What do you think of Amelia?

[wintermoomin]

What do you think of Amelia as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

ok-nice
quite popular round here

Pretty - my friend's daughter (who turns 1 next month) is called Amelia. I also quite like Amelie.

Goergous. Pretty, yet strong, but very, very popular.

There will be atleast one other in the class/playgroup/maternity ward.

I think it's twee.

Love it. But I might be biased as my DD is Amelia. It's not too popular, there are only one or two others in the whole school.

It's so not twee. Amelie is tweeer more twee, IMO.

I've never warmed to it and it is everywhere now.

I have an 8 year old Amelia and she is the only one in her class and school. Maybe when she gets to secondary school there will be others.

It's a pretty name although I personally wouldn't use it as I know of a few 5-year-old Amelia/Amahle/Amalies and a couple of friends have had an Emelia/Emilia in the past year.

Like it. Much prefer to Amelie, which really will date. Like Milly as nn as well.

Lots of Amelias around here - doesn't excite me, sorry. Emilia does though - much more unusual and loveitloveitloveit.

Aw, I love it

I like Amelia. I also like Emilia & Natalia or even Natalie (more simply). I was thinking of Natalia myself for a girl (with the accent on the 'i' not the 'a'). Of course Emily is lovely & simple too.

But I do agree amelia & emilia are very popular if you care about those kinds of things.

I love the name but always makes me think of the song by the Mission so could not use it.

Doubt you are an old goth like me though so it'll be fine

I like it

Loads of them around here

Love it, very pretty but very, very popular.

Love it.

All I hear is the sound 'meal'.

I like it but there a lot in our schools. If I include Emilia as well (don't always know which it is!) I can quickly (so there may be more) think of nine at my DCs' schools (about 500 pupils together).

My eldest (20) is Maisie Amelia - both of which were considered really 'wierd' when she was born and seem rather to have taken off. I reckon that was my doing

Beautiful and my favourite girls name

Bit boring imo, sorry.
Very popular in my school.
Prefer Amelie.

I think it's really lovely, Millie could be used for nn which is also nice.