Emilia or Amelia?

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Just that!

Thanks!

The Emilia I know is pronounced Em eel ya.

they are pronounced almost identically - a friend had one a while back, I never saw it written down and it was a while before I realised she was an Emilia not an Amelia. I prefer Emilia to look at.

I'd say Amelia
Even though it's much more well known.

I like Emilia best, it's lovely. It looks much prettier in the written form than Amelia, and I think it sounds nicer.

My only concern would be that there's a good chance people will mishear it and think it's Amelia.

Both are horrifically popular where I live.. And I always get the Amelia's and Emilia's mixed up.. Whoops! Might be worth checking popularity In your area, but I love amelia, it was our top name until I realised how popular it was :(

Amelia. Because Emilia is more likely to be mispronouced.

I'd say Amelia too, partly because when people hear it, I suspect that is how most would spell it, and secondly, because everyone knows how to pronounce it, but even you (who are choosing it) are asking how to say it - I think that's just going to be a pain in the bum throughout your dd's life, tbh.

How else would you pronounce it but E-meel-eeya?

Aren't both names pronounced the same anyway?

We had exactly the same dilemma. All through my pregnancy dd was going to be Emilia. Every single person I mentioned it to assumed I was saying Amelia (I asked them how they would spell the name and they always began "A...").

In the end, we decided we couldn't saddle dd with a lifetime of explaining "It's Emilia, with an E, not Amelia.."

Dd is called Phoebe, and it suits her perfectly

Pretty but there are hundreds of both versions.

Looking at the names again I don't see why they are considered to be pronounced almost identically. It is not just the first letter in each name that is different. Amelia is am-eel-eeya as everyone knows. But it is not Emelia, its Emilia so you would think it should be em-ill-eeya. Different sound in the middle as well as at the start.

I like both of them. I like Amelia because people will always spell it right and you can shorten it to Mia which is cute. I like Emilia because it is less common and a bit more interesting and you can nickname her Emmy which is lovely and much less common than Mia. So I think I would choose Emilia.

Thanks :-) dd2 will be Emilia nn Emmy. Still waiting for dp to come up with his list of possible middle names :/

Great choice - good luck.