Amalia...will people mispronounce it?

steph574

I have always loved the name Amalia, nn would more than likely be Molly.

DH is not quite on board, and my mother says it sounds like emollient...grrr!

Anyway, do you think people would say it incorrectly?

victoria+james

I like it :

alliejo725

There are two regulars on this board with daughters named Amalia, so they could probably answer your questions best.

Anyway, I think Amalia is a lovely name, and I don't think it would get mispronounced too often (it's easy to skim it and read Amelia, I guess). The pronunciation is pretty intuitive. I love Molly as a NN.

princessjenney

I love Amalia! I had a friend named Amalia growing up and she went by Molly! 

I know of 2 pronunciations, Uh-Mall-Ya and Ah-Ma-Lee-Uh.

I pronounce it Uh-Mall-Ya. 

steph574

princessjenney:

I love Amalia! I had a friend named Amalia growing up and she went by Molly! 

I know of 2 pronunciations, Uh-Mall-Ya and Ah-Ma-Lee-Uh.

I pronounce it Uh-Mall-Ya. 

Yeah, I say Uh-mall-ya as well I'm worried people will say uh-mal-ya or aye-mal-ia.
You never know...My DD is Adelyn. And she always gets called Adeline or aid-lyn

strawberrytree

I like it. I like Molly for a nn, but not as a full name, so I think Amalia is a good choice. 

CiderWench

It may get misread as Amelia sometimes but, overall, I think the pronunciation is pretty straightforward. I think it's a pretty name and I love Molly as a nickname - very cute!

mbody

I pronounce it ah-mah-lee-uh which is how the only girl I know IRL with the name, pronounces it. She goes by Amy. I do really like the name though!

misspunky

I love the name. I think for the most part, people will pronounce it correctly. If not, it's easy to correct them.

SayAnything84

I would mispronounce it. I thought it was some kind of you-neek way of spelling Amelia until I read the responses. I realize that I am probably in the minority, but at first glance without thinking about it that was my initial reaction.

plunderb

steph574:

princessjenney:

I love Amalia! I had a friend named Amalia growing up and she went by Molly! 

I know of 2 pronunciations, Uh-Mall-Ya and Ah-Ma-Lee-Uh.

I pronounce it Uh-Mall-Ya. 

Yeah, I say Uh-mall-ya as well I'm worried people will say uh-mal-ya or aye-mal-ia.
You never know...My DD is Adelyn. And she always gets called Adeline or aid-lyn

My daughter is Amalia nn Molly, and the feedback so far has been overwhelmingly positive and trouble-free. We have only gotten "Amelia" once, from a nurse at the doctor's office, but it's an easy fix and no big deal.

We do pronounce it more like uh-MOLL-yuh than uh-MALL-yuh, but the difference is very slight (at least with my accent), so I haven't paid much attention to whether people are saying uh-MOLL-yuh, uh-MALL-yuh, or uh-MOL-lee-uh. All three sound fine to me. I haven't heard aye-mal-ia yet. I suppose I have heard ah-mol-LEE-uh a few times from people reading from insurance forms, but I just repeated it with the emphasis corrected and all was well.

So no major troubles so far.

bunnybean

I read it so it rhymes with "Somalia." Molly is darling, but I'm not a huge Amalia fan. I think it's probably somewhat likely to be confused with Amelia, but hopefully not.

anssett

I would pronounce it uh-MAHL-ee-uh. 

LoCarb

Love the name and I have an Amelia so I would not pronounce it incorrectly-it's spelled differently for a reason!

jennipea382

I'm actually surprised at how many people wouldn't know how to pronounce this. I thought it was common enough that people would know it (though I know it's not that popular, I think it's not even in the top 1000 right now). I say uh-MAHL-ee-ah. I've also heard uh-MAHL-ya but to me it's a very slight difference and wouldn't bother me. Anyways, I like the name but personally wouldn't use it because of my association with it.

Jessica Swanlake

Who would not know how to pronounce it? I love this name- my friend named his daughter this. Her nn is Mali.

missmuffin87

Sounds good. I like Molly for a nn too.