Help!!

[bumba27]

Me and my partner are expecting a baby girl in July. We both love the names Amelia and Mia however I lean more one way and he does the other. Her middle name is after his late mother Donna. He likes Mia more as it is like "My Donna" and I love the idea however I think I still prefer the name Amelia.

Suggestions???

Both lovely

I feel like there are a lot of Mias running around so that makes me lean towards Amelia. You could name her Amelia and then call her Mia, so I’m terms of it sounding like ‘my donna’ it would still work.

Lovely meaningful choices! Congrats x

Its not easy, is it? If he chose the middle name you should get to choose the other, you're doing the hard bit after all... How do the names go with your surname? Write them down in full and try talking about baby as if she's a teenager, see what you think then...

Mia is a popular nn for Amelia, so you can go for both!

I think Mia Donna sounds better

Two of the Amelias I know use Mia as a NN.

How is Mia like 'My Donna'?

Mia Donna translates as 'My woman/lady' in italian

I was wondering if the H was pronouncing it Mya...

Use Amelia with Mia as a nickname/abbreviation. It's quite common. The Mia in The Princess Diaries was an Amelia.

Amelia Donna (Mia).

Mia Donna is very sweet. I'm not keen on Amelia personally.

I think go with Amelia, it goes better with the middle name. Plus if you're honouring someone from his family with the middle name then I'd say you get to pick the first name. Mia doesn't flow as well with the middle name. Also you can get more nicknames with Amelia, it's less plain and I don't think will become as dated as Mia will.

There will be people who read Mia and don’t know whether to say M-eye-a or M-ee-a. Amelia gets round that and you can still have a verbal nickname.

Donna means “woman” in Italian. So MIa Donna Smith for instance also comes across as ‘my woman Smith’

I always thought Mia was pronounced M-ee-a but I don't know any so that's probably why. I like the other's suggestions of having Amelia and shortening it so that way you both get to 'win'. Just check the 'A' letter goes alright with your surname!

Like others have suggested, you could have Amelia nn Mia.

Laoise (Lee-sha)

Ooops sorry wrong thread

How about Mila? A combination of them both or I would go for Amelia as you could still have Mia as a nn as well as other options. Mia cants really be shortened to anything.

Another one who knows a Amelia NN Mia.

I prefer Mia though

Amelia on BC, nn Mia. Then you both get your way.