Emmeline... pronunciation?

[crabette]

I really like the name Emmeline... but in my head I always pronounce it Em-eh-lyn rather than Em-eh-LEEN, and I much prefer my (I assume incorrect!) pronunciation!

I'm not sure if this is partly accent - I'm west coast Scottish, and have a cousin Jacqueline who is sometimes referred to by various family members phonetically as Jacklyn, though I know Jack-eh-LEEN is correct.

How would you pronounce Emmeline? I don't really want to do a weird spelling variation - I know Emmelyn would be more obvious, but I think it is a bit of an invented spelling which puts me off!

I also thought of Evelyn and Emily - but don't love either quite as much.

Emme-leen is the standard pronunciation. Em-eh-lyn is not something I've ever heard as a name with any spelling. The name it most reminds me of is the Welsh male name: Emlyn.

I'd pronounce it Emmaleen, but if you like your version better, why not give your DD a first name and a middle name, and use them both - Emma Lynn?

I would pronounce it Emmeline.

You could use Emmalyn or Emmelyn.

What about Emilia?

I thought it was pronounced emmer-line, with a ligh..nn sound. That is how Ben Folds pronounced it in his song called Emmeline

@happysunr1se

I thought it was pronounced emmer-line, with a ligh..nn sound. That is how Ben Folds pronounced it in his song called Emmeline

Me too. First heard the name from the song, and any other pronunciation sounds very odd to me

I hadn't come across anyone with this name in real life and only read it. I thought the "line" part was just like that is pronounced in English, like in the name "Caroline". I guess it's using French pronunciation. I remember now that -line pronounced -leen is the French way.

Emma line

Em- eh- leen, for me

I don't think I have ever met someone with the name, and the first thing I always think of when I hear it is Wilt (but I doubt many people make that association).

Emma-leen

Your pronounciation sounds more like the male name Emlyn to me.

I know a couple of Emmelines both pronounce it Emma- leen, I think it’s a lovely name .

The problem with Emmalyn is that it’s, as a pp said, very like Emlyn

I always think of it being pronounced in the same way as the song by Hot Chocolate.

If you are not sure how to pronounce it maybe for your childs sake dont use it, because others will struggle as well, all her life.

Sorry, op, I would say emmeleen. Don't know the song!!

Emma-leen

I would assume Emma-Leen

Emma leen

Emmeline
has not been seen
for more than a week. She slipped between
the two tall trees at the end of the green.
We all went after her. Emmeline!
Emmeline! I didn't mean -
I only said that your hands weren't clean...

I think it's safe to say that A A Milne pronounced it leen

(I've always pronounced Jacqueline with a -lyn, though)

Emma-line

I would have said emma-lyn, though line would make sense with Caroline etc.

Emma line

@happysunr1se

I thought it was pronounced emmer-line, with a ligh..nn sound. That is how Ben Folds pronounced it in his song called Emmeline

This is how the 3 I know pronounce it - I didn’t know there was another way!

Emma-leen. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.

It's my DD's middle name, named after Emmeline Pankhurst and pronounced Emma - lean

Babymoonpie I came in here to write exactly the same as you