Thoughts on name Emmeline?

[LucyEleanorModeratz]

Honest opinions on the name Emmeline (pronounced Emma-leen) please.

Both DH and I love it but concerned about:

1. a lifetime of having to say ‘it’s Emmeline, not Emily’;
2. baby (don’t actually know if it’s a girl yet) will have my surname (and DH surname as a middle name) - don’t know if the Pankhurst associations makes the whole package - including maternal surname - a bit too feminist ?! Should add am a loud and proud feminist myself.

Thanks all

I think it's an awesome name!

Emmaline is lovely pronounced either way, IMO.

but it's not lovely spelt like that!

Love it!

I quite like it, although I prefer Emma which is more unusual these days

Emmeline is popular now, so it won’t especially get confused with Emily

I don’t think there’s such a thing as too feminist (!) but as it’s popular I don’t think it will especially be associated with the Pankhursts

Thanks all for your input! Wasn’t expecting such a positive reception to be honest - think we may have just found our name if it’s a girl (find out when he or she is born in three weeks!)

Sounds like something a Baby Doll would be called.

I wish I'd chosen it in hindsight. I went for a similar, but more mainstream name. And I wish I hadn't. Go for it x

I really like it, l have yet to meet an Emmerline.

I love it. I see it as strong and feminine, a long name that is neither fussy or frilly.

I have an Emmeline. Very few people get it confused with Emily. Pretty much every single time we tell people her name they say how lovely it is. You'd be amazed how many people haven't heard of Emmeline Pankhurst so don't make the connection 🙈

We love it, it's an amazing name in my biased opinion!!

Lovely name and Emmy is a cute nickname too. I wouldn’t worry about the surname ‘issue.’

I like Emmeline.
It's classic and strong.
I'd use Lena day-to-day.

I think it is really lovely

I like it. My little boy has a friend at nursery called Emmeline (Emmy) and she's a sweetie.

It's fantastic and there's no such thing as too feminist, of course!

Our Dd has a suffragette first name and my surname (her dad's surname as a middle name) too.

Congratulations

It's lovely

Love it. Love the Hot Chocolate song too.

Sorry I don’t like it. Emily is much nicer

@LucyEleanorModeratz
sounds like a name of a service a company offers

I think it’s a lovely name, I was considering it for our baby, but my name is Emma so it’s a bit to similar!

Not keen.

Too fussy.

I really like it. And I loved the AA Milne poem “Emmeline has not been seen…” when I was a kid.

Love it. As well as the Hot Chocolate song & the AA Milne poem, there's a short story by James Joyce in Dubliners called Emmeline. From memory, she flits to avoid a future ruled by patriarchy, so aptly feminist.