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I would pronounce Helena as HEL-en-uh (pretty much like Helen with an -a at the end) as in Helena, Montana. I have some German great-grandmothers named Helena and I think their names were pronounced heh-LAY-na, but I'm not sure since I never met them (and I think at least one of them went by Helen anyway).

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I'd say Elena, Alaina, and Elaina all the same (uh-LAY-na) unless Elena was in a Spanish context, in which case I'd say it in a Spanish accent - more like eh-LEH-na.