Anneliese or Amelia?

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I'm very stuck between these two for a newborn due in January.

Neither have sentimental value, so I'm completely open to opinions or other options. Throw a spanner in the works!

Anneliese. There's so many Amelias. I know an adult Amelia and she hates her name.

Also worth considering how you feel about shortened versions. As Anneliese is quite a long name, chances are it will end up shortened to Anna or similar.

Amelia.

Too many different spellings between the latter. My friends DD is spelt Annahlise.

Thats an odd spelling, I thought it was Annaleise, Anna at the beginning, not Annel. And not Annahlise, that is just weird.

There are a lot of Amelias around.

Neither

I prefer Anna, Annie or Amelia.

Was coming here to write this exact comment

Amelia is lovely!

Annelise. Very pretty.

How about Amelie? Kind of a cross between the two!

Out of the two, Annalise. Because Amelia is everywhere.

Anneliese

Anneliese, it's very pretty and more unusual now. I also love Anna, which she may end up being called for short. Is that the original (German?) spelling? I do know that to begin it with 'Anna..' is not really correct, although it seems more logical to English speakers.

Amelia is quite pretty too, but it's been very popular for a few years so there are loads of them around.

Amelia’s are everywhere so I’d go with Anneliese. However, prepare for everyone to spell it wrong so I wouldn’t use it. I prefer Anna.

I thought it was Annaleise

Definitely not that spelling It means Anna quiet!

My friend anneliese at school was beautiful and clever and I always envied her name.

They are both lovely but I know so so many Amelias.

I love the name Anneliese, it was on our list but all the different spellings put me off. Just on this thread alone I think you’ve already had 5 variations! I know one who spells it Annalisa.

Amelia is nice but there are so many of them.

Maybe Adelaide? Aria? Ariana? Allegra?

Annalisa
Amelie
Annalise

I don't know a single Amelia, despite it being very popular for over a decade. I have 2 school age children too.

I'd use the Annalise spelling.
I don't like Amelia but it's very popular.
Annalise will probably be shortened, so I'd just name her Annie or Anna, which I prefer to your suggestions.

Annaliese. I also love Liesel. Also German ..

Spelling is correct for German and as it's a German name I believe

Isn't it Liesl?

The spelling of Anneliese is correct for German.

However as you can see from this thread, even when people can copy it, it is forever spelt wrong. And don't get me on to pronouncing it.

I much prefer Annaliese although would fully except that it would be often misspelt.

I don't like the mealy bit of Amelia. And the medical condition of the same name puts me off a bit. Though that might be niche.