Listen here for the Dutch pronunciation of Elian:• https://youtu.be/XzWtvDWcXT4 (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:03) • https://youtu.be/kBhX2__lgGM (in Dutch; the name is said at 1:19 and 1:28)Converted to IPA, it should be: /'e:.li.jɑn/In other words: this name is pronounced exactly like Elias (main database), except that it ends with the letter 'n' instead. [noted -ed]
Depending on where you are in the Netherlands (as e.g. people in the north will tend to pronounce names a bit differently than people in the south), this name can be pronounced as 'AY-lee-ahn' or 'ay-lee-AHN'.
• https://youtu.be/XzWtvDWcXT4 (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:03)
• https://youtu.be/kBhX2__lgGM (in Dutch; the name is said at 1:19 and 1:28)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /'e:.li.jɑn/
In other words: this name is pronounced exactly like Elias (main database), except that it ends with the letter 'n' instead. [noted -ed]