanks!

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Aylin would be pronounced eye-lin in Turkish – it’s a different name from Aylin pronounced ay-lin, so I don’t think you not having a connection to Turkey matters. To be honest, I think Aylin pronounced ay-lin has a generic enough sound that I’d assume it’s just a modern made-up name along the lines of Gracelyn, and it could definitely work!

I think if you want to pronounce it ay-lin, I’d go for the more intuitive Aylin spelling over Elin! Elin doesn’t make sense to me as an honour name for Norwegian heritage anyway, considering that in Norway it’s pronounced eh-lin, not ee-lin or ay-lin, so you might as well go for the spelling that’s less likely to get mispronounced!

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Thank you! I appreciate your help with proper pronunciations. I don’t like eh-lin as much (sounds like Ellen), so I’ll just scrap it :slight_smile:

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If you’re in the States, I’d imagine the default would be [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] or mayyyybe Eh-Leen in a few cases. To get EE-lin you’d probably neeed Eelin and to get Ay-lin you’d probably need to go with [name_f]Aylin[/name_f] or [name_f]Eylin[/name_f] or [name_f]Eilin[/name_f]

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I’d say [name_f]Elin[/name_f] as EH-lin - the ones I’ve met have said it as such, and the ‘lin’ sounds different to ‘len’ in my accent so it sounds similar but not the same as [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]. I’d go with the [name_f]Elin[/name_f] spelling if I were you and just use the pronunciation that’s natural in you’re accent

On [name_f]Aylin[/name_f], I’d second this:

[name_f]Aylin[/name_f] is also used as a variation of [name_f]Eileen[/name_f] or [name_f]Aileen[/name_f] :person_shrugging: and they can be connected to [name_f]Helen[/name_f] and thereby [name_f]Elin[/name_f].

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[name_f]Elin[/name_f] is very interesting! I don’t love it, but have always been intrigued by it. I have closer ties to [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] than [name_f]Elin[/name_f], but I instinctively say [name_f]Elin[/name_f] the way you do (although it is strongly EE-lin and not AY-lin with my accent).

I think it depends on how willing to correct pronunciations - it appears like I am the outlier given the other responses to this thread so far. It is an interesting and lovely name, though, and I would be happy to meet an [name_f]Elin[/name_f]!

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I’m Welsh and [name_f]Elin[/name_f] is pronounced L(el) in here

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I just assumed it was an attempt at a different spelling for [name_f]Ellen[/name_f].

I’m from NZ.

But I mean, once people know they know and should pronounce it right? It’s not hard to pronounce, just hard to realise how to pronounce it when you first see it.

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Thank you everyone for your insight! I was intrigued by the name, but at this point I think I’m just going to cross it off the list. :slight_smile:

I struggle finding girl names that I really like, none seem to stick with me the way boy names do :frowning: I’m definitely crossing my fingers we have a boy, then I won’t have to worry about it haha

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