how would you pronounce this name?

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Mily
Baby girl, mother French, father English. do you reckon it's a strange spelling of Milly/Millie or is it a French name?
Haven't spoken to them yet, have only seen baby's name on emails.

I don;t think it's French, and I do think it would be pronounced Meely

French pronunciation doesn;t do the "my" sound much

E.g. we would probably pronounce "Milo" as "Mylo" but in France it would be "Meelo".

I'd assume it was Milly with one L, to rhyme with Lily.

Am not French btw so may stand corrected by someone more qualified

Mee-ly - it sounds sort of russian doesn't it?

could it be short for something else?

Could it be a typo?

It's a very, very rare first name in French -only given 12 times in France since 1950.

Mee-ly.

I have remembered! mily barakirev, the composer, probably born when french was spoken in russia

so that is what made me think it was russian

ah I wondered if it was a typo but she's spelled it the same way several times since the original email. So Milly but with an "ee" sound rather than an "i" sound. goes nicely with their older dd Mia, I think

Here in the States, it'd be pronounced May-Leigh. Hope this helps

I'd assume it was pronounced MY-lee.

I'd have to ask. In a purely French context, I would assume MEE-lee, but in English, probably MY-lee.

I'd assume it was meant to be Miley.

www.howtopronounce.com/mily
as in Miley according to this

In French Mee lee

In English Mill ee.

I'd assume it was meant to be Miley.

That would be Mil ee or My lee?

goes nicely with their older dd Mia, I think

If it’s mee-lee then they are letting themselves in for years of misheard shouts across the playground and up the stairs with that sibling pair.

@supermom303

Here in the States, it'd be pronounced May-Leigh. Hope this helps

How?!

I’d assume Mee-lee.

@ZoyaTheDestroyer haha I was thinking this. How on earth could Mily be pronunced May-lee? 😆

In a French accent I think it would be mee-lee with a slight emphasis on the "lee."

I would pronounce it Milee with the i sounding like eye.

Looks like Miley (the singer) but dropping the e.

Here in the States, it'd be pronounced May-Leigh.

Nah.
Mily would most likely be pronounced Miley as in Miley Cyrus.

I’d just ask them!
But I’d say it’s the same way as Miley Cyrus too x

In French and German it would definitely be Mill-ee.

In English it could be anything