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Emilia or Amelia?

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Tea1Sugar · 14/03/2014 16:16

Just that!

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pilates · 19/03/2014 15:57

Great choice - good luck.

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Tea1Sugar · 17/03/2014 17:13

Thanks :-) dd2 will be Emilia nn Emmy. Still waiting for dp to come up with his list of possible middle names :/

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Ilikepancakes · 17/03/2014 16:47

I like both of them. I like Amelia because people will always spell it right and you can shorten it to Mia which is cute. I like Emilia because it is less common and a bit more interesting and you can nickname her Emmy which is lovely and much less common than Mia. So I think I would choose Emilia.

NadiaWadia · 16/03/2014 01:39

Looking at the names again I don't see why they are considered to be pronounced almost identically. It is not just the first letter in each name that is different. Amelia is am-eel-eeya as everyone knows. But it is not Emelia, its Emilia so you would think it should be em-ill-eeya. Different sound in the middle as well as at the start.

Newgoldheelsrock · 15/03/2014 23:44

Pretty but there are hundreds of both versions.

AHardDaysWrite · 15/03/2014 23:15

We had exactly the same dilemma. All through my pregnancy dd was going to be Emilia. Every single person I mentioned it to assumed I was saying Amelia (I asked them how they would spell the name and they always began "A...").

In the end, we decided we couldn't saddle dd with a lifetime of explaining "It's Emilia, with an E, not Amelia.."

Dd is called Phoebe, and it suits her perfectly Grin

AmysTiara · 15/03/2014 23:10

Aren't both names pronounced the same anyway?

DailyBread · 15/03/2014 23:03

How else would you pronounce it but E-meel-eeya? Confused

BackforGood · 15/03/2014 22:20

I'd say Amelia too, partly because when people hear it, I suspect that is how most would spell it, and secondly, because everyone knows how to pronounce it, but even you (who are choosing it) are asking how to say it - I think that's just going to be a pain in the bum throughout your dd's life, tbh.

MajesticWhine · 15/03/2014 22:11

Amelia. Because Emilia is more likely to be mispronouced.

Beanymonster · 15/03/2014 22:01

Both are horrifically popular where I live.. And I always get the Amelia's and Emilia's mixed up.. Whoops! Might be worth checking popularity In your area, but I love amelia, it was our top name until I realised how popular it was :(

DramaAlpaca · 15/03/2014 21:53

I like Emilia best, it's lovely. It looks much prettier in the written form than Amelia, and I think it sounds nicer.

My only concern would be that there's a good chance people will mishear it and think it's Amelia.

guineapig2014 · 15/03/2014 21:47

I'd say Amelia
Even though it's much more well known.

RiverTam · 15/03/2014 08:53

they are pronounced almost identically - a friend had one a while back, I never saw it written down and it was a while before I realised she was an Emilia not an Amelia. I prefer Emilia to look at.

Oriunda · 15/03/2014 08:46

The Emilia I know is pronounced Em eel ya.

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Tea1Sugar · 15/03/2014 06:52

Thanks!

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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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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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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.

Mireio · 15/03/2014 01:15

Definitely Emilia. I really dislike Amelia.

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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Tea1Sugar · 15/03/2014 01:03

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

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Alisvolatpropiis · 14/03/2014 23:54

Emilia.

popterryvent · 14/03/2014 22:40

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

alita7 · 14/03/2014 22:05

Emilia :)

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