Pele

The pronunciation of Pele is actually not pronounced like PAY-lay or Pe-LAY or anything other than what follows. The name Pele is pronounced PEH-leh like pet without the t and let without the t. Emphasis is on the sound Pe, not le. [noted -ed]

My name is Pele and it means different things everywhere you go and the pronunciation is almost always wrong unless your name is Pele or you know someone named Pele and they will often tell you. In Samoan it means Princess as it does in Tongan (my culture) the correct pronunciation is Peh-Leh (PEH like Pet without the 'T' and LEH like let without the 'T') and it's usually mispronounced. Most people with European backgrounds pronounce it PAY-Lay or PE-Lay or Pell-Ay, and most with a Pacific island background pronounce it right all the time. No hate, but it's generally just the way English language is - most words sound the way it's spelt, whereas in my culture vowels are spoken differently and aren't as obvious. I used to hate my name because no one could pronounce it right and whenever the teacher turned their head to the side it was always at my name but I've honestly grown to like how unique it is and how much honour I have with it (My great grandmothers name). I have so many nicknames and pronunciation doesn't bug me as much, but it seems nowadays people are more interested in asking me how to pronounce it properly which is much better than when I was a kid and everyone just called me Pell-ay or pay-lay and didn't even try to correct themselves (which is also why I hated my name) but yeah, in Brazil it could be pronounced Pell-ay or Pay-Lay but I guess it's how you pronounce vowels that make the difference.

It's pronounced pe-LAY.

It's actually pronounced PAY-lay.