Can't use our name

[LittleMia]

So, my close friend, with the same due date as myself, gave birth to her beautiful baby girl in the early hours of this morning. She has called her princess Amelia.

I'm delighted for her and her dh..

But...

We are also having a girl and had more or less settled in Emilia.

Don't feel like we can go there now.

Trying to put my raging hormones to one side and be a big girl about it... it's just one of those things sadly...

But I need new name suggestions. Baby girl no 4 due in 2 days. All her siblings have traditional / granny chic type names so we need something that would fit!

Help me with inspiration please! TIA X

Use the name you want. It's not even the same name! And it's not like you've thought 'Oh, that's a good name, stealing it for my DD!', if you've wanted it for ages.
Imagine how miffed you'd be if she emigrated permanently to Australia in a few months time and you'd chosen a second best name for your daughter just so as not to offend.

I would ask her if she minds you using the name! It's so nice.
Otherwise - Florence, Daisy, Violet, Pearl, Betsy, Elizabeth, Anna, Emily, Emma, Alice, Elsie, Evelyn, Imogen, Madeline, Rose, Matilda?

Call you baby whatever you want, a child’s name is for life - a friendship may distance through many reasons.
They may move away, you may, or fall out or just drift apart

I would still call your baby Emilia if that's what you'd decided on. I'm sure your friend will be able to agree you both have good taste!

We had this situation. I had my baby a month before a close friend was due, they said “we hope you don’t mind but xxx was on our baby name list and we still really love it”
How could we say no?! If the shoe was on the other foot etc.

As it is, there’s been no issue that our children have the same name!

And the difference in spelling keeps your name still quite separate.

Either go with Emilia, or tweak it to Emily (which I prefer TBH)

Florence

Don't change the name you like for the sake of someone else you'll regret it. It's not like your doing it on purpose. I had a friend once who kicked up a fuss just because I got pregnant not long after she had her baby lol, apparently I was stealing her thunder It's amazing how many people think anything to do with pregnancy and children is a competition. I'm glad we are no longer friends . Emilia is a lovely name.

Freda

I say stick with Emilia. You can always call her Em/ Emmy whereas you'd never shorten Amelia that way, I think because they start with different letters, it's fine

To be honest, pretty much every baby girl I've met for the past couple of years has been named Amelia so I don't think there's any reason why you can't use a similar name. It's not like she'd the the only one in her class if you didn't use the name! Just go for it. Also, just because you are friends doesn't mean your kids will grow up to be friends. I don't think it's an issue at all.

Yes you can name her your chosen name ! Emilia is a lovely name. Why wouldn't you use it?

In life, whilst this couple may be close friends of yours, chances are as time goes on, the girls won't be each others best friends, they'll each have nursery friends, umpteen changes of school friends, secondary school friends, club friends..., so what does it matter?
Ps. They'll find their own nicknames too.

How about Emilienne, if you think Emilia is too close ? So pretty! As is Emilia.

Stick with your name. If it were your sister I might say change the name but amazing how friendships drift apart or become adults-only once the kids end up in different schools/social circles. I would recommend spelling it with an A though —“Amelia.” I know Emilia is a legitimate name but it’s much less common. Everyone who hears her name will spell it with an A and she will have to constantly say “Emilia, with an E.” And half the time people will still write it with an A because they have that in their head already. (If you can’t tell, I’m someone who was “blessed” with a less traditional spelling of a common name and it’s been annoying my whole life!)

It's not exactly the same name. Why don't you ask your friend about it? Emmeline? Millie? Camilla? Melinda? Melissa? Marissa?

Emma
Emily
Evelyn

I’d just go with Emilia though if you love it.

Arabella, Annabel, Camilla, Isabella, Ophelia, Amethyst, Melissa, Lydia, Lorna, Cordelia

hah - took so long to hit send I x-posted with @daisypond. Great minds...

Elodie?

Eleanor, Eleanora, Eadie, Elodie?

I agree with every other child named Amelia

Go for something abit fresher

Eliza?

It's a different name 
I even pronounce it differently (and much prefer Emilia to Amelia) ...

Don't change it!!

Back in school, two girls were best friends with the same name. Turns out the families knew each other well, both stuck to their choices both born in the same year and both called Amy. No one took a second look.

Amelia is an awful name, pretty sure it means without limbs in Latin. Emilia is nice but basically the same - there are so many gorgeous names you could go for with a similar style; Ophelia, Cecelia, Delilah, Romily, Ottilie