Ella or Helena for a girl?

peanutbutterx

I was leaning toward Helena for our daughter, but hubby now likes Ella. I liked Ella to begin with, but couldn't sell it to him. Now he seems to have changed his mind. He says he also likes Ella because it works as the Turkish name, Ela (I'm Turkish). But I do still love Helena.  

What at do you ladies think? We pronounce Helena like Huh-lay-nah. Not the other (uglier) pronunciations. Lol! 

bbiutmcph

Well I prefer Helena but if you find the multiple pronunciations "ugly" I wouldn't use it.

Bringmemylongswordho

Helena, hands down. 

KyleeWaller

I prefer Helena, by a landslide. If she wanted to use Ellie as a NN I don't think it's too much of a stretch. 

little_bren

bbiutmcph said:

Well I prefer Helena but if you find the multiple pronunciations "ugly" I wouldn't use it.

This.

nurse714

Ha! I also find the other pronunciations ugly. I vote for Ella.

klirwin82

Ella

agogo1

Helena for sure. Ella is quite popular these days (which I personally don't like) and Helena is a more elegant name to grow into. Ella is cute, but sounds slightly childish to me. 

lm45678

Ella

penelope4612

Helena

BritMC18

Helena for sure. I'm actually trying to get hubby to agree to it as a middle name. If we hadn't had baby's first name picked out for ages, I'd be pushing for it as her first name. However, we prefer the Helen-uh pronunciation as it's a family name for me.

LNic5

Definitely Helena 

virginiaunicorn11

Helena

Eko14

Helena!

Hdhtk4

Ella. Only because of the multiple pronunciations. I know a Huh-lee-nuh and a Huh-lay-nuh and sometimes say the wrong name when speaking to them.

4N6s

Ella. 

vilaro

Helena for sure. I know about three little Ellie's and it's just too done and cutesie pie to age very well.

alyssa0714

I don't love Helena but I don't dislike and I prefer the pronunciation that you like. What about Elena? Sounds like Helena without the H and could easily use Ella as a nickname. I think Ella is a really cute nickname but I don't prefer it as a first name and with it being so popular, I think having a less common full name to fall back on might be nice.

Knottie1442268460

Ella

magsugar13

Helena

HMLanders

Maybe change the spelling if you want it to be pronounced the way you want, otherwise it will definitely be pronounced hell-uh-nuh. My name is Helaina, pronounced the same as you like. I like my name and have had many compliments throughout my life.