Helen-a or Helaina?
Considering naming my daughter this, I know how I'd pronounce it but I'd like to see how the rest of the world would read it.
2007-11-04 17:52:13 · 21 answers · asked by Pearl R 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
While we're at it, how about Siobhan?
2007-11-04 17:54:51 · update #1
Helena = hel AY nah
Siobhan = shi VAWN
2007-11-04 18:08:02 · answer #1 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Helena Pronunciation
2017-01-20 10:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend is Helaina but some people call her Helen-a and it doesn't bother her
Kin do like Siobhan better though
2007-11-04 18:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by Lise Wisey 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
HELENA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Pronounced: he-LE-nah
(German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish), hay-LAY-nah (Dutch) [
Latinate form of HELEN
SIOBHAN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: shi-VAWN
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of JEANNE
Congrats! I hope this helps!
2007-11-04 18:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by NikkiNTexas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Helena: Hel-lay-na or Hell-en-na
It's personal prefernce.
Siobhan: Shi-vawn
Si pronounced Sh as in Sian (Sharn)
bh pronounced like v.
Roisin (Ro-sheen) is another nice one.
2007-11-04 22:58:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jesusa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know someone called Helena (a friend of my mother in law) and she pronounces her name "Hel - LEE - na".
I would personally say "Hel - LAY - na" but I always get corrected when I say her name like this, lol!
I also know someone else who called their baby girl this (They are My Chemical Romance fans lol!), they pronounce it "HEL - len - a"
Siobhan is an Irish Gaelic form of Joan and is pronounced Shi-VORN.
I like Helena better than Siobhan.
2007-11-04 20:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would pronounce it Helaina
2007-11-04 17:56:30 · answer #7 · answered by momtochs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Helaina gives an exotic flavor to it.
2007-11-04 18:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Goldie T 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Like Helen-a. I think that's a really pretty name. =)
2007-11-04 21:13:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would pronounce it, difficult to explain.
HEL-EN-A (The EN making like PEN but EN).
Congratulations.
=]
Best wishes.
2007-11-04 18:03:01 · answer #10 · answered by x. Mommy Kate .x 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋