Message: "Eleah" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Eleah

by Lily (Destry)

6/4/2011, 2:32 PM

I know a French girl named Eléa and my German friend is Elea. They both pronounce it eh-LAY-ah (it sounds a bit different, the first eh is long and the LAY sounds like a mixture of LAY and LEH, but I'm not good at explaining pronunciations).

However it made me think of Eleah, pronounced like Leah with an Eh sound at the beginning. I guess you could also use Elea but I'm scared people witl pronounce it with only two syllables. I like it because it sounds nice and doesn't have Leah's meaning and bible story (which I dislike).

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- Alcyone

6/6/2011, 5:22 PM

I like Elea and Leah, but I don't really care for the way Eleah looks. If it were me, I would probably just go with Leah.

- Norah Namenerd

6/5/2011, 8:58 AM

I think it's pretty! It reminds me of Aaliyah, only with a nicer, cleaner spelling.

Because I've been in statistics mode lately, I'm sort of obligated to point out that there were 10 girls in the USA last year named Eleah, and 7 named Elea, so you're not alone in liking it!

- Chanel

6/4/2011, 5:32 PM

So would Eleah sound like Aaliyah? I like it no matter how it's spelled, but prefer Alia the most I think.

Reminds me of a name I saw yesterday-Haleigha (said hu-LEE-uh). Supposedly it's Hawaiian. I thought the sound was really pretty, but not sure I like the spelling. Haleah would be nicer I think...

- Elena

6/4/2011, 5:30 PM

I know you said you don't like Leah's meaning and her story, however, when I see Eleah, the first thing I think is that it's a variation of Leah. I suppose it's possible that Elea could be pronounced with two syllables, however, I think it's more likely that it would be pronounced with three. Besides, how many would misspell Eleah? Seems to me each spelling would be problematic in some way so you'd just have to choose the one which would give you the least amount of trouble.

This message was edited 6/4/2011, 5:31 PM

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