*I pronounce [name_f]Clara[/name_f] this way bc I was introduced to it through someone from [name_f]England[/name_f], but every [name_f]Clara[/name_f] I’ve met (in the Midwest U.S.) has pronounced it “KLAIR-uh”
[name_m]Orion[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- oh-RYE-uhn (though I went to school with an OR-ee-on) [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- TAR-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- MAY-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Leah[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- LEE-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- eh-LEH-nuh is my first instinct, but if I see it written first I ask bc I also know a couple of uh-LAY-nuhs [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- HEL-uh-nuh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- nay-OH-mee (this was my middle name for the first 15 years of my life and the other pronunciation still makes me grimace a little) [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- KLAH-ruh
Elena[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- eh-LEH-nuh (but some might say eh-LEE-nuh)
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Helena[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- huh-LAY-nuh (but familiar with the [name_f]Brit[/name_f] HEL-uh-nuh)
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Naomi[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- nay-OH-mee / nye-OH-mee (both which gives me pause on name, think most would say the first and wince a little at second)
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Clara[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- only ever KLAH-ruh
[name_m]Orion[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- oh-RYE-un [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- rhymes with car-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- MY-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Leah[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- LEE-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- el-AY-nuh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- HELL-uh-nuh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- nay-OH-mee (although I’ve heard both versions, this one is just more familiar to me because of a family member. It also sometimes comes out knee-oh-me when that side of the family say it in their accent which is south east [name_f]England[/name_f]. A bit like gnocchi, but…nyeeomi?) [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- rhymes with car-uh
southern USA, although [name_f]English[/name_f] isn’t my first language and I grow up in a bilingual house so my accent/pronunciations are a bit different!
[name_m]Orion[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- oh-RYE-en [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- TAIR-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- MY-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Leah[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- LEE-uh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- eh-LAY-na [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- heh-LAY-na (mostly because I much prefer this pronunciation—if I were saying it as the city in montana, I would say HEL-eh-na) [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- nay-OH-mee [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- KLAIR-uh
[name_m]East[/name_m] Middley bit of [name_f]England[/name_f]:
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[name_m]Orion[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- Oh-RYE-on [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- TAH-ra [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- MY-a [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Leah[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- LEE-ah [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- el-AY-nuh or EL-uh-nuh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- I prefer hel-AY-nuh but mostly hear HEL-uh-nuh [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- NYE-oh-mee (I’ve only ever met this pronunciation IRL. Tbf they sound quite similar in my accent) [name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- CLAH-ruh
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