Emilia. Help.

[Tea1Sugar]

This is my dd2's name. She's nearly 8 months. I adore the name; the sound, the spelling, the fact it's not too popular. But it bloody drives me nuts when people write down Amelia. I know it's only a subtle difference in sound but I'm always correcting people. She gets Emmy for short. Is she too going to have a lifetime of correcting people or be annoyed with us for choosing it? Wwyd, change it to Amelia before she turns 1 or leave it?

My daughter is Emilia. It did annoy me at first when people mispronounced it or mispelled it and I thought sometimes I should have gone with Emma. She's 6 now and loves her name, and happily corrects people on the spelling and pronounciation. :) Don't change it.

We have and Emilia and she loves it (so far) at 3 she will correct people and say Eeee milia and when she says her name the E is very clear which helps.

She has been Emmy, Ems, Milia and Mimi and still prefers Emilia over any of the nicknames.

Around the 8 month mark I had similar doubts if it's any consolation - what does your Dp think?

Minionionionion - My 3yo DD calls her big sister Emilia Milia or Mimi, it's very cute. My brothers call her Meelsy which I don't like so much!

I think its lovely and my friend mispronounces my dds name to this iyswim
my friend is Polish and it sounds so lovely when she says it that I didn't want to correct her, but she insists I do.
Keep it.

LI dont understand the confusion either, Tea Leave it the way it is especially as she already has an established N.N. If you do change the spelling to Amelia then the N.N Emmie will not make much sense and it will become a completely different name. Like Amilie is nothing like Emily.

Keep it unless it is truly bothering you.

I have an unusual first & last name which everyone misspells. Once people are corrected, they remember it & don't get it wrong again because its uniqueness makes it so unforgettable.

Calling your DD Emilia, which is a gorgeous name btw, could be the best gift you have given her.

I love Emilia but not Amelia I don't know why x

Thanks all. I'm confident we chose right. IMO, Emilia is a beautiful name and I'm glad we're sticking with it.