Amelia or Amelie

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dreamingofyellowandnavy · 25/04/2020 13:00

I love the name Amelie and my husband wants Amelia. I like Amelia a lot but love Amelie as much softer but is it too French? We're not French.

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Whatsyourflava · 25/04/2020 14:16

Both such beautiful names- not much help sorry!

jaoler · 25/04/2020 13:45

Amelie is much nicer than Amelia to me, maybe because Amelia is much more common!

Chirpychirpy3 · 25/04/2020 13:26

I don’t like Amelia. Amelie is much nicer.

daisypond · 25/04/2020 13:23

Amelia has more class. Amelie only if you are French.

NameChange30 · 25/04/2020 13:11

If you're not French it would be a bit strange to use Amélie.

When Amélie is pronounced properly, it sounds quite different from Amelia.

How about Milly/Millie? In some ways it sounds similar to Amélie.

Electrical · 25/04/2020 13:07

Amelia is a medical term for missing a limb, but plenty of people don’t seem to care about that, it’s a hugely used name.
Amelie is fine, kind of just blends in to the ‘ee’ ending names that are everywhere-poppy/ruby/Effie/Ellie/lily/Evie/Emily/Sophie etc.

user1493413286 · 25/04/2020 13:03

Both are lovely but there are several amelias in my 2 year olds nursery (at least 3) so it depends if you mind it being a popular name

LadyLovelyLockz · 25/04/2020 13:03

Amelia is my preference. In my experience, Amelie is often confused for Emily so she would spend forever correcting people. Especially given you aren't French.

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