Hermione or Emilia?

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Two older siblings with traditional names. The middle names will be Taylor Jean.

Hermione Taylor Jean

Or

Emilia Taylor Jean

?

Both are really nice, I slightly prefer Emilia but both go well with your surname

*middle names not surname

Emilia

I prefer Hermione in a vacuum, but I couldn't use it. The Harry Potter association is just too strong for me, the cultural impact seems to be ongoing and not slowing down that quickly even a decade after the final film. I was a big fan so it might be that my perceptive is skewed.

Emilia is too close to Amelia.
Hermione is too long and too HP.

Hermione by a mile. I find Emilia so wet.

Hermione by a mile. Love it. Emilia is just a bit bleh and sounds the same as Amelia in a lot of accents.

However, in HP Hermione’s full name is Hermione Jean Granger, so your middle name choice might mean she shares even more of her name with arguably the most famous female fictional character of the last 25 years.

Hermione gets my vote

E names for girls (Emily, Ella, Evie, Elsie, etc etc) have been massively overused for the past 20 years of so

Personality I wouldn't let the HP association put you off (unless you really hate the books I guess!)

I'd go for Emilia. Hermione will get endless HP references and jokes. I wouldn't do it.

Emilia is gorgeous and classic and I much prefer it to Hermione. However, I agree with previous poster that there are so many 'E' girl names at the moment!!

Hermione by a significant margin. Emilia is so overused (along with Amelia, Emily et. al.) that it’s so bland and beige to me. Though I wouldn’t underestimate the Harry Potter connection with Hermione. It’s huge and currently enduring. It might die down over the generations or it might not, but I’d go into choosing the name with my eyes open. Hermione’s middle name in the books is also Jean, but I wouldn’t expect that to be common knowledge.

Emilia/Amelia/Emily are sooo overused.

Hermione is much more interesting and memorable!

I would choose Hermione over Emilia, but I personally love Hermione for somebody else child. I wouldn't personally use it.
That said, I would not choose Emilia, rather I would pick Amelia.

but for you, Hermione definitely.

I love Hermione and HP but what if she didn't? It is still such a huge cultural icon and so signs of it diminishing.

Emilia

Definitely not Hermione!

Emilia.

Hermione (Taylor) Jean
like hermione jean (granger)
Don’t do that to the kid.

the name is too iconic for that character and little known outside of that, add in the same middle name and it’s too much.

Emilia is extremely pretty and works better with the strong and slightly less feminine Taylor Jean.

Hermione

Emilia

I would probably avoid either name. I don't like Emilia at all - too bland/popular and I personally don't like the sound of the name. Hermione I love but it's just too associated with HP. How about something else Greek or Roman? Livia? Gaia? Penelope? Julia?

Thanks for all your responses! I'm also plagued by the hp reference, and should have mentioned i knew about the hermione Jean thing too so definitely not a great idea. Shame as it's a family name.

We don't have so many E names where I am, more A ones so might keep Emilia there at the top for now. I'm 38 weeks so really should have a plan by now...

I guess I like the shortening to Emi, whereas shortening hermione is a bit trickier.

Others on the short list are:

Clover
Mia
Matilda

Hermione

I like Emilia but it’s so overused, and that’s before you take into account all the other Em names

I like Matilda too, though very overdone in the Uk.

Clover is dopey (cartoon cows etc), Mia is nothing-y - v overdone in Uk also. Better as a short form for Maria if you must.