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Amilia? or is that werid

prettypleasecakesprettypleasecakes member
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i finally got one he agreed to put on the short list... Dh is set on Maggie. (i think simpsons, then i think cute)

 i have suggested Scarlett (he was a maybe then no.)

finally i have convinced him of Amelia.....is it weird to spell it Amilia? my maiden name started with Milia... so that's the reasoning for changing up spelling...

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  • ReniaBReniaB
    I like the family name significance and think it's beautiful but I'm biased, I have a niece Amilia.  
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  • prettypleasecakesprettypleasecakes member
    do people spell it wrong? opinions are that it's pretty but she'd have to correct people....
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  • abba916abba916
    I like the family link but she will have to correct people all.the.time. which I think would be annoying
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  • k*princessk*princess
    Its not werid or weird, but I think absolutely everyone is going to misspell it. I would just spell it Amelia... the sound of your maiden name is still there and can still be significant, plus it will cause much less trouble.
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  • plunderbplunderb member
    How about Emilia? It's a more common variant that is used in many European languages. In addition to being a widely-accepted version of Amelia, Emilia is a region of Italy, a genus of flower, and a character in Shakespeare's Othello.
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  • ReniaBReniaB

    imageprettypleasecakes:
    do people spell it wrong? opinions are that it's pretty but she'd have to correct people....

    A couple times but nothing major and everyone around her spells it correctly.  I think with all the crazy and creative spellings out there nowadays people don't (or shouldn't) assume the spelling of a name.  Numerous names have different spellings (not creative spellings) such as Cathie/Cathy/Kathy,  Anne/Ann, Elizabeth/Elisabeth, Renee/Rene/Renae.  

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  • grah7175grah7175
    I think it's fine for you to spell it that way if that's what appeals to you. I work with someone who spells it Amelya...I think that's pushing it a little more. 
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    How about Emilia? It's a more common variant that is used in many European languages. In addition to being a widely-accepted version of Amelia, Emilia is a region of Italy, a genus of flower, and a character in Shakespeare's Othello.
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  • kat81kat81 member

    I don't like non-standard spellings of names, because your child will have her name misspelled forever. My name is a standard spelling of a name with 5 "standard" spellings (mine is #1 or #2 most common) and it is already a pain in the ass that it's spelled wrong so often...even though again, my spelling is probably the #1 or #2 most common.

    But I do like the significance. Maybe you could just make her name Milia and then because it's a new name it's not a non-standard spelling of another name. 

    And again, this is just my bias based on having my own name misspelled a LOT (even though it's a standard spelling.)


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  • starlight8323starlight8323 member

    To me it seems unnecessary, and just seems like a waste of time for not only her, but also all the people she will meet throughout her lifetime.

    It's good that you want to honor your family, but most people won't know the family significance when they meet her.

    I would just think that her mother didn't care enough to take five seconds to look up the spelling before she filled out the birth certificate.

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  • HappyMrsKHappyMrsK member

    imageplunderb:
    How about Emilia? It's a more common variant that is used in many European languages. In addition to being a widely-accepted version of Amelia, Emilia is a region of Italy, a genus of flower, and a character in Shakespeare's Othello.

    This. It looks weird to me spelled Amilia. I would spell it Amelia or go with Emilia.

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  • anna7602anna7602 member
    I'm with pp's suggestion to spell it Emilia since it's a commonly accepted variation of the same name.
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  • misscharlotte04misscharlotte04 member

    imagek*princess:
    Its not werid or weird, but I think absolutely everyone is going to misspell it. I would just spell it Amelia... the sound of your maiden name is still there and can still be significant, plus it will cause much less trouble.

    Well said, I totally agree.

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