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Emelia or Amelie?

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mummysparkles95 · 21/05/2021 00:43

What does everyone think of the name Emelia or Amelie? Or does anyone have any name suggestions like these? Has to be a pretty girly name .... i love the name Emelia atm... TIA

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JemimaJoy · 24/05/2021 08:24

Another vote for neither I'm afraid! All these names blur into one and there's so many of all of them!

diddlediddle · 23/05/2021 12:51

Just boring I'm afraid... so many of them around! There are lots of other pretty girls names...

Chilldonaldchill · 23/05/2021 11:57

Amelie is beautiful.
Emilia is lovely too but only with that spelling.

Edenember · 23/05/2021 09:35

Prefer Amelie. Emelia looks like a mash up of Amelia and Emilia.

Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 22/05/2021 23:03

Because there are so many Amelia/Emily/Amelie/Emilia type names, they all seem a bit over used as they blend into one sort of sound.

Emelia I would think was pn Emuhleeya but I am guessing that’s wrong!

Fishingforhappiness · 22/05/2021 22:42

Emelia - a lovely name.
In medicine Amelia is a birth defect where there is the skeletal part of a limb missing. Midwifes, and any medics/ medic friends may wince.

MadeOfStarStuff · 22/05/2021 14:55

I much prefer Amelia than either Emilia or Amelie. Emelia looks misspelled

Honeyroar · 21/05/2021 22:31

I expect Emilia will become quite common after the Game of thrones actress. I’m not keen. It was always a place in Italy in my head. I love Amelie.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep · 21/05/2021 22:28

Emelia looks so misspelt that autocorrect changed it to Emilia
Emilia is fine too

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep · 21/05/2021 22:27

Amelia
Emilia looks misspelt and Amelie is cliché and boring especially in an English accent

spaceghetto · 21/05/2021 22:24

Ds has lots of Amelias in his year group and one Emilia. When he talks about her, he shouts the "em" bit because that's what she does when people say her name wrong! It makes me smile!

AnnaSW1 · 21/05/2021 22:16

Amelie

FindingMeno · 21/05/2021 22:09

Amelie. Beautiful!

Chunkymenrock · 21/05/2021 22:09

Emilia sounds about as far from pretty as you can get due to the 'mealy' noise. Eh mealy uh. Mealy is horrible! Amelie is ok but not pretty to me either I'm afraid.

daisypond · 21/05/2021 22:03

Emilia - spelled like that. But it will get muddled with Amelia.
Not Amelie - unless you’re French.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 21/05/2021 20:52

Of the two - Amelie. It sounds different enough to Emily that I think most people won't misspell it. Emilia (this spelling) is lovely, but sounds identical to very popular Amelia in many accents so will be constantly misspelt imo.

If you want names similar but rarer/less well used you might like Malia, Thalia, Cecilia/Celia, Cordelia, Aurelia, Ophelia, Sylvie, Rosalie, Coralie or Elodie.

Squiggy · 21/05/2021 18:32

Emilia

partyatthepalace · 21/05/2021 18:30

Amelia or Emilia are both nice (spell them properly though or it will be a real irritation for her.)

Amelie sounds a lot better in a French accent IMO.

SoapboxFox · 21/05/2021 18:26

Emilia is a lovely name.

Aurelia
Sofia
Cecilia
Eloise
Anais
Melissa
Clementine
Lucia
Celeste
Pearl
Serena
Emma
Chiara

ILoveShula · 21/05/2021 15:32

The trouble with Elodie is the same as Amelie, they are nice in a French accent but not in a standard UK accent. Elodie becomes yet another El name and Amelie blends in with the Emily, Emilia,, Amelia type names.

Normandy144 · 21/05/2021 15:20

I like Emilia - I would not spell it Emelia as it's a hybrid of Amelia and Emilia which will just end up with confused spelling. I much prefer Emilia to Amelia so would go with that.

HelebethH · 21/05/2021 15:07

Meant to say it sounds similar to Amelie but don't seem to hear it as often. I know one Elodie and six Amelies.

HelebethH · 21/05/2021 15:04

If you like French sounding names what about Elodie?

ILoveShula · 21/05/2021 14:34

@DramaAlpaca

Emilia (that spelling) is really lovely.

I don't like Emelia or Amelia.

Amelie only sounds nice if you happen to have a French accent.

This but I add that Emilia will be called Amelia a lot.
Nonameyet1 · 21/05/2021 09:50

Emilia for me.

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