- El-E-Na
- El-EH-Na
- El-Ay-Na
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I pronounce them differently in [name_f]English[/name_f] and Spanish.
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[name_f]My[/name_f] cousin’s daughter (who’s mom is American and dad is Guatamalan) pronounces it eh-lay-nuh.
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I tend to pronounce it Eh-leh-nuh, but it’s because that is what my Spanish friend and her family call me so thats the only place I hear it 
my name is [name_f]Helen[/name_f], so my other instinct would be to say it like Ellen-uh. E-lay-nuh I would spell [name_f]Elaina[/name_f].
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Eh-lay-nuh is my go to, but I’ve met an eh–len-uh too
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None of these are quite right, so I voted for what’s closest. I pronounce it EL-ehn-a.
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El-EH-na, as I’m Spanish
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I pronounce like [name_f]Alaina[/name_f] because I used to babysit a girl names [name_f]Elena[/name_f] and thats how it’s pronounced
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In english: eh-LAY-na
In german: more like eh-LEH-na but all of the EH sounds are long.
Many people in [name_u]Germany[/name_u] say it like Ellen-ah, though.
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Like others have commented, eh-LAY-nuh.
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none of these, El-lay-nuh
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Depends on the language e.g. [name_f]English[/name_f] vs Spanish vs Italian pronunciations.
In [name_f]English[/name_f] I’d pronounce it Elaine-uh. So exactly like the name [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] with an extra syllable.