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Someone tell me how you pronounce Elias?

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Is it Ee-LYE-us? That's how I'd say it but I've never actually met someone with the name. One website makes it look like it could be pronounced uh-Lay-us? Doesn't seem right to me...
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  • brookelynpaisleybrookelynpaisley member
    I'd say Eh-li-us
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  • HappyMrsKHappyMrsK member

    imagebrookelynpaisley:
    I'd say Eh-li-us

    This. Kind of like Elliot but obviously with "us" sound at the end.

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  • iluvmylabiluvmylab member
    Ee-Lee-Us.  I have a friend from college with this name.
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  • adriennen27adriennen27 member
    ee-lye-us or eh-lye-us. Love this name - will probably be our boy name.
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  • mama31mama31 member
    Yes it is ee-lie-us. It is my Grandpa's name. 
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    imageHappyMrsK:

    imagebrookelynpaisley:
    I'd say Eh-li-us

    This. Kind of like Elliot but obviously with "us" sound at the end.

    I usually go with this pronunciation. It's a little softer to my ear than the long e sound.
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  • forensicmamaforensicmama member
    ee-LYE-us
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  • shelbymshelbym member
    ee-LIE-us is how we pronounce my sons name and how I have heard it pronounce most however when we lived in NY and had many hispanic friends they pronounced it EH-lee-ahs.
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  • HAFranklinHAFranklin member
    el-LYE-us. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.
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  • BethPSUBethPSU member
    My friend just named her baby Elias.  She says Eh-LIE-us mostly, but sometimes she says it with a longer e..Ee-LIE-us like in Eli.
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    imagebrookie9:
    Is it Ee-LYE-us? That's how I'd say it but I've never actually met someone with the name. One website makes it look like it could be pronounced uh-Lay-us? Doesn't seem right to me...

     

    My friend pronounces his name that way and so that's what I do since he's the only Elias I've ever met. 

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    That name reminds of the movie Clerks 2.
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  • J+RJ+R
    We have a church named this in our area.  We pronounce it St. E-lie-ass.
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  • 718gemini718gemini member
    I've only heard it as eh-LIE-us... and it was a last name.
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  • MamaWinoMamaWino member

    imageHAFranklin:
    el-LYE-us. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.

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  • sarabinasarabina
    That's my 15 y.o. DS's name. We pronouce it Eh-lee-us. He goes by Lee, though.
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  • MelleTXMelleTX member
    I have only heard it pronounced uh-lie-us
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  • fraseyfrasey member
    imagemj.reilly:

    I have heard both ee-LIE-us and EH-lee-ahs.

    I usually say ee-LIE-us unless told otherwise.

    This exactly

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