How would you pronounce..

Manderlin923 · July 2013

Amalia? Because I thought uh-mall-ya but behindthename says ah-muh-lee-ah or something like that. I'm just curious.

Kyleedawn08 · July 2013

i would pronounce uh-mahl-lee-ah

catahoulatte · July 2013

Ah-MALL-eeyah.

It's really pretty. I like it!

unclaimedpants · July 2013

I'd pronounce it like you, uh-mahl-yah

mrsjenni · July 2013

It's my cousin's name. We pronounce it ah-ma-lee-ah. But she mostly goes by Mali (pronounced similar to Molly, but with an a.)

msmerymac · July 2013

Like Amelia but with "mahl" in the middle. Three syllables.

brooksidebride · July 2013

carpenters3:
I'd pronounce it like you, uhmahlyah

Me too. Three syllables, not four. I really like it, said like that.

punky917 · July 2013

I would pronounce it uh-mall-ya.

RedInLove · July 2013

mj.reilly:
Between /uh-MAHL-yuh/ and /uh-MAHL-ee-uh/.

This. Like Amelia, but with the MAHL instead of MEEL. Love the name!

Robi1 · July 2013

I think it can go either way, just like some people say "Jool-yuh" and some draw it out more like "Joo-lee-yuh" for the name Julia.

bumpuser9353653 · July 2013

mj.reilly:
Between /uh-MAHL-yuh/ and /uh-MAHL-ee-uh/.

I guess it just depends on how much I am paying attention. It is not a full on "ee-uh," but not really just "yuh" either. I guess I get a little diphthong of "ee" in there. I don't say "ah" at the beginning like I do with Amelia, Audrey, etc.

LOL. I don't know if that helps. It is kind of like explaining how Miles is not two syllables, but sounds like it is because of the diphthong. I probably made my explanation much more confusing than it needed to be. Haha.

Love Amalia, btw.

All of this exactly for me, too! :-)

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