Emily or Jane?

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My friend is going to be having a girl soon. She wants to name her either Emily or Jane.

She’s going to name her after Emily Brontë or Jane Austen.

I’ve told her I prefer Emily.

What do you think?

Emily definitely.
If she's worried about popularity I think it's on a downward trend anyway.

Every single Emily I have ever met was called Emily Jane.

Emily is beautiful but popularity has made it nondescript.
Jane is strong and the capital J shape reminds me of a smile when I write it. Jane has Janey as a really affectionate nickname option.

Also Jane is both Austen and Bronte.
Wild card- I once taught a girl named Bronte and have loved that name ever since. Bronte?? Sounds tough, creative, sensitive.

Jane

Jayne and Emily-Jane are really not great.

Why the y? I don’t get it. Jane is a nice name. And so is Emily. Definitely not hyphen.

Really dislike Jane - really dull name. I think Emily is pretty but it's so popular. Agree with pp that using a name from an Austen novel would be much better.

Emily is so boring from overuse. Jane is more interesting so I'd choose that.

There are so many pretty names to choose from!

Jane. Definitely not Jayne, though, that's very 70s/80s while Jane is classic.

Emily is soft and fluffy, Jane is stronger.

Emily!
Jane is so plain x

Emily by a mile.

Emily is boring and Jane is so plain I feel it’s cruel to given as name. If I HAD to I’d have them as middle names or would call a girl Bronte and a boy Austen. Or name them after their characters. Catherine, Elinor, Marianne are all infinitely more beautiful names than Emily or Jane.

Jane.
I have always loved that name, dds middle name.
I have never ever met a boring Jane, all Janes have been great.
It's also a name with longevity.

Emily!

Did she ask?

@midsomermurderess I guess I just like it like that! But I know it's not everyone's cup of tea!

Emily is so boring now. Jane is less common but a little dull nevertheless.

Jane.

Jane if I had to choose from just those two.

I love the name Emily but Jane sounds much fresher these days. I really like it and she'd probably be the only one in her class.

Emily is a bit cutesy and over used- Jane feels like it's got more gumption - feels like a common name but the amount of Janes I've actually met in real life are almost zero...

Personally, I think both are plain and overused.

Jane is hardly overused. It’s rare. It’s 1272th on the list.

I used to teach a top set with five Emilys.

How about Ellis, OP, after Emily’s pen name Ellis Bell? It’s unusual but not unheard of for girls.

Emily is definitely overused. But Jane is very uncommon for babies! So refreshing