Amelia or Emilia?

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Anonymous wrote:I do think of them as having slightly different pronunciations.

Emilia: Eh-MEEL-yuh
Amelia: Uh-MEEL-yuh

So if you want Emmy as a nickname, I'd go with Emilia. Milly would work better as a nickname for Camille or Millicent, since neither name has a strong "mil" sound.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't these names pronounced differently?

No. Both pronounced the same. Like Vivian and Vivienne. Same pronunciations but with different spellings.

I thought these were Vivi-ann and Vivi-enne, no?

Me too

Doesn’t that sound the same?

No, they don't. Vivian ends with "IN".
Vivienne ends with "N".

[Anonymous]

I think Amelia is the more common one in the US. The only Emilia I’ve seen is the Game of Thrones actress. But I think you’ll need to be prepared to spell it either way. I think Emilia would be more likely to be mispronounced, like Emily-a.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't these names pronounced differently?

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I usually hate them people post pronunciation questions because I can never hear them, but this one is obvious to me.

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They are pronounced differently.

If you want to use Emmy and Millie I'd go with Emilia.


My personal favorite is Amelia, but I have always been partial to A as the starting letter of a name.

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Please don’t call her Millie.

What's wrong with the nn Millie?

OP here. We don’t like Emily or the other name PP suggested. We have settled on the name. I like Amelia because it is what I’m used to when I think of the name and spelling, but husband likes Emilia. His grandmother was named Mildred and everyone called her Millie. This is why we will call her that. I like the nickname Emmy. I’m sure kids are called different names by different people.

I love the nickname Millie! Thoroughly Modern
(I even love Mildred, so stately)

Also love the nn Millie!

And think Mildred would be so cute on a baby these days. A throwback.

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Anonymous wrote:Amelia

Please don’t call her Millie.

What's wrong with the nn Millie?

OP here. We don’t like Emily or the other name PP suggested. We have settled on the name. I like Amelia because it is what I’m used to when I think of the name and spelling, but husband likes Emilia. His grandmother was named Mildred and everyone called her Millie. This is why we will call her that. I like the nickname Emmy. I’m sure kids are called different names by different people.

I love the nickname Millie! Thoroughly Modern
(I even love Mildred, so stately)

Also love the nn Millie!

And think Mildred would be so cute on a baby these days. A throwback.

Mildred, Melvin and Myrtle.

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I prefer Amelia but would also pronounce Emilia as Eee-meela.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Amelia is the more common one in the US. The only Emilia I’ve seen is the Game of Thrones actress. But I think you’ll need to be prepared to spell it either way. I think Emilia would be more likely to be mispronounced, like Emily-a.

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The Emilia spelling would definitely create pronunciation issues. I’d probably go with Amelia unless you’re very set on the nickname Emmy. Emmy really doesn’t work with the Amelia spelling. Millie would probably work with either although I think Melly is the more natural option.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Amelia is the more common one in the US. The only Emilia I’ve seen is the Game of Thrones actress. But I think you’ll need to be prepared to spell it either way. I think Emilia would be more likely to be mispronounced, like Emily-a.

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The Emilia spelling would definitely create pronunciation issues. I’d probably go with Amelia unless you’re very set on the nickname Emmy. Emmy really doesn’t work with the Amelia spelling. Millie would probably work with either although I think Melly is the more natural option.

Agree with this but I have a friend with an Amelia and they call her Emmy so I guess anything goes. I think of Amy as a nickname for Amelia (as I have another friend who did this) and Emmy as a nickname for Emilia but you do what feels right for you. Millie can go either way.

[Anonymous]

I actually have an Emmy and a Milly - Emmy is short for Emery and Milly is short for Emilia. It's your kid - name them what you want.

[Anonymous]

We are thinking of Emilia also, My grandfather's name was Emmanuel so it would be in his honor.

I think both names are beautiful and you can't go wrong

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I know an Emilia who has the nn of Mimi, which i think is cute. She's of Italian heritage.

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Anonymous wrote:We are thinking of Emilia also, My grandfather's name was Emmanuel so it would be in his honor.

I think both names are beautiful and you can't go wrong

Manuela or Emanuela would make more sense.

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I think that Amelia ( uh meal e uh) is a not attractive name. Emilia (E meal E uh) is beautiful.