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Amalia?

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beforesunrise · 04/04/2008 12:33

well i am pushing 35 weeks with dd2 and still no decision on names. we need a name that works in italian, german and english as we are a slightly international family... i am dead set on Anna but dh not very keen.

last night he came up with Amalia (his first positive contribution to the debate) which i quite like to too. so we may have reached a compromise.

but i need someone to tell me whether it sounds completely daft/weird/harsh to english ears? would people misspell it or mispronounce it you think? it's fine if it's a bit exotic, i just don't want it to be weird!

the truth please!

thanks in advance!

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castille · 04/04/2008 12:46

People might pronounce it Am-ay-lia

That's how I said it in my head, but I stand corrected!

MrsMattie · 04/04/2008 12:45

I much prefer Amalia to Amelia. Amelia is pretty, cutesy, old English-y. Amalia sounds exotic and classy

WigWamBam · 04/04/2008 12:45

My first thought when I saw the thread title was that you were someone who couldn't spell Amelia.

It's quite nice, but I do think you'll find that you'll spend your whole life saying "No, not Amelia ...".

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beforesunrise · 04/04/2008 12:44

Anna, are you my friend Claudia in disguise by any chance? she keeps lobbying for me to choose that name. but we already have a Clara, and it's too same same.

NorthernLurker, that's interesting. dont you think people would make allowances for the international background?

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sleepdeprivationandme · 04/04/2008 12:43

It does seem like a misspelling

DelGirl · 04/04/2008 12:42

How about Amelie

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beforesunrise · 04/04/2008 12:42

i think Amelia sounds too much like Emilia and i am not too keen on that one. i like the open sound of Amalia (Ah-mah-lia), unless that's not at all how you would pronounce it in english?

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Anna8888 · 04/04/2008 12:40

It's quite pretty.

Claudia?

NorthernLurker · 04/04/2008 12:40

Froma an english persepctive it looks like you couldn't spell Amelia - sorry

castille · 04/04/2008 12:39

It does sound like a mistake in English, but a foreign name in a family with international origins is perfectly acceptable. It will be misspelt all the time though...

Isn't Amelia any good?

UniversallyChallenged · 04/04/2008 12:38

lovely name - i know a lady with this name. Think she spells it Amarlia

DelGirl · 04/04/2008 12:36

sorry, I should have also said that I like the name Amalia

DelGirl · 04/04/2008 12:35

I have an Amelia, I do think people are likely to spell and pronounce it Amelia tbh and imo