[name]Hi[/name] berries,
I’ve just discovered this name, given only once in my country. It combines both the names of my mother and grandfather. Furthermore it’s derived from the greek Helianthos/Helianthus, meaning sunflower, love that!. It gives of such a sunny, summery vibe for me. It’s pronounced Ay-lee-an-tuh in Dutch, an as in [name]Antoine[/name], WDYT?
Very hard to pronounce, but [name]Ellie[/name] could be a cute nickname.
That pronunciation is not intuitive to me at all, but I’m not from the Netherlands so maybe that’s why? I would have said [name]El[/name]-ee-an-thee. The meaning is lovely, though. I like in Kansas and sunflowers are our state symbol. I love them, they just look so happy.
Never heard about that one before. Pretty, I think…
Absolutely gorgeous! And as a [name]German[/name], it was definitely intuitive for me
I’m not sure! I think it’s pretty, but there would be so many pronunciation issues. You would forever be correcting people.
It looks pretty to me…I wouldn’t have known that it was pronounced how you said it is, though. But I’m American. So I wonder if people in your country would easily know how to pronounce it? Maybe there wouldn’t be the pronounciation issues others mentioned if it’s more intuitive in your country!
In the US it would come across as kind of pretentious, but in Europe i can see how it would be pretty and unique.
Very pretty and ethereal. However, spelling and prn would be an issue.
I would pronounce it “ee-lee-AHN-thee” as it reminds me of other Greek names name [name]Xanthe[/name]. I think it’s quite pretty but if it’s rare in the Netherlands, you may run into pronunciation issues.
Elianthe is lovely!! However, I like it better pronounce el-ee-an-thee
Thanks for all the feedback! The pronunciation is quite intuitive in Dutch I think, I don’t expect any real issues there. However, I was wondering if it looks like a typical smush name, I would not be so keen on that.
I would love the nickname [name]Eli[/name] (ay-lee) 
I tried that one at a starbucks the other day, they wrote it down as [name]Ely[/name]
Oh, I love it, and much prefer the Danish pronunciation as opposed to how I would have pronounced it otherwise. Siblings Elianthe and Roslinde (from your signature) would just be incredible; speaking of which, I have just now also fallen in love with [name]Elva[/name], Mirre and Mariken - am popping off to look them up on behindthename.com now… Good luck!
@Ciottolo: thanks for the compliment of loving some of my other favorites also Elianthe and Roslinde would look lovely indeed!
My youngest daughter’s middle name is [name]Elva[/name]
It’s such an eye-catching, beautiful name!