Emmy / Emmie ?

[Frenchiemamax]

What do you think (as a full name, not a nn or short for anything else)?

Emma and Emily are both lovely names. I'd go for one of those and then shorten it as you like.

Sorry Frenchie bit I’m not a huge fan of shortened names, or pet names, as the full name but then it’s not my baby

I know one young girl called Emme and that is her proper name and not a nickname. I think that it is pretty but because it is unusual, you would get a lifetime of people thinking that you are called Emma or Emily.

That seems to be the same reaction I’m getting IRL too. I love Emily but I know a few not-too-nice Emily’s ☹️

Agree on your DD having a lifetime of having to spell her name constantly but then I have a pretty standard issue name for the decade I was born and I still have to constantly spell it.

I quite like Emmie OP, but agree with others she will continually be asked whether she is Emma or Emily

Emmeline?

Love Emmeline but DH not keen, he says it sounds made up

I love Emmeline with a nn Emmy. Boo to your DH!

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst would beg to differ with your DH.... Maybe on more issues than a name!!

It's a bit infantilising imo. I like it as a toddler nickname but not as a full name for a grown woman.

Emilia, Gemma, Noemi - I think any of those would work with Emmy as a nickname, if they appeal.

I love Emilia or Elizabeth can be Effy as a nn (personally love this one as I'm a sucker for the classic names)

Oh we’ve had the Emmeline argument many times, he knows about Emmeline Pankhurst but I do get his point. I feel most people would think you said Emily if your name was emmeline anyway.

I think Effy is beautiful, it’s DH’s grandmas middle name.

I don't like Emmie/Emmy as a standalone name. It's too weak and bland. Emmeline is nice. I know two, both in their mid-20s now.

I like it and think it’s fine as a name on its own.

Love it as a shortening, but as a proper name, horrible. I hate nearly all shortenings as proper names though.

XH and I considered Esmeralda with nn Emmy.
I'm not too sure about it as a standalone name though.

One of my best friends growing up was named Emmie, not short for anything. I quite like it, and no one ever mistook the name for/as being short for Emily/Emma/Emmeline for the record.

I know an Emmeline too of around 5 and her Mum says that they always have to correct people as everyone thinks that she is called Emily.

When I met an Emmie I remember wondering why it wasn't short for anything. But I got used to it and ended up LOVING it

They sound like nick names for Emma, Emily or Emeline.

I like the spelling Emmie 😃😃

I’ve heard of Emme - pronounced the same as Emmie, but spelled less infantile imo, I love it

I don't like it, sorry. I would use Emma or Emily then Emmie as a nickname.

I think though, if you like the name Emily, use Emily!! The connotations you have will vanish, it will just become your baby's name to you.