How would you pronounce this name?

[DancingLady]

Emil. No e on the end - Emil is the Polish/German/other bits of eastern Europe spelling.

Would you say

Eh-meel

or

Eh-mil

eh meel.
like Emil the Detective
emil is the male version, the E on the end isn't western european, it's feminine version

Eh-mil. Although more like Ee-mil. DS has a friend called Emil, although tbh not sure how he spells it.

Eh-mil.

French boy's name.

German is my second language. My father was from the East.
It is German.
E-meel (but not drawn out if you know what I mean).
Emil and the Detective. Solid!
I love this name and have always had it on my list alongside Otto.

But it is one of those names like Theodor (Theodore) that spans across cultures, which makes it very classy.

Sorry 'EH' I should have written. That's what I meant anyway.
'Eh-meel' but said short and sweet, not drawn out.
Ok. I will go away now.

I'd also Eh meel but quickly.

Eh-mil, or at least that is how our Croatian friend wants it pronounced.

Eh (as in Emma) Meel (rhymes with peel)

The only one I know (Latvian) pronounces his name as eh-mill.

Eh-Mil

I know a Norwegian one - Eh-mil

DS2 has Emile as a middle name and we say Eh-meel as it has the e on the end. However I would probably still say Eh-meel for Emil as I see it as a variant. But most people would probably say Eh-mil.

I would say Eh-mil

EH-mill. Not EH-meel.

Eh Mil...

Thanks all. I'd say Eh-mil, unless it's the French spelling, Emile, in which case I'd say Eh-meel.

JaneAustin Emile isn't a female name, unless it's Emily or (shudder) Emille, Emilie, or some other made-up variant.

horsewalks It's also Polish - quite old, maybe like Wilfred or something in the UK. And yes, I like that it spans cultures, as I want a name that will make sense to my Polish relatives and also to English family.

Dancing, Emilie is not a 'made up variant' of Emily, it is the standard spelling in many countries, although the pronunciation varies between 'similar to Emily' and 'similar to Emilia'.

Oh, and I would say 'eh-meel'.

So I love this name. I briefly considered it for DS. I would say it Eh-meel. DH is German and says something more like A-meel (with the "a" sounding like a as in ape rather than a as in apple if that makes sense). What ultimately put me off it is the number of possible pronounciations. I didn't like the fact that different people would pronounce it differently (and I wanted a name that sounded more or less exactly the same in German and English). But I still love it!

I'd pronounce it short like Eh-mill

mrsschu this is my only reservation about using it for soon-to-be-born DS! That he'll constantly be correcting the pronunciation. But my name, and my DD's name, are non-English and people always pronounce them wrong so I guess he can get used to it...