Variant spelling or pronunciation of Eulalie

Girl Names
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Hello everyone and thanks in advance for your assistance!

I am [name_u]French[/name_u] and in love with the name [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]…
I have seen many posts about how to pronounce it in [name_f]English[/name_f] (you-LAY-lee, or you-LAH-lee) but my issue is actually with the first syllable. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband dismisses the name every time I mention it because he doesn’t want to name his daughter with a name that starts with “Eww” :sweat_smile: In [name_u]French[/name_u], I pronounce it Uh-lah-lee but I realize it’s very unnatural for [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers.
Anyway, could you think of any way to change the spelling/pronunciation of that first syllable? I’m open to anything right now…

We had kind of the same issue with my first daughter’s name and were able to find a variant that worked for both of us. It’s still pronounced slightly differently in both languages but it works so I am hoping to find a way again with [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f].

Thank you :blush:

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Well, in the original Greek, I believe Eu- is pronounced “ehv”. So ehv-lah-lee would technically be a viable pronunciation, though it might be difficult to explain. Unless, of course, you spell it Evlalie. That’s all I can think of other than just insisting that it is actually pronounced yew-lah-lee, even in [name_u]French[/name_u]. :woman_shrugging:t3:

Sorry if that’s not very helpful! This is quite a conundrum!

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I’ve seen Alalia (I was told it’s greek for speechless but I don’t knows if that’s true or not) you could shorten it to Alalie?

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Olalie perhaps? As a form of the Spanish Olalla ([name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]).

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A name with similar pattern / flow as [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]?

Ottalie ?
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f] ?

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Elalie, perhaps?

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Thank you so much! I like all your suggestions. Let’s see how they fly with the husband… :crossed_fingers:t2: