How popular is the name Amelie?

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I really like it.

Reading with interest as I have an Amélie (almost 2 yrs old). She was due to be a Charlotte or possibly an Emily, but didn't look like a Charlotte when born and thought Emily didn't quite go with DD1's name. It was 3am after giving birth and I decided on Amélie as a better version (for us) as it had a French ring to it (I was born in France and am a French teacher) and sounded better with DD1's name.
The film Amelie didn't cross my mind, and I hadn't checked on popular baby name lists as it hadn't crossed my mind before. I now know of an Amelia and think there's another one in the girls' nursery, but I still love it, it's a strong yet pretty name and suits my DD2 down to the ground (and no, she's not dark, petite and quirky?). We've also had nothing but complements on it although a few assume it's Emily so we do sometimes have to do the "like Emily but with an A" for the older generation :)

compliment

Awful name:

a) Sounds too much like Emily

b) Too faddy

c) The name of a truly awful film

Er, sorry - to answer the original question: I think it is fairly popular. I live in a small town and know of three under twos.

Gorgeous name, wonderful film (and it was hardly a mainstream Hollywood blockbuster with A-list stars either).

I don't think it'll date, and it still counts as 'unusual' in my book - it's a far cry from Jane or Sarah in terms of being well-known.

Does something have to be a Hollywood blockbuster to be well known? .

The film Amelie is massively influential and has won numerous awards.

Maybe to you LarkinSky, mainstream equals Tom Cruise in some crappy action flick. Not to everyone though. I think it was the most commercially successful foreign film of all time or close to it. Meaning it reached a very wide audience.

It will definitely date. I would place money on it.

I know 3 Emilias but no one called Amelie. So going on that, I don't think it is very common yet.

i think it depends on where you live.. as i said, it's DD's middle name, she's 5. I don't know any other or heard of any other Amelies

i also think it matters not one jot whether it is after the film or not, or whether you are French or not, or if others think it will date

if you like it , use it

I used to like it before I knew any Amelies other than the one in the film. Then, the other day I heard a dad shouting 'Amelie' in a garden centre and it did make me cringe a bit.

I agree with the poster who said it is faddy. And it sounds far better with a French accent than an Estuary accent.

I know 1. Isla, Daniel and Max are far more popular here.

I think it's about 50th in the name charts.

Beautiful name IMO!

It's popular around here and probably appears even more popular because of its similarity to Millie, Emily, Amelia of which there are also lots. Nice enough name though x

It's fairly popular, but that's because it's such a beautiful name. If you're thinking of rose for a middle name, then I'm sure there probably be a few around.

Sorry if someone has said this already - Amelie is 54th in the 2011 chart for England and Wales. Just for a bit of reference, other similar names are,

1st Amelia
5th Emily
35th Millie
54th Amelie
61st Emilia

My 2 year old daughter is called Amelie. I go to many toddler group etc and I have not met another Amelie yet! plenty of Amelia's though. We do not have a french connection and are not common either! which I think is a silly comment to make.

It is a beautiful name and we love it. We got many lovely complements of the name when announced it.