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Emilia. Help.

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Tea1Sugar · 06/12/2014 07:04

This is my dd2's name. She's nearly 8 months. I adore the name; the sound, the spelling, the fact it's not too popular. But it bloody drives me nuts when people write down Amelia. I know it's only a subtle difference in sound but I'm always correcting people. She gets Emmy for short. Is she too going to have a lifetime of correcting people or be annoyed with us for choosing it? Wwyd, change it to Amelia before she turns 1 or leave it?

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Lunastarfish · 07/12/2014 10:35

It's a lovely name (my nieces name). My sister does tend to over pronounce the 'E' when saying it to people so she hasn't had too many issues withthe spelling

Mumraathenoisylion · 07/12/2014 10:33

Glad you're keeping it, Emilia is a beautiful name Flowers

Hakluyt · 07/12/2014 10:30

What I don't understand is why you would deliberately do something that would make your child's life even slightly more difficult when you don't have to. The names are practically identical. It's deeply tedious to have to correct people, or spell your name every single time.

I think it's a shame that people make naming their children all about them , not about the child.

FollowTheStarship · 07/12/2014 09:49

Loads of people spend their lives correcting people/specifying spellings, including people called Catherine, Rachel and all kinds of normal things. All you/she will have to do is say "It's Emilia with an E". Totally worth it for a lovely name.

longestlurkerever · 07/12/2014 09:49

match. I am intrigued. Were you in the audience or on stage?? Don't change her name OP. You will swap being annoyed about correcting people to being annoyed that you had to change it. If dd gets fed up of correcting people she will just stop and will answer to either. No massive hardship.

crankypants · 07/12/2014 09:44

Emilia is a fabulous name, so pretty. Keep!

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SageSeymour · 07/12/2014 09:42

Leave it. Amazes me that people choose Amelia - it's a rather grim medical term for starters

fancyacupoftea · 07/12/2014 09:39

Put it this way - Emmy as a nn is gorgeous. Ammy sounds like Hammy. Stick with Emilia.

burgatroyd · 07/12/2014 07:36

Yes but Fox and Clarke werent born when Amelia was number one name.

In the five weeks dd2 was mistakenly misheard more times than not I decided I didn't want HER to keep correcting people.

If its a less common unusual name, let's say Anousha vs Anoushka thwn I think its different as people do look out for differences. People are so used to saying Amelia that the subtle difference is hard to make

moxon · 07/12/2014 06:54

^wonderinf if mitchy and I have the same surname?^

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Tea1Sugar · 07/12/2014 05:00

*Clarke

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Tea1Sugar · 07/12/2014 05:00

Thanks all. A mixed bag here but seems majority think we should leave it. If anything, if we change it to Amelia it makes no sense to keep calling her Emmy and she's been our little Emmy Bear since day 1. Sniff! I'm keeping it Emilia. And as someone mentioned, Emilia Fox and Emilia Clarks are great namesakes!

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elotrolado · 06/12/2014 23:26

I love Emilia, spelt just so. Please don't change it. It's a beautiful, classy name which knocks the socks off the spelling Amelia IMO

Hakluyt · 06/12/2014 21:10

"Leave it. Don't compromise if you love it. My DD has an unusual name and people always get it wrong, I don't mind, I did have a wobble for a bit when she was small, but I love the name so much I don't really mind spelling it and clearing up any pronunciation issues "

How does your dd feel about it?

BikeRunSki · 06/12/2014 20:37

As she gets older and starts mixing with people ftom a wider range of ages - ie beyond the last 2 or 3 years of Amelia being crazy popular - then she will become more distinctive.

BedPig2013 · 06/12/2014 19:07

Emilia is a gorgeous name op please don't change the name that you've chosen just to accommodate other people. Once she starts school or nursery the teachers and other children will get to know her name and how to spell it, I also really wouldn't worry about your dd having to correct people all the time, it happens to a lot of people and honestly I don't think it's a big deal. Only change her name if you really want to

squoosh · 06/12/2014 19:01

If you say that happens where you live it must, I just can't see how.

Alisvolatpropiis · 06/12/2014 18:56

But as I explained upthread, people where I live pronounce Emilia as a three syllable name and Amelia as a four sysl able name.

squoosh · 06/12/2014 18:55

Completely different to Sophie v Sophia. That's a two syllable name v a three syllable name.

squoosh · 06/12/2014 18:53

Because that's how all the Amelias I've met pronounce their name. I must rush and tell them how lazy they are.

Alisvolatpropiis · 06/12/2014 18:53

It's a bit like arguing people can't hear the difference between Sophie and Sophia.

Vanillepudding · 06/12/2014 18:53

Don't change it! It's a lovely name, you chose it and soon she will be called Emmy by everyone.

Yes, she will have to spell her name for people who don't know her, but how annoying is that really if she has a beautiful name?