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I love both, but right now I slightly prefer Elena because I have an Ellen in my family and because it seems less likely to look dated. The advantages of Helena are the less ambiguous pronunciation and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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I say HEL-en-a and EL-en-a, but I've met some Elenas called el-EH-na and el-AY-na (one was indistinguishable from Alaina).