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Emilia or Amelia?

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Tea1Sugar · 14/03/2014 16:16

Just that!

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NickNacks · 14/03/2014 16:17

Amelia

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Lulabellarama · 14/03/2014 16:19

Neither or either. It's so ubiquitous that I cannot remember which of the ones I know are which.

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pilates · 14/03/2014 16:35

Emilia

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AuntieMaggie · 14/03/2014 16:45

Emilia here (its on my shortlist)

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Tea1Sugar · 14/03/2014 16:49

We've already chosen and settled on Emilia tbh. I just wanted to see what the Mumsnet jury thinks.

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FrankUnderwood · 14/03/2014 17:04

I prefer Amelia but both are nice.

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AnythingNotEverything · 14/03/2014 17:15

Depends if you would pronounce Emilia as eeeee-melia or em-elia. I prefer the former overall, but if the latter than it's basically the same name as Amelia to me.

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NadiaWadia · 14/03/2014 17:37

How do you pronounce Emilia? I am never sure. Is it basically the same as Amelia? (uh-meel-eee-uh)? I would want to say eh-mill-ee-uh for Emilia (like you are beginning to say 'Emily' but with different ending. But I could be completely wrong.

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NadiaWadia · 14/03/2014 17:57

I would choose Amelia of the two, just because I know how to say it! Emilia is more unusual, though.

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BananaHammocks · 14/03/2014 18:33

I'd pronounce them both uh-melia, maybe I'm just lazy, it's the same name with a different spelling so I'd go with the more common spelling. Except I wouldn't as it's THE most popular name at the mo. Yawn.

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mrsjrob · 14/03/2014 18:40

Emilia because it's my dds name Grin

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AnythingNotEverything · 14/03/2014 19:42

I know an Emilia who is very definitely an eeee-meee-lee-ya

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Jojay · 14/03/2014 19:43

Amelia

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Dixy30 · 14/03/2014 19:43

Lol was at a Playgroup with about 6 18m-2y old girls today and 4 were called this name !

Reminds me of Emma Gemma Becky when I was at school

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BlackberryandNettle · 14/03/2014 21:15

I much prefer Emilia, not keen on the Eely sound in Amelia, it sounds kind of whiney in my opinion.

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Ludways · 14/03/2014 21:17

Amelie, slightly different but I love it.

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alita7 · 14/03/2014 22:05

Emilia :)

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popterryvent · 14/03/2014 22:40

Emilia definitely. Amelia is an awful name and it sounds very whiney.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 14/03/2014 23:54

Emilia.

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Tea1Sugar · 15/03/2014 01:03

Yay! Glad the majority think we've made the right decision :D

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Minionionionion · 15/03/2014 01:09

Emilia :) Dd's name and with a few corrections everyone catches on to the pronunciation and there are no issues - plus at 2.5 she is soon to correct people if they say it the Amelia way :)

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Mireio · 15/03/2014 01:15

Definitely Emilia. I really dislike Amelia.

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DailyBread · 15/03/2014 04:46

Aren't they pronounced almost identically bar the slight difference at the start?

Those saying Amelia sounds whiny, how is it different?

I know an Emilia, nn Emmy. Her parents are so fed up with her being called Amelia they are thinking of changing her name to Emily.

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Tea1Sugar · 15/03/2014 06:43

Those with daughters called Emilia, how do you pronounce it? Just want to triple check we'll be saying our baby's name right! In the same way as Emilia Fox and Emilia Clarke, we'll be pronouncing it em-ee-lee-ya.

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MrTumblesCrackWhore · 15/03/2014 06:49

Emilia. I have a friend who called her daughter this but pronounces it eh/mi/lee/ah which I love

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