Basically my questions just that, I really like the name [name]Elodie[/name] I pronounced it [name]El[/name] - oh - dee, my husband saw it in the list and likes it, but he pronounces it [name]El[/name] - la - dee., rhyming with melody.
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I pronounce it [name]El[/name]-oh-dee, too.
Technically it should be more like “ey loh dee” or élodie pronunciation: How to pronounce élodie in French since my explanation may not make sense.
It shouldnt sound like [name]Melodie[/name] without the M but Im beginning to think this name is like [name]Genevieve[/name] and has a different prn here.
I used to love [name]Elodie[/name]! I’ve always heard the proper French pronunciation was AY-loh-dee, but Americans say it more like [name]Melody[/name] without the “M”. @thetxbelle’s link sounds like how I’ve always heard the French pronunciation to be. But like [name]Genevieve[/name], I think [name]Elodie[/name] has a completely different French pronunciation and English/American pronunciation.
Good luck!
I say it [name]El[/name]-uh-dee, like how your husband does
I know a little French-American girl named [name]Elodie[/name]. When I first met her I asked if she wanted me to use the French pronunciation; she basically looked at me like I had grown two heads. “You only say it that way if you’re French! It’s [name]EL[/name]-uh-dee in English and ay-lo-[name]DEE[/name] in French.” I have no idea how other [name]Elodie[/name]'s pronounce it, but my young friend is fluent in French and English and has lived in [name]France[/name] and the U.S., so I consider her a pretty good authority on the subject.
@wildsyringa I think that kid is a rarity, unless it’s an exceptionally hard name to say most French people expect you to at least try to say their name correctly. On the flip side, a lot of French people think it’s stupid to give a French child an “American” name partially because it cant be pronounced right.
I pronounce [name]Elodie[/name] the same as [name]Melody[/name], but I pronounce melody like [name]Mel[/name]-oh-dee and [name]Elodie[/name] as [name]Ell[/name]-oh-dee, so do most people around where I live, so maybe it just depends on the part of the US you live in?
I actually think the French pronunciation is far more similar to [name]Melody[/name] than everyone has given it granted for. Its hard to transcribe, its all about stress and we don’t usually have those types of stresses and rhythm in English. I feel like this was a common name during the 80s so I knew tons of them, it always vaguely reminded me of [name]Melody[/name], but again, the stress and rhythm is hard to describe without hearing it. I think the forvo and the one thetxbelle provided are good examples. 
I would agree with the kid. It might sound silly saying EY-loh-[name]DEE[/name] in English because, like I said, its all about the stress and rhythm and we just don’t have the same in English. I tend to anglicize French and even Polish names when I am speaking English, just because its hard to switch your tongue in two different modes in the middle of an English sentence, if that makes sense. Same as when I am speaking French or Polish and an English word or name enters the conversation, I tend to franconize or polonize the pronunciation: its just easier.
I agree with the [name]Genevieve[/name] comparison, in English [name]EL[/name]-u-dee, rhymes with [name]Melody[/name] may be the most intuitive for most people.
I say el-oh-dee or AY-loh-dee. Depending on how the parent wants it pronounced.
I knew a girl in high school with this name and she pronounced it ell-oh-dee. Almost like melody, but more of an “oh” sound in the middle rather than an “uh” sound. Though I suppose some people probably say mel-oh-dee? shrug
I say el-oh-dee.
Wow that has confused me more, being Australian, I pronounce [name]Melody[/name], [name]Mel[/name] - Oh - [name]Dee[/name] anyway.
I still dont know whether to say [name]El[/name] - Uh - dee or [name]El[/name] - Oh - [name]Dee[/name].
The battle is on between hubby now on pronunciation.
I suppose the proper “English” pronunciation is as if you were saying the three letters – L-O-D. But your husband is (inadvertently) raising a good point: most people will slur that into melody without the m and it’s going to get really tiresome to keep trying to correct them. The difference in English is pretty subtle and more a matter of enunciation and care than of a truly different sound.
Have any of you seen that old [name]Meg[/name] [name]Ryan[/name] film French Kiss? [name]Kevin[/name] Kline plays a French guy named [name]Luc[/name] and it’s hilarious to see/hear their back-and-forth on how [name]Luc[/name] should be pronounced – he keeps repeating it with a slightly more French pronunciation and she keeps repeating back, eyes wide, “[name]Luke[/name].”
If this is going to drive you crazy you might look for a different name because your husband is more typical than obstinate on this!
[name]Love[/name] this name. I say “el-oh-dee” Like the letters L.O.D
good luck!
Well, I am American and that is more or less how I pronounce [name]Melody[/name] as well. I am from the Midwest, so maybe that is a factor. I think in the Southern United States that tend to pronounce it more like [name]MEL[/name]-uh-dee.
I really love the name [name]Elodie[/name]; it’s so unique but, above all, gorgeous! I love the L-O-D “spelling.” [name]Sister[/name] to R-E-L ([name]Ariel[/name]), perhaps? (;
Hee hee hee me too!
I would go with what most Aussie would say: [name]Ell[/name]-oh-dee
Honestly, now the more I am saying it… in our Aussie accent… it sounds like L-O-D
…so maybe go [name]Ell[/name]-uh-dee so it sounds less like you are saying letters?
I do like the name though, sweet name.
emiliaj
Oh boy, I’ve been pronouncing it wrong! I said it EE-loh-dee. Whoops. [name]El[/name]-oh-dee sounds very pretty! I like it much better.