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Help me like Amelie again!!

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Busymummy83 · 02/03/2018 14:47

I named my daughter who is now 1 Amelie and I no longer like her name...please help me love it again! Please only nice comments :(

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Busymummy34 · 14/03/2018 11:16

One year down the line and she just got called Amelia again today lol I give up!! Thanks everyone!!

TreaclePumpkin · 14/03/2018 09:29

If my next child were to be a girl, Amelie would be very near the top, if not right at the top of names on the list. Also love the name Elodie.

AlecOrAlonzo · 13/03/2018 23:28

Dash it!

I'd forgotten about this name and now I'm not going to have any more children. I had two opportunities to use it as well!

Love it. Really beautiful name.

mischiefmanaged01 · 13/03/2018 23:11

Amelie was our first choice name for a girl... but then my husband’s step sister has gone and called her little girl Amelia. A little too close, so I am envious that you got to use the name 😊

Busymummy34 · 11/03/2018 21:18

Thankyou to everyone who took the time to respond,it's really helped :)

BoofayTheOompaLoompaSlayer · 11/03/2018 19:33

I childmind a little one called Amélie. Her nickname is Amé. She's a feisty little thing, and I love her name!

Yogagirl123 · 11/03/2018 14:19

It’s a gorgeous name, good choice OP

TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 11/03/2018 14:17

I like Ammie and Mimi as shortenings.

keepingbees · 11/03/2018 13:34

I love Amelie, it was on my names list and I've always wished I had put my foot down and called my daughter it (DH insisted on a very popular name which I wasn't so keen on.)
I'm not a huge fan of Amelia and prefer Amelie. It's nice that it's a bit more unusual, I think you should embrace it Smile

Busymummy34 · 11/03/2018 13:28

Yea...it's very frustrating Sad

BroTim · 11/03/2018 10:08

I loved the name Amélie for this baby but dh is totally against it mainly because we have an Élodie and people just can’t seem to get it I have to say every time her name is like melody without the M so I understand where you are coming from. DH said she will get Amelia and Emily a lot and doesn’t want to have to explain to everyone it’s Amily everytime someone she’s her name written down. It is a beautiful name though.

DreamingOfAHotBeach · 04/03/2018 21:15
  1. It's a classic name.
  2. It's not as popular as Amelia/Emilia.
  3. It's easy to pronounce in European languages- your DD may want to move to a different country as an adult.
  4. It's a pretty name but a name that is definitely mature enough for a woman.
DickVanTyke · 04/03/2018 21:00

The one I know is Ami for short (rhymes with Jammy)

llangennith · 04/03/2018 20:29

Ooh yes Mimi is lovely.

Busymummy34 · 04/03/2018 15:34

Thanks everyone ... Liking the suggestion of mimi xx

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 03/03/2018 17:58

In my experience, real nicknames evolve in relationship with the person (which is what makes them so wonderful). The Amelie I know is nicknamed Lilou. Her name was shortened to Lilly, which morphed into Lee-Lee (& Little Lee!), which morphed into Lilou (pronounced Lee-loo), which has stuck for quite a few years and most people call her that now. She's lovely and sparky.

TatianaLarina · 03/03/2018 17:50

I have a friend called Amelia who is Ami - which is a lovely nn.

Busymummy34 · 03/03/2018 17:07

Lol I really should adopt this attitude that the problem is them :)

SleepingInNewYork · 03/03/2018 13:54

It’s a lovely name. Surely people only need to be told once and if they don’t get it then, the problem is with them.

LilaBlue · 03/03/2018 13:52

Don't go for Melly as a nn, too much like smelly.

Mimi is a popular nn around here for Amelie and Amelia

I would say though, if you still do y like it, change it. Maybe to her middle name?

llangennith · 03/03/2018 13:31

Amelie isn’t that unusual that people should have trouble with it. The three Amelies I know are all called ‘Ams’ for short.

Onemorecornetto · 03/03/2018 13:14

It’s a lovely name. It was in my top 3 and dd said the other day that she would have liked to be called Amelie instead of the name we went with.
She really hated the other contender though so it’s lucky I didn’t chose that one!

MikeUniformMike · 03/03/2018 13:10

I'm not keen on the name, or on Emily or Amelia, but they are all very popular, which probably means that they are very nice.
If you'd called her Jane, people would struggle - Jayne? Jade? Janie?...
It's not the name it's them.
Watch the film. It's very sweet.

HuskyMcClusky · 03/03/2018 11:52

It is such a gorgeous name. I love it.

Zaya71 · 03/03/2018 11:47

My sister is an Amelie(29 years old), the only one I had ever heard of for years. She has always gone by Amy as she became annoyed at correcting people who said Emily. I know five Amelies that are under five so I should think that as it is currently popular as they get older it will become a lot more known and more recognisable to people. It's a lovely name.