Elias

For the Dutch pronunciation of Elias, you can listen to the audio clips featured on the websites below:

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• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elias (in Dutch)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Elias/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/LEKUObDQ-to (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:11 and 0:31)

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Converted to IPA, it should be: /'e:.li.jɑs/ [noted -ed]

I get various pronunciations. Greeks will call me “Ηλίας” or “Ηλία”; Non-Greeks will stick to “Ē-LIE-uhs”. I don’t mind either. (Some will stumble and say “eh-lee-uhs”.) It’s nearly as good as Stelios Kantos.

Pronounced: ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), eh-LEE-as (German, Swedish), EH-lee-ahs (Finnish), ə-LIE-əs (English), ə-LEE-əs (English), EHL-ee-ahs (English)

I think Elias is such a fun name, I like the pronunciation eh-lie-as.

Pronounced ee - LYE - us in English, Eli could also be a nickname. [noted -ed]

Though perhaps only American (contemporary?), this name may also be pronounced "ee LYE as," just as Eli is pronounced "EE lye" but would be "eh lee" in most European countries.

My 2 year old son's name is Elias, and I pronounce it eh-Lie-us.

I pronounce it eh-LIE-us. Like Major Elias Norton.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Elias here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Pronounced eh-LEE-ahs in Germany. [noted -ed]