Thoughts on Emmeline

[SherbertLemons]

What do you all think of the name Emmeline? Nn Emme / Emmie.

Does everyone pronounce it "Emma-Leen"?

Trying to pic some girls names for our list after my favourite was vetoed. Heard this band a few years ago and keen to hear current opinions on it...

Thanks everyone

My mum's a Emmaline and is pronounced 'Emma-Line' but most call her Emma for short. I love the name and my DC1 also has her name.

Hi, I love it, my French aunt is called Emmeline.

We wanted to call our daughter Emmy and were so so close to doing so, she even had it on her hospital bracelet.

However, we very quickly realised that Emmy was a nn for Emily which at the time was the most popular girls name in UK and we wanted a more unusual name like our other children so decided against it.

We still really like it and wonder if we had called daughter Emmy (now 20)! how things would have panned out.

I think if you love the name and don't mind people asking if it's a nn for Emily then go for it.

Love it

I really love it!

It's a bit long for me, but it's a beautiful name. I'd pronounce it to end in -een.

Mrs Pankhurst was Emma-line.

Emmeline is a lovely name with positive associations. But I don't see why it would be pronounced Emma-leen? Em-meh-leen, surely, like Emmeline Pankhurst.

I love it. People might mishear it as Emily when they first meet her and she will have to correct them. I don't think that's a huge issue though.

MrsFin, 😂 No way! Oh well, every day's a school day! Thank you for the correction.

Really lovely

Beautiful name.

Beautiful but I would say Emma-line

Lovely name

Em-meh-leen pronunciation from me too

Ends in -leen. I find it a bit dated in style, a bit flouncy Victorian. The Emmelines I know are 30. However, it’s OK.

Eh-mer-leen

Actually no- Eh-mer-lynn

Or Em-lynn

Beautiful it was one of our top names because I loved Emmie but we went with Imogen for Immie

I’d pronounce it Emma-line.
I love Emmie for short.

Lovely name. I know two, both under 10. Both Emme for short.

I think they both find it gets misheard for Emily.

Absolutely love it. I have two girls and wish I'd used it

I would also say Emma-Lynn but it's a beautiful name, you should go for it!

I also know an adeline (Adda-lynn) which is also lovely. (Nn Addy)

Beautiful, Emmie is great too and the suffragette connection is wonderful too. Girl power!

@WarmthAndDepth

Emmeline is a lovely name with positive associations. But I don't see why it would be pronounced Emma-leen? Em-meh-leen, surely, like Emmeline Pankhurst.

Emma-leen and Em meh leen are practically the same in my accent, I’ve been sitting here mouthing them quietly to myself! I would pronounce Emily Emma-Lee for example.

I like it alot.

My instinct would be to pronounce Eh-mer-leen (how it is said on Harry Potter audiobooks and never met one in real life)

Ill be the only naysayer so far. I am an Emmeline (pronounced Emm-e-leen) and for 41 yrs Ive constantly been called things like Emily Emma Evelyn Avaline etc. Frankly its a pain . Rarely does it get spelled correctly never mind pronounced or even called my actual name. My difficulties however are unlikely to be yours as the name is increasingly popular these days.