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Last minute doubt over spelling..help!!

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Tea1Sugar · 05/04/2014 07:39

Dd2 is arriving by section in 10 days. We've chosen Emilia Ruby, which I adore by sound. But now a little bit worried that people will assume it's Amelia which I know is insanely similar. I don't care about popularity. I'm a primary school teacher and don't know any Amelias or Emilias but lots of Amelies.

So Emilia Ruby
Or Amelia Ruby

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PollyCazaletWannabe · 20/04/2014 22:36

Lovely name OP, congratulations :)

Flux700 · 20/04/2014 22:31

Lovely name xxx

MrsRV · 20/04/2014 13:51

hooray! baby Emmy is here! hope you're not too breakdowntastic & all is going well. A week tomorrow for us... excited/scared!!!!! Grin

derektheladyhamster · 20/04/2014 12:12

my 11 yr old ds was going to be an Emilia, lovely name

traininthedistance · 20/04/2014 12:09

Oh just saw you chose Emilia! Congrats!!

traininthedistance · 20/04/2014 12:08

Emilia - much nicer. Italian variant of Emily. Amelia always makes me think of Enid Blyton's naughty Amelia Jane.

My mum wanted us to call DD Aemilia, complete with the dipthong ligature in the spelling, after the Renaissance poet Aemilia Lanyer! So you could always combine them (might be a bugger to spell though Grin)

crankypants · 20/04/2014 08:02

Congratulations! We have an Emilia too. Fab name Smile

Pinkje · 20/04/2014 08:00

How lovely, congratulations. Rest yourself and enjoy the baby.

AnythingNotEverything · 20/04/2014 07:58

Huge congratulations OP! Enjoy her xx

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Tea1Sugar · 20/04/2014 06:35

She's here! Emilia Ruby arrived at 6.46pm on 15/4/14 weighing 7lb 13oz. She's beautiful Smile

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HandragsNGladbags · 14/04/2014 08:10

Please don't be put off by the lack of arm or whatever the medical issue is. I have an Amelia and a Claudia, I doubt very much people look at them and think "oh congenital arm defect" and "lame" are coming to visit.

I think you have made up your mind, but the reason we discounted Emilia was because we thought we and her would spend all our time saying "No it's E-milia not Amelia"

Anyway both gorgeous names, good luck!!

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Tea1Sugar · 14/04/2014 07:55

Hi RV! Elcs tomorrow ahhh! SO excited but fracking scared! Definitely ready to meet her now, I'm so over being pregnant. I never imagined I could get so huge. Why are you being induced? Hope everything's ok Smile

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MrsRV · 13/04/2014 20:03

teaSug... only 2 days to go!!! how exciting. stick with your first instinct... Emilia.

as for us... we have our final name, good job too as being induced in 2 weeks now. We have Phoebe May :-)

EdithWeston · 06/04/2014 12:09

In RL I have only ever heard "Emilia" pronounced as a version of Emily.

Whereas Amelia starts with an 'Am' and has a longer vowel sound in the middle.

It'd choose the spelling based on the pronunciation you want.

Writerwannabe83 · 06/04/2014 12:06

Emilia is far prettier Smile

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Tea1Sugar · 06/04/2014 07:16

Apparently Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones has ramped up it's popularity!

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mathanxiety · 06/04/2014 04:20

I like the Em sound at the start of Emilia. The Am sound in Amelia makes it seem like A meal iya and emphasises the word 'meal' in the middle. Imo.

Cezella · 06/04/2014 01:22

When I say Emilia it sounds very different to Ameelia-

A-meel-ee-a
Em-ill-ee-a

Haven't explained it very well but you know what I mean! I prefer Emilia

Blueberrybaby · 06/04/2014 00:19

Definitely Emilia. They are 99% the same pronunciation wise except for the first syllable, which is slightly different. So to mind you have to decide which you prefer. It's not just a spelling issue.

Amelia, the Am is the same as in 'amaze'.

Or

Emilia, the Em is the same as in 'embarrass'

PluggyMug · 05/04/2014 23:52

I like Emilia, looks nicer written and reminds me of Emilia Fox.

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Tea1Sugar · 05/04/2014 15:38

It doesn't! Her initials would be ERE

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Laquila · 05/04/2014 15:38

Emilia is lovely, and I'm surprised anyone would think it's a misspelling of Amelia - it is a very old and, to my mind, quite well-known name!

Pinkje · 05/04/2014 15:36

If your surname starts with S, her initials would be ARS. You might want to avoid that??

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Tea1Sugar · 05/04/2014 15:32

Oh god I didn't know about the birth defect association!
I think we'll stick to our initial plan of Emilia. I prefer the look of it written down and the nickname Emmy. Also, the fact it's much less popular is a positive.

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PreciousPeach · 05/04/2014 15:31

Either or really, they both will just blend in anyway!