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AKSchilb
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Lena VS Lina
AKSchilb
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Which name are you more likely to pronounce as "lee-na"? If you'd pronounce both of them that way, what spelling do you prefer and why? TIA!
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Re: Lena VS Lina
Lena= lee-nuh or len-uh
Lina= lin-uh or line-uh
...so I think you should spell it Lena, but people will probably still say it "wrong" half the time. I love the name Lena, but I don't think I could get past the two different pronunciations thing, so it's not on my list
At first, I thought Lina, but after thinking about it, I'm thinking neither.
Lena is definitely pronounced LEH-na (or should be, if you wanted it to sound like "ee" , why not just use "ee"?)
In the book The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, isn't one of the girls' names Lena, but it's pronounced Leena? I think it is, and that bugs the crap out of me...
I heard the name from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie. It's spelled Lena and when she says her name it's "lee-na" but when the man she likes in Greece says it, he says "leh-na". It's confusing. I've seen both pronunciations used on websites but I wanted to get a feel for what real life people would say when they saw the different spellings.
This! I actually really like this name a lot.
Behind the name says Lena = LE-na or Lye-na (Russian). It goes on to say it can be short for names that end in "lena" like Helena and Magdalena.
Lina does not have a pronunciation guide but it says other variants include Carrie, do I'm assuming it means it's primarily a shortened form of Carolina, which can be said either as Care-oh-lee-nah or care-oh-lie-nah.
Oersonally, I've always seen Lena as lee-nah and I've never seen Lina.
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Lena = LAY nuh or LEE nuh
Lina = LINE uh
I would go with Lena.
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I think I like Lena slightly more. What about Leena? Or is that totally wrong? :-) I also like Leela (character on Futurama, haha).
We used Nina for LO and while most people say Nee-nah, a few have said Nine-ah. Not enough to make me concerned that she'll be messed up for life, haha.
I would pronounce them both the same.
Lina in italian is pronounced LEE NAH, but i think in this country you should go with the E
I dont think people would pronounce Gina Gineah, so i dont understand the confusion, but to make life easier go for the E.
I prefer the way Lena looks vs Lina.
However, I know 2 Lena's. One pronounces it LEH-na, and the other LAY-na. So, while I can see how phonetically it can be LEE-na, thats not what I think of first.
That said, I would go with Lina. And fwiw, I would never think to say LYE-na. Lina rhymes with Tina.
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My great-grandmother was Lena, pronounce LEE-na, and my sister's best friend from Sweden is Lina, pronounced LEE-na. So either work, depending on the location.
On a personal note, this is my FAVORITE name. We are due in 8 weeks with a little girl and I would do anything to have my DH like Lena (choosing to spelling it Lena per the family connection). I hadn't seen many people discussing it, so it makes is unique yet still classic. The DH isn't a fan of old classic names, he likes Bailey, Piper, more modern names. It has been a disagreement for weeks!