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I say EH-leh-nor. I love both Eleanor and Elena, but marginally prefer Elena.

I prefer Elena. Eleanor is pronounced Ell-eh-nor

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I like them both. Elena slightly more as it has more personality. It is vibrant and pretty and has a slight exotic feel. Eleanor is more simple, down to earth and old fashioned.

I pronounced Eleanor like Elinor. I prefer Eleanor simply because Elena, Elaina, Alaina, Alayna, Alena et al are very over-used in the under two set around here.

As an Elinor myself, I think Elena wins hands down. It's much more attractive, if not very strong sounding.

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I pronounce Eleanor "ELLE-en-ur".

I prefer Elena, but I pronounce both names differently. Elena is Eh-LAY-nuh, whereas Eleanor is ELL-uh-nuh

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The summer ends and we wonder who we are, and there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car...
- Dar Williams

E-lee-a-nor, I think. And I prefer it too.

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- - - Katja - - -

I pronounce Eleanor as EL-en-or. I like this spelling as well as Elinor.

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I like both Eleanor & Elena, but for some reason I could actually see you naming your daughter Elena over Eleanor.

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I pronounce Elena as e-LAY-na or EL-en-ah.

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CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain

I like Eleanor, I say EL-EN-OR.

I would pronounce it as Elinor

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I though Elinor was the same as Eleanor? In Sweden we spell it Ellinor (pronounced as ELL-ee-NOR).

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I love both Ellinor and Elena. (The Eleanor spelling looks complicated to me). I may love Ellinor a little more.

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Some similar name I like are Eliana, Ellen, Elin and Elina.

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"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

Eleanor: EL-eh-nor

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I prefer Eleanor to Elena because my heritage is more related to Eleanor than Elena. Elena is nice too and sounds like a child of today.

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My 45 PPs - names in profile

I pronounce Eleanor EL-eh-nor. I love both Eleanor and Elena (as well as Eleni, though I'd probably use that as a nn). However, they're quite different in my mind, probably because I pronounce them so differently...Elena is eh-LAY-na to me, and seems much more exotic than Eleanor.

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~ Caitlín

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I have great faeth in BtN.

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See my profile for my PPs!

eh-leh-ah-nor. I looooove this name.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I say Elle-in-nore

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I prefer Eleanor by a long shot.

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Caroline :-)

Come a little bit closer, Hear what I have to say Just like children sleepin, We could dream this night away. But there’s a full moon risin, Let’s go dancin in the light"

Ella-nor!!!

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And it's so pretty!!!