Amelia - Pronunciation

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Is Amelia pronounced in the UK as:

1. Am - ee - lia
2. Am - eh - lia

Thanks all !!

Ee

I’ve only ever heard Am-ee-lia in UK

Definitely only number 1.

Am-eel-ya

Am-ee-lya.
I would expect the second pronunciation to be spelt Amalia.

I've only heard the first pronunciation in the UK. Behind the Name gives a-MEH-lya as a Spanish and Italian pronunciation, but not British.

I've only heard Ah-mee-lia and Ah-meal-ya (which I don't like)

Ee

ah-mee-lee-a

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This

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Ah mee lee a

Ah meeee lia

eeee sound, but it sounds like uh MEALY uh, which is awful. It has an awful medical meaning too, so I really wouldn't OP.

Definitely (1).

I've only heard (2) in Continental Europe. The vast majority of Brits wouldn't know about that pronunciation or use it.

The first but I know a Bulgarian family in the UK and their daughter is no2

I have managed to reach my late 40s without knowing that Amelia has a medical meaning. I have literally never heard it used in a medical context and I imagine most other people (in the UK at least) haven't either, so really wouldn't avoid the name for that reason.

I keep hearing people dragging out all the syllables in it. Ah-mee-lee-ah.

I genuinely cannot understand the popularity of the name. It’s fussy, frilly, multisyllabic, doesn’t have a very nice sound…

I just see no upside with it. I think it might be my least favourite name in the world.

Maybe Amelie has the eh sound in your 2nd example?

Amelia=absence of limbs. The fact that you haven't heard of this doesn't mean it's wise you suggest OP disregards any such concern. It's even worse than children lumbered with the name Candida.

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