What do you think of ...

MTClaire · April 2011

Emmaline or Emmeline for a girl? I personally love it, but I want an outsider's perspective. We already have one daughter named Vivienne. Our last name is one syllable and starts with an L.

Moxie27 · April 2011

i wouldn't use emmaline if i already had a daughter named vivienne. they're way too similar...besides, vivienne is better.

don't prefer emmaline.

JuneMagnolia · April 2011

I think it's a pretty name, but the "emma" names are pretty popular these days.

dedekins1001 · April 2011

I personally like Emmelina better don't know if its a real name but once met a girl my age with that name. Your way I think its pretty and sounds similar to your DD's name but same style pretty.

PhilsWife07 · April 2011

Moxie27:
i wouldn't use emmaline if i already had a daughter named vivienne. they're way too similar...

Huh? Similar how?

OP, I like the name and think it's fine with your daughter's name.

TyrinM03 · April 2011

I think it's lovely and I think it works really well with your other DD's name.

GL & HTH

Smile

CocoBrynne · April 2011

I like it but it is a little too similar to Vivienne IMO

MTClaire · April 2011

Thanks. I was confused, too. I don't see how the two are that similar - at all. But to each her own.

PhilsWife07:
Moxie27:
i wouldn't use emmaline if i already had a daughter named vivienne. they're way too similar...
Huh? Similar how?
OP, I like the name and think it's fine with your daughter's name.

alehayes · April 2011

I like it. I think it works well with Vivienne (my absolute FAVE girl name, btw!) too.

jlhook0 · April 2011

They are similar in that they both end in the -/in/ sound. The two are a little too rhymy for me. I don't care for Emmaline.

trebmal · April 2011

NMS...

catahoulatte · April 2011

I love Emmeline, it was on our girl list. But, my issues were the whole Emma-popularity and the fact that when you say it quickly it sounds like Emily.

Moxie27 · April 2011

jlhook0:
They are similar in that they both end in the -/in/ sound. The two are a little too rhymy for me. I don't care for Emmaline.

exactly.

Moxie27 · April 2011

CocoBrynne:
I like it but it is a little too similar to Vivienne IMO

yup.

let's not act like my comment was out of left field. perhaps you (OP) don't pronounce the names the same way that i do. whatevs.

Clerk9 · April 2011

As a standalone name, I love Emmeline (prefer this spelling).

If you pronounce the ending of DD1's name as "-EN" (which is how I'd pronounce it), then I think the two names are fine together. But if you pronounce the end of her name as "-IN", then I think they're too rhymey.

alliejo725 · April 2011

I think it's lovely, and works great with big sister Vivienne (the names look more similar than they sound, so that's something to keep in mind...).

alliejo725 · April 2011

Moxie27:

jlhook0:
They are similar in that they both end in the -/in/ sound. The two are a little too rhymy for me. I don't care for Emmaline.

exactly.

Only if you pronounce it that way.

I think the most common pronunciation is --leen, with --line coming in second.

Moxie27 · April 2011

alliejo725:
Moxie27:

jlhook0:
They are similar in that they both end in the -/in/ sound. The two are a little too rhymy for me. I don't care for Emmaline.

exactly.

Only if you pronounce it that way.

I think the most common pronunciation is --leen, with --line coming in second.

that definitely makes a difference.

OP, how do you pronounce emmaline?

jlhook0 · April 2011

Moxie27:
alliejo725:
Moxie27:

jlhook0:
They are similar in that they both end in the -/in/ sound. The two are a little too rhymy for me. I don't care for Emmaline.

exactly.

Only if you pronounce it that way.

I think the most common pronunciation is --leen, with --line coming in second.

that definitely makes a difference.

OP, how do you pronounce emmaline?

Definitely makes a difference.. I've never known anyone to pronounce it Emma /leen/, but if that's how you are going to say it, then it sounds fine with Vivienne (though I still don't prefer it).

schnappycat · April 2011

Emmaline and Vivienne nearly rhyme the way I pronounce them (without knowing if you are going for -line or -leen), so I'm going to agree that they are too similar.