How do you pronounce Selye?

Question

I think it is Hungarian maybe

Answer 1

Roughly /SHEH-yeh/, where the /eh/ in both syllables is a short 'e' like in 'let' or 'yell'. Kázmér's dictionary of Hungarian surnames cross-references the name to Sile (/SHE-leh/, with the first syllable like the English pronoun, and /eh/ once again like in 'let'), and derives it and all its (numerous) variants from pet names for Sylvester.