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Amelia - Pronunciation

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Flymetothemoonnn · 02/05/2022 19:30

Is Amelia pronounced in the UK as:

  1. Am - ee - lia
  2. Am - eh - lia
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KirstenBlest · 03/05/2022 13:18

I like Emilia and say it as Em-ill-ya, but the Emeelia pronunciation seems more popular. The Emelia spelling is awful

Speaking of unusual spellings of ordinary names, I know a Karran, Lauran and a Darrin

SoggyPaper · 03/05/2022 11:41

WildCoasts · 03/05/2022 09:30

ah-meal-ee-ah

Every Amelia I'm aware of is called Millie for short.

Tbh, Millie is a vast improvement over ah-meal-ee-ah.

or Mia or Amy. Or pretty much anything. 😆

LowbrowVictoriana · 03/05/2022 09:30

I've only ever heard the "mealy" pronunciation. Which is pretty horrible.

WildCoasts · 03/05/2022 09:30

ah-meal-ee-ah

Every Amelia I'm aware of is called Millie for short.

stickygotstuck · 03/05/2022 09:27

2, but I know I'm in the minority.

When people pronunce it like no. 1 I just hear Emilia.

tuliplover · 03/05/2022 09:24

Ah mee lee ah.
My sons ex was named this, hated it and was called Mimi. I like it though.

SoggyPaper · 03/05/2022 07:14

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 03/05/2022 05:42

Amelia=absence of limbs. The fact that you haven't heard of this doesn't mean it's wise you suggest OP disregards any such concern. It's even worse than children lumbered with the name Candida.

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It’s not a nice connotation (and adds to the mystery of why it’s so popular).

since this is about pronunciation, I’d guess that lack of limbs is ‘Ay-mee-lee-ah’.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 03/05/2022 07:02

It’s a poll. OP asked for responses. Hence the ‘1’. A perfectly valid response to her post.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 03/05/2022 05:50

GlamGiraffe · 03/05/2022 05:47

What a fantastic contribution to the thread.

GlamGiraffe · 03/05/2022 05:47
KatherineJaneway · 03/05/2022 05:42

1

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 03/05/2022 05:42

RichardMarxisinnocent · 02/05/2022 21:21

I have managed to reach my late 40s without knowing that Amelia has a medical meaning. I have literally never heard it used in a medical context and I imagine most other people (in the UK at least) haven't either, so really wouldn't avoid the name for that reason.

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Amelia=absence of limbs. The fact that you haven't heard of this doesn't mean it's wise you suggest OP disregards any such concern. It's even worse than children lumbered with the name Candida.

JamMakingWannaBe · 02/05/2022 22:28

Maybe Amelie has the eh sound in your 2nd example?

SoggyPaper · 02/05/2022 21:26

I keep hearing people dragging out all the syllables in it. Ah-mee-lee-ah.

I genuinely cannot understand the popularity of the name. It’s fussy, frilly, multisyllabic, doesn’t have a very nice sound…

I just see no upside with it. I think it might be my least favourite name in the world.

RichardMarxisinnocent · 02/05/2022 21:21

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 02/05/2022 21:13

eeee sound, but it sounds like uh MEALY uh, which is awful. It has an awful medical meaning too, so I really wouldn't OP.

I have managed to reach my late 40s without knowing that Amelia has a medical meaning. I have literally never heard it used in a medical context and I imagine most other people (in the UK at least) haven't either, so really wouldn't avoid the name for that reason.

womaninatightspot · 02/05/2022 21:15

The first but I know a Bulgarian family in the UK and their daughter is no2

queenofmay · 02/05/2022 21:14

Definitely (1).

I've only heard (2) in Continental Europe. The vast majority of Brits wouldn't know about that pronunciation or use it.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 02/05/2022 21:13

eeee sound, but it sounds like uh MEALY uh, which is awful. It has an awful medical meaning too, so I really wouldn't OP.

RandomMess · 02/05/2022 21:05

Ah meeee lia

tiredanddangerous · 02/05/2022 21:03

Ah mee lee a

DramaAlpaca · 02/05/2022 21:02

1

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 02/05/2022 20:58

1

ArticSaviour · 02/05/2022 20:25

JamMakingWannaBe · 02/05/2022 20:06

ah-mee-lee-a

This

knittingaddict · 02/05/2022 20:23

1

JamMakingWannaBe · 02/05/2022 20:06

ah-mee-lee-a