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Miranda or Emilia?

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pipparoo · 03/07/2011 22:26

so I think we've narrowed it down to these two names should we have a girl.

I'd like to meet baby before making a final decision but would like some opinions just out of sheer interest.

I love both both!

TYIA

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Northernlurker · 03/07/2011 22:30

I have a Miranda. It is a fantastic name Grin

Emilia is very pretty too but maybe a little bit more likely to get mixed up with other names - Emily, Amelia, Amelie etc?

Miranda has a latin root - worthy of admiration - which I think is a fantastic meaning for an adorable daughter Smile

DialMforMummy · 03/07/2011 22:36

Miranda

MelinaM · 04/07/2011 00:33

Miranda is fabSmile

randomimposter · 04/07/2011 08:44

Emilia for me.

pilates · 04/07/2011 09:58

Def Emilia - lovely name, not keen on Miranda.

pommedechocolat · 04/07/2011 10:04

I really like Emilia, Miranda sounds like a name for an older person I think.. And it makes me think of the tv show a bit I'm afraid...

PorkChopSter · 04/07/2011 10:05

Miranda.

Emilia is too much like Amalie, Amelia, Emily etc - she/you will forever be spelling it out or correcting people.

thesurgeonsmate · 04/07/2011 10:19

We know a new Emilia, and PorkChopSter is right that there seems to be confusion. There is also a significant section of her public who believe that it's not actually a name.

JanMorrow · 05/07/2011 11:32

Both beautiful but I think I'd go for Miranda (love the Shakespearean vibe!). There are lots of Amelia's around at the moment.

Bandwithering · 05/07/2011 12:36

Emilia

Miranda is just so braying, wannabeposh, twinset and pearls, mirahhhhhhhhhhhhhhndahhh

DodgyTodger · 05/07/2011 13:33

Miranda sounds like a name for an older person

So? one day this baby will be an older person, all being well!

DodgyTodger · 05/07/2011 13:37

There is an Emilia in Shakespeare too (Othello) so I'm surprised that people think it's not a "real name". At least you can prove that it's not a recent invention" :o

pommedechocolat · 05/07/2011 13:39

Well, yes dodgy, of course. However I think a 'good' name sees a person through all stages of life, from babygroup to boardroom.
Many names are seen as not so 'good' because they may not have enough gravitas when that person is an adult.
It works the other way round too.

DodgyTodger · 05/07/2011 14:04

Ah, but they are only babies for the blink of an eye.

Ephiny · 05/07/2011 14:48

I prefer Miranda. Both are nice though. And Emilia most definitely is a real name - though don't think I've ever heard it used in the UK, it tends to be Emily/Amelia here.

Northernlurker · 05/07/2011 15:52

Bandwithering - is there any need to be so rude? Ok you don't like the way it sounds.

You're totally wrong btw.

DodgyTodger · 05/07/2011 16:00

Ephiny there is the actress Emilia Fox.

Ephiny · 05/07/2011 16:05

Oh yes, of course :). Though the only ones I've met personally have been Greek/Italian.

pommedechocolat · 05/07/2011 18:04

I don't think Miranda would come into its own until 30s/40s though!

I too think of Emilia Fox with Emilia.

Which is better than Miranda Hart...

pilates · 05/07/2011 20:06

Northernlurker, I don't think Bandwithering was being rude, just expressing an opinion, like all of us on here Smile

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pipparoo · 06/07/2011 13:01

Thank you for your opinions.

I think it has to be Miranda as when my DH said Emilia earlier I wouldn't have known whether he was saying Amelia or not. Thus could get confusing and Amelia is just too ubiquitous for me.

I did have concerns that Miranda is a grown up name but I'm really not a fan of cutesy names.

Just out of interest, pommedechocolat, which names do you think see a child through from babygroup to boardroom?

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pommedechocolat · 06/07/2011 13:24

Anna, Eleanor, Katherine (because of nn though I guess)

Ahh can't think of any more now.

We're currently debating Anna vs Esther vs Beth.

What nn would you use with Miranda or do you think you'd use Miranda all the time?

It is a shame about Emilia and I agree with you on Amelia and popularity.

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pipparoo · 06/07/2011 13:47

I was thinking that Mimi would be a sweet nn if it had to be shortened. Or maybe Pip as that's what bump is called!

For me half the battle is trying to choose a name that doesn't belong to someone I know/have negative associations. Miranda Hart is a pain bit hoping the kids in the playground won't make that connection.

It's not easy!

I like your name choices, Esther is my favourite as whilst it's not 'out there' it
would set your daughter apart.

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herecomesthsun · 06/07/2011 14:06

Well Miranda in the Tempest is the female lead and a beautiful young teenager, probably the best known Miranda in literature. So it doesn't seem like a middle aged name to me, with that association. I did think of it as perhaps being a bit upper middle class, but actually I think Miranda Hart has subverted that a bit. And the meaning is rather lovely, she who is to be admired.

pommedechocolat · 06/07/2011 14:42

That is true. I love the Tempest.
I think it would be a great career name by the way. I just can't picture it on a little one very easily.
Matilda is very popular now though it seems so I guess she would still have a 'sound' of the moment name a bit whilst having a classic name too.