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Amelia or Amelie?

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Miahadalittlelamb · 20/12/2019 13:24

Hi everyone,
I’m due at the end of the month/beginning of January.

Which do you prefer Amelie or Amelia?

I used to previously always loved Amelie as I found it classy due to it being a long-standing royal European name, as well as associated with a classic movie and now theatre show.

But having some doubt on pronunciation difficulties and thinking of Amelia instead? But feel like it’s so overused....

Thoughts please!

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Cbeebiesrehab · 20/12/2019 15:12

Amelia makes me think of the medical term so I would pick Amelie.

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Miahadalittlelamb · 20/12/2019 18:35

@Winkywoop i was considering Emmeline, but I prefer Amelie/Amelia to that

@pinkyredrose I feel that Emily is so....normal? It’s a nice name...but boring?

@Starstruck2020 worried that Amalie would be pronounced amaaal-lee (kind of like Amal clooney?)

It’s just so difficult to pick...

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daisypond · 20/12/2019 18:40

Emilia? Very similar, perhaps too similar.

daisypond · 20/12/2019 18:48

Camellia or Camille or Camilla? Melanie?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/12/2019 19:01

Amelia

TatianaLarina · 20/12/2019 19:16

Amélie is Aa meh lee (hard to render) not Ah milly. I’d go for Amelia on the basis that Amélie will be mangled in English.

MeMeMeYou · 20/12/2019 19:18

Amelie is v popular just now with Amelia less so (round my way anyway) if you’re looking not to meet too many others with the same name

Namaste6 · 20/12/2019 19:20

I like them both OP. Very pretty names. If I had to, I would lean towards Amelie. I does need to be pronounced carefully - as a previous poster highlighted. Soft and drawn with the middle e and not A-milly.

Nonameyet1 · 20/12/2019 19:50

Amelia out of those two but I do like Emilia spelling

Winkywoop · 20/12/2019 20:11

Emmeline is lovely. I do prefer that to Amelin, but suggested that because it s more similar to Amelie and Amelia!

Also like pps suggestion of Camilla. In fact I prefer it to Amelia and Amelia

Bluewavescrashing · 20/12/2019 20:15

Amelie.

There are 1000s of Amelias round!

NameChange30 · 20/12/2019 20:28

I love Amélie but I'm a fluent French speaker with a French DH so it wouldn't be weird for us to use it. Not sure that I'd use it otherwise.

I'm not a fan of Amelia for some reason.

Bluerussian · 20/12/2019 22:11

Emilia is a quite different name to Amelia, it's Italian and has a different meaning.

I do like the name, Emilia.

VanessaShanessaJenkins · 20/12/2019 22:16

I teach a handful of both and struggle to remember which are which tbh. I'm not a fan of either. Far too popular round these parts

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 20/12/2019 22:17

Amelie is cute. Also love Natalie and Rosalie....

NoFun21 · 20/12/2019 22:18

Amelia. Amelie has been done to death.

Astronica · 20/12/2019 22:50

I prefer Amelie.

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Miahadalittlelamb · 21/12/2019 08:49

Thanks all
I actually really like Camilla...but think it’s a bit marmite...don’t think I can pull it off.

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