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Emily-Jayne/Emilie-Jayne - opinions please!

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Lulumouse · 04/06/2013 10:57

Just that - after much discussion I think we've settled on Emily-Jayne or Emilie-Jayne for Dd2 (unsure on which spelling!?) Just wanted to gather opinions as a friend told me today she considered Emily very "prim" and a bit "weak" sounding - she had no idea that it was our chosen name but am now starting to doubt myself Hmm All opinions/suggestions welcome!

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Elquota · 04/06/2013 12:42

Yes, Jane instead of Jayne is a good idea IMHO.

miffybun73 · 04/06/2013 12:42

I would definitely lose the hyphen and go for Emily (with Jane as middle name) - biased as that's my daughter's name :)

loubielou31 · 04/06/2013 12:35

I would also Spell it Emily Jane. No hyphen and please no y in Jane. Wayne, Shayne, Jayne just NO.

Emily is a very popular name (because it is lovely) so there is a good likelihood there will be others in her class with the same name. You could however choose something you think is an original twist eg Amelie, (I've always assumed this is a french version) and find there are more than one of them too. My DDs class has no Emilys but two Amelies.

Keztrel · 04/06/2013 12:29

I think it's a lovely name. I really like Jane/Jayne and think it's due a revival :) I'd spell it Emily Jane with no hyphen personally. The hyphen looks a bit ugly to me. Emily-Jayne has too many 'y's in it and Emilie will just need spelling all the time. Emilie without the Jane/Jayne is nice though.

Elquota · 04/06/2013 12:16

Emily is a lovely classic name and popular for good reason. I'd spell it Emily, as I think you'd be forever correcting people otherwise.

I would lose the hyphen though and have Emily Jayne.

Vixjane · 04/06/2013 11:49

Emily/Emilie is a lovely name (it's actually one of my top choices if we have a girl!)

I personally prefer the Emilie spelling as i think it's more unusal. There'll prob be lots of people saying that they'll be spelling it for others all their life etc but i have that with a fairly normal name anyway (Victoria/Vicki) so i wouldn't worry about that!