Re: Elena
in reply to a message by Lily
I think, if you spelt it Elena, most people would assume it was pronounced ELL-eh-na, so she'd probably have to tell people it was eh-LAY-na quite often. But I do like that spelling. Elaina is quite a pretty way of spelling it too, and would probably lead to more people pronouncing it right. One slightly unusual spelling I've come across before is Elayna/Eleyna which I think would also get the right pronounciation, but it is a bit of an odd way of spelling it. I guess it depends whether you like that spelling or not.