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I like both, but I prefer Eleanor. It sounds so dignified and beautiful.

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I pronounce Elena e-LE-na and Eleanor EL-ə-nor.

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I don't really care for Ella because it sounds childish to me and is overly popular these days, but it's better as a nickname than a full name. I don't mind it all that much as a nickname for Eleanor or Elena. I like Elle and Ellie much better, though.

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I really like Elena Fleur and Eleanor Simone.

I pronounce them very differently. Eleanor = EL-i-nor & Elena = eh-LAY-na or eh-LEH-na. My favorite is Eleanor (spelled Elinor).

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I like Ella as a nickname for both Elinor and Elena, although it wouldn't be my first pick. I'd probably use Elle for Elinor and Lena for Elena.

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I'm in love with Elinor Daphne right now. I'm not sure about an Elena combo. Elena Madeleine, perhaps.

Where I live, Elena would be i-LEEuh-naa, which puts me right off.

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I like Eleanor very much, certainly enough to use. But Ella is more of an independent name than a nn to me, and all the Eleanors I know use the full form.

I strongly prefer Eleanor.

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I do pronounce them differently: Eleanor is EL-uh-nor and Elena is eh-LAY-nuh.

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Ella is fine as a nickname for either.

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My favorite Eleanor combos are Eleanor Daisy and Eleanor Violet. I would go with Elena Catherine or Elena Martine for that name.

I prefer Eleanor because it sounds regal and medieval, and I pronounce it -nor rather than the -nuh in Elena
Eleanor Marguerite

I prefer Eleanor overall. I also prefer Ella as a nickname for Eleanor, although I would not use it.

I love both! I prefer Elena for a first name and Eleanor for a middle name.
I don't really like Ella as a nn because it's so popular, but it isn't bad. I also like Elen as a nn.
I say EL-en-or and EL-en-a. I pronounce them differently because I have an American accent, so the "or" in Eleanor sounds like the word "or" and the "a" in Elena is just a schwa.
I also like Elanor!

I love Eleanor, if my son was a girl I would have wanted to name her Eleanor. You could call her Ella or even Nora or Ellie.

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I pronounce Eleanor - Ella-nor and Elena is Ellen-ah.

I like Elena, but I LOVE Eleanor. I don't really like a nickname for Elena, and though I could justify a nickname for Eleanor, it's just such a beautiful name that using another name in its stead is almost sacrilege. I would personally use Nell for Eleanor, but that's just a personal preference. I really, really like Ella, but I would use it either as a stand alone name or as a nickname for Elizabeth / Elisabeth.

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As for middle names, I'm feeling Eleanor Frances and Elena Isabel today.

Eleanor

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love Eleanor, however I prefer it as a middle name.

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Elena is nice, too.

My pronounciation of Elena seems to change daily! Today I'm saying el-AY-na, which Eleanor is EL-a-nor.

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Consequently I prefer Eleanor - Elena has too many pronounciation options , leading to confusion. Also I think Eleanor looks more classic, which Elena looks a little too modern and simplified.

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Ella is a cute nickname, but it's sooo common. I like Nora as a nickname for Eleanor!

I prefer Eleanor.

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I pronounce Elena "eh-LEY-na" even though the only Elena I've known pronounced it "EH-leh-nuh" (the same as I pronounce Eleanor).