Emmelyn / Emmeline

[jewellyette]

Thinking about the name Emmeline, but prefer the Emmelyn pronunciation (like Evelyn?) to Emme-LEEN, which I think is standard?

How would you pronounce, and is there a spelling that isn't made up that would give the pronunciation I prefer?

I don't really like made up names or spellings generally (and not sure if I think Emmelyn looks a bit try hard 'yoonique'?!) so wondering if the pregnancy hormones are just pickling my brain!

Also a close friend's child is Emily... too close? 🙈

There's Emlyn? But that's a Welsh boy's name... I don't think the name with that pronunciation exists for girls I'm afraid!

I would think it was a southern belle name, like Emma-Lynne?!

Emmalyn seems to be a valid spelling , but it reads a bit like a medical brand name to me
Personally i’d choose Evelyn, or just Emmeline

Wouldn’t worry about too close to Emily at all

I’ve got a 5 week old Emmeline (to rhyme with ween) and I adore her name and we’ve had such a positive reception to it. Nobody has assumed the pronunciation was like Emmelyn, but we’ve had a few assume it was Emmeline to rhyme with wine (which I can’t stand). Also been misheard for Emily a few times.

If you type ‘Emmelyn’ into Google you get a decent number of pages on it so it’s certainly not ‘yoonique’. Good luck in choosing!

Emmelyn is a bit Hillbilly!

I’d imagine it was Emma-lyn if I heard it

Emmeline is said Emma-leen

How about Elowen instead?

Pick a different name. One with a standard pronunciation you like.
Elowen will get different pronunciations.

Emmelyn is far too similar to boys' name Emlyn.

Elowen is EL-oh-wen. It’s Cornish, has become fairly popular outside Cornwall. As far as I know this is the only way to say it.

I agree with others that it's too close to the boys name, Emlyn. That's what I immediately thought of.

Emma-Lynne or Emme-Lyn either hyphenated or as two names (like Anne Marie) would be the best bet if you wanted that specfic pronounciation.

@theduchessofspork , I thought it was El-OW-en like in 'Cornish is a close relative of the Welsh language and the two share a common cultural heritage. As with Welsh, three syllable names in Cornish generally put the stress on the middle syllable, meaning Elowen is pronounced el-OH-en or sometimes el-OO-en.'

cf. Endellion, Kerenza, Demelza etc. All have the stress on the last-but-one syllable.

@theduchessofspork The PP is right. Elowen is el-OH-en with the stress on the middle syllable as it's Cornish. Kind of like 'el' tacked onto the front of the name Owen.

I've never heard ELowen either.

Only ever elOWen.

My DM is welsh and when I said Debbie was a pretty name (long time ago) she said 'But it's short for Deh-BO-rah'.
That's how weird the 'wrong' syllable being stressed sounds to me.