In Chrisell's post on the perfect girls' name, I was going to answer
Helena because, while it's not my 100% favourite name, I think it has ideal characteristics of class and feminity.
I always thought however I'd be more inclined to use
Elena, even though I preferred
Helena, just because
Elena is more Italian (we don't have names starting with the letter h). Yet when I typed "
Helena" for Chrisell's thread, I realized that, after all
Elena pleased me more, and I changed it.
I know it's just one letter difference, which is barely pronounced, but which form you prefer and why?