Apologies for double threads - use this one - Pronunciation hell! Can we just call him Boy?

stavraz

Hi Ladies,

As some of you already know, my husband and I are looking for an Israeli name that also sounds good in English as we will be splitting our time. I'm Israeli and my whole family is there so there's a strong reason we want it to work in both languages.

In my last poll I had a name in there that got a lot of votes, but we decided it wouldn't be pronounced the way we want it to in English so it's out. I'm hoping its between these two names.

Once you vote, if you could please write how you would pronounce it that would be a huge help!!

Thank you so so much!

P.s. I included two different spellings of the first one - would you pronounce then the same? Which one do you like better?

Knottie23738778

Ell-ee-am

lm45678

LEE-door vs. LIE-door

ILL-e-um.... Probably because I'm a nurse and the ilium is a bone in the pelvis. I have a friend who names her son Elias pronounced ILL-e-us and have the same problem.

jessilee15

I voted "ell-yum". And I would pronounce it lee-door vs lie-door as well

asummerbride

Lee-door vs. Lie-door

El-yum

I voted for Elyam

Knottie1442268460

I chose Ell-Ee-em.

I like Leedor too. Or Leedore

oceanchild

Oh whoops. You should change the title in the other - I already answered there.

oceanchild

Here is what I wrote there

Elyam gets my vote, and I'd pronounce it "ELL-yahm" - I actually like this name, and if I were asked to guess what country the name was from, Isreal would be my guess.
Leedor and Lidor I would pronounce differently (long E and long I sounds respectively). I think Lidor would be mispronounced constantly in English, if you intend it to sound like Leedor. To my very American eyes, I'd have no clue the country of origin of these names if I had no info to go with them.

blockedrose

ee-lie-am

DobbysSock

Leedor (LEE-door); Lidor (LIE-door)

Elyam (ell-LEE-am

Our of curiosity, how are they supposed to be pronounced?

I voted for Elyam

Cricket99

El-ee-am
I like this name as I would pronounce it like Liam with an e added to the front. I think the kid will probably have to correct people at first, but it's easy to spell and easy to say.

sorarose

I could probably get behind Eliam (not Elyam), and Lidor's meaning doesn't do it for me.

jkeezy

Lidor (lee-dor) got my vote. I'd pronounce it the same as the other way but prefer this spelling, however I think if you're not used to Israeli names people might initially pronounce it as (Lie/dor).

Not a fan of Elyam - makes me think of yams.

4N6s

Lee-door
Lid-or

L-E-M

2-Step

El-yham and it gets my vote over lidor

mamaksweez

I voted the second (El-ee-um) .
The first name id pronounce like Leader in the first spelling and litter in the second. Since both leader and litter are words I don't love it as a name.

goldie987

I voted Elyum, I would pronounce L-yum, asked my husband and he would pronounce EE-lee-yum. Go figure.