Amelia - Pronunciation

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Is Amelia pronounced in the UK as:

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

Thanks all !!

What a fantastic contribution to the thread.

It’s a poll. OP asked for responses. Hence the ‘1’. A perfectly valid response to her post.

It’s not a nice connotation (and adds to the mystery of why it’s so popular).

since this is about pronunciation, I’d guess that lack of limbs is ‘Ay-mee-lee-ah’.

Ah mee lee ah.
My sons ex was named this, hated it and was called Mimi. I like it though.

2, but I know I'm in the minority.

When people pronunce it like no. 1 I just hear Emilia.

ah-meal-ee-ah

Every Amelia I'm aware of is called Millie for short.

I've only ever heard the "mealy" pronunciation. Which is pretty horrible.

Tbh, Millie is a vast improvement over ah-meal-ee-ah.

or Mia or Amy. Or pretty much anything. 😆

I like Emilia and say it as Em-ill-ya, but the Emeelia pronunciation seems more popular. The Emelia spelling is awful

Speaking of unusual spellings of ordinary names, I know a Karran, Lauran and a Darrin