Emilia instead of Amelia?

[champagnesupernova]

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

I prefer either Emily or Amelia.

Friend just called her newborn girl this, with Milly as nn.
People will get confused and think that it's Amelia, if you can handle the prospect of folk constantly getting it wrong and not always remembering no matter how often you correct, then I think it's very pretty.

Like Emilia Fox, I think it's lovely.

There was an Emilia in DS's class at school. I was confused at first but only for about 5 minutes.

I think it's more interesting than Emily or Amelia - you don't get so many of them.

Love it. Much prefer it to Amelia, for no particular reason.

I prefer Emilia to Amelia. Go for it!

I love the name Emilia, I first heard of it as a friend of a friend used it but now couldn't use it as i'd feel a bit copy cat but it is so much nicer than Amelia, there are so many and milly reminds me of cookies. Emily I used to like but not so keen now. x

Like it a lot. We toyed with the idea of calling dd (14 mmonths) it as couldn't call her Amelia. Decided against it as thought she'd have a lifetime correcting how everyone pronounced / spelt it. Gave her Emily as a middle name as couldn't think of a third name we liked (initials also an issue).

This is one of my favourite names

It's the italian version of Amelia. Pronounced in exactly the same way. It's DD2's middle name.

I like it but its too common now, I know 5 under 3.

I prefer it to Amelia or Emily. Go for it. I don't know any Emilias/

I have a cousing called Emilya - pronounced the same way.

Obviously - I meant 'cousin'.

Love it, would use it but too similar to cousins names/ friends etc.

Emilia, and Lia for short.

Leah or Lia is one of my favs.

I have an Emilia. She's known as Emmy rather then Milly.
I do constantly have to spell it and she quite often gets called Emily or Emma but I still love it.

You and yr DD will always be spelling it I suspect.

I know a few - some are known as Emmy which helps. Some are called by mum "Emmm-eelia" which sound sa bit odd.

It's very popular (round here anyway) if that's an issue for you.

I know at least 8 aged 5yo-8yo.

I think it's pretty as do a number of the new parents round here; I know of an Emilia, Emelia and Amelia all born within the last year!

My older sister is called Emilia, and I think its a really pretty way of spelling it. Its slightly more unusual and I think more classy!
( NO offence what so ever to anyone spelt the other way! ] SO a BIG vote for EMILIA from this camp

JUst as a slightly amusing tale... She was named Emilia as my Dad was with the RSC at the time doing Othello... it was that or Desdemona! I think they chose well

Yes, do you think it matters if it's close to cousin's names?
I think of them as so separate but this baby will have a cousin Amelia (though she has a diff nn)

PS susie - Desdemona is a bit of a mouthful - q cool about your dad though!

champagne yes, he was with them for a long while. He's a musician, so was actually playing in the orchestra. He plays the flute, but specialised in all kinds of different types of ethnic flutes, recorders etc. He's currently the ethnic flutes in the Lion King in the West End.

My sister is 37 now, so it was a long while ago!