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Annie or Amélie

51 replies

Londonmama85 · 23/02/2023 09:46

I love them both :) Which do you prefer?

(wouldn’t want Annie to be a nn for a longer name)

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DuchessOfSausage · 23/02/2023 09:49

Annie. I don't like Amelie, can't see the appeal, and Amelia is so overused.

user1492757084 · 23/02/2023 10:52

Anne

PictureNotPerfect · 23/02/2023 10:53

Amelie

HVPRN · 23/02/2023 10:56

Annie 💯

Sandysandwich · 23/02/2023 10:56

Annie, its pretty and less popular than Amélie or Amelia and if she is growing up in the UK it can be difficult habing a name with an accented letter- as it will often be missed off or people use the wrong one.
My cousin is Chloë and its normally written with a regular e, but sometimes é or ē or ė.

DramaAlpaca · 23/02/2023 11:02

Annie, by far.

Amelie only sounds nice in a French accent.

SalviaOfficinalis · 23/02/2023 11:03

Definitely Annie.

AliceTheeCamel · 23/02/2023 11:04

Sandysandwich · 23/02/2023 10:56

Annie, its pretty and less popular than Amélie or Amelia and if she is growing up in the UK it can be difficult habing a name with an accented letter- as it will often be missed off or people use the wrong one.
My cousin is Chloë and its normally written with a regular e, but sometimes é or ē or ė.

This was my first thought too about using accented names in the uk to be honest.

Annie is lovely.

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 23/02/2023 11:04

Amelie just reminds me of that infuriatingly twee film.

Whereas Annie has a warm and solid vibe (let’s not mention Annie Wilkes from Misery).

Snugglemuffins4me · 23/02/2023 11:05

Love Annie it’s my little girls best friend name

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DrMarciaFieldstone · 23/02/2023 11:15

Love Annie.

Thewolvesarerunningagain · 23/02/2023 11:17

Annie by a mile

NoraLuka · 23/02/2023 11:17

Def Annie but I may be biased because I hate the film Amélie. Amélie is nice in itself though.

Bibbitybobbityboot · 23/02/2023 11:18

Annie 100%. There are so many Amelias and Amelies around and Annie is much nicer.

Mummyof287 · 23/02/2023 11:18

Love amelie, it's our neices name.So classic and pretty x

FordCreek · 23/02/2023 11:19

No contest. Annie.

Hadtocomment · 23/02/2023 11:29

I'd probably go for Anna, Annie for short. I'm normally a fan of nicknamey names as full names as for myself my name feels like it's my identity and it's a bit of a pain in school to have different names to what you're known as on the register. But with the name Annie, it is so much associated as being a shortening and not a full name that I think it would be more straightforward at school and it would perhaps be nice to have a more "grownup" version if she wanted to use it - especially as Anna is so nice. Otherwise it would just go to Ann I suppose. Which is I don't think is half as nice as Anna, which is a really beautiful name to my ear. I also like Anya. There are a lot of Amelia's and I'm not the biggest fan of that just from a sound point of view. I prefer Amelie but there do seem to be a lot of Amelias so depends if that is an issue for you.

florafloss · 23/02/2023 11:36

Love Annie. Not so keen on Amelie.

Purpletopaz42 · 23/02/2023 12:35

I really like Amelie, it's a lovely sounding name and one of my favourites.

WhenYouWalkThroughTheGarden · 23/02/2023 12:37

Annie. I may be biased because my lovely, awesome, strong, caring, funny and smart mum is one.

Annie’s Song 💖

Sleepyblueocean · 23/02/2023 13:34

Annie

MissWings · 23/02/2023 13:38

No contest. Annie is a far superior name.

ElizaSkye · 23/02/2023 14:22

I love both , but I’d agree that Amelie is a very common sound when you consider how many Amelia’s there are

StopFeckingFaffing · 23/02/2023 14:36

I like them both but would opt for Annie as I think it's an easier name to carry off

For some reason I would expect an Amelie to be beautiful, sophisticated, glamourous or exotic looking so would find it a hard name to live up to (since I am none of the above!)

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