Emilia vs Erin

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Opinions please! Was previously set on Emilia (nn Emme) but having a wobble about popularity of Amelia and the fact that she might be one of ten Amelia/Emilias in the class... I know it's spelt differently but the pronunciation is v similar. Have recently starting leaning towards Erin - but are there millions of those too (in South East)? Which do you prefer? Thanks

I prefer Erin and don't know any.

The only Emilia I know is sometimes called Emily-a by mistake when her name is read out.

I work with children and in ten years I've met one Erin. It's lovely.

Two of my DC are school age and no Erin's in their classes

DD is 4. Loads of Amelias and a fair few Erins amongst her peers. Only 1 Emelia, but as you say, she does get mistaken for Amelia.

What about Emma?

13 years ago DS was going to be an Emilia. So I'm a bit biased, especially as I don't particularly like the Erin I know

I must admit, I find Erin quite a cold name. Just sounds a bit hard but Emilia is very pretty (to look at on paper and read). That's just me though, sure others will like it very much. What about Cecilia - with Celia has nn? Same kind of vibe has Emilia.

I think they are both lovely names. But Emilia is more common at the moment and will get mistaken for Amelia a lot, whereas Erin is more unusual.

Emilia. I don't know a single Emilia or Amelia.

Erin - lovely and not overly used. I'm a teacher - there are absolutely loads of Amelias / Amelies / Emilys.

I really like Erin

I like Erin. Emilia is beautiful but I do think it's just too similar sounding to Amelia, I'm north west and we're overun with Amelia's. My niece is one of 3 in her Y1 class of 16 girls.

I would go with Erin out of the two options. I know a few little girls called Erin and a LOT of Amelia / Emilias.

Emma / Amelie / Emily maybe? They are quite popular (maybe Emma not so much), but not as popular where I live as Amelia seems to be.

Not keen on either, but Erin seems less popular than the Emilia/Amelia/Emily/Amelie names

How about Erica?

Erin is gorgeous but hard to shorten.

I think both are lovely but prefer Erin! If you are thinking nn of Emme have you thought about just using Emi (Emmi) to make it more unusual!

We know an Emilia nn Mimi

Thanks for your replies! Think I'm still leaning towards Erin... especially since it won't require as much spelling out to people (I have a very unusual name which has been a pain over the years...)

I love Erin and the fact you cannot shorten it was one of the reasons I chose it.

Also no other child in the school or that I know is called Erin.

I really dislike Erin. Maybe it's because I'm Irish and it has always seemed like a "fake" Irish name to me, like the kind of name an American would use to honour their Irish great, great grandparents or something rather than giving them an actual Irish name. So on that basis I prefer Emilia . In spite of Amelia/Emilia's popularity, I have never met very many of them where I am in London.

Is Erin supposed to be an Irish name?

Taught lots of Emilia, Amelia, etc. Only one Erin. I think it's a great name, feminine but strong.

I have an Erin close to me, I've spent the day with her today, she's 17, she hates it as to her it's s little girls name with there being more called it nowadays. I do know a couple of 40+ Erin's that I went to uni with in the states.

It is a fake Irish name, rather than an actual Irish name, lol. Eirinn is the Irish word for Ireland, I think.

Amelia/Emilia/Amelie/Emmie - they're far too overused (around these parts, anyway).

I like Erin.

Of the two, I much prefer Erin. There are so many Emilias around!