Since when can't you spell a name how you want to? Lots of people spell names how they want to, let alone make up random names! I personally think the way we want to spell the name looks more pretty and feminie anyways. If you don't want to participate in this poll then don't worry about commenting!
There's a post at the top of the board titled "Why Spelling Matters". Our lovely resident linguistics expert @bromios wrote it. She knows her stuff. You really should take a gander.
Also, don't tell me how to post, Mom.
Thanks, I don't need advice from an "expert". Emmalyn was actually ranked twice higher for baby names than Emmeline, so thanks.
There's a post at the top of the board titled "Why Spelling Matters". Our lovely resident linguistics expert @bromios wrote it. She knows her stuff. You really should take a gander.
Also, don't tell me how to post, Mom.
Thanks, I don't need advice from an "expert". Emmalyn was actually ranked twice higher for baby names than Emmeline, so thanks.
It's still a misspelling. If you absolutely must have Lynn in there, do Emma Lynn. Fn, mn, DONE.
Seriously, wtf is up with the influx of these kinds of posts lately?!
Love, you are SO on the wrong site if you can't take a little tiny bit of criticism about a wrongly spelt name and then think it is okay to tell people how to post and then be even more rude to individuals.
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They are awful, both spellings. Emmeline is lovely As is having Lynn as a middle name to another first name.
What, because I'm not telling you what you want to hear? I think you may be looking for babycenter. They'll blow smoke up your ass all you want. We're blunt and honest here.
Blunt and honest? Very classy...maybe you should find something else to do rather than talk down to people just because you're hidden behind a computer screen.
I'm a black chick who grew up in DC in the 80s, when the made-up, ghetto names thing was just beginning to ramp up. Now, with all the Baylees, Bryleighs, Addisyns, Jaxsons and Jadens, white folks are catching up in the fucked-up name Olympics. /golf clap
I think all you crazy bitches need to take a Xanax. It's not your child's name, so if you don't like the poll question then don't answer and move along with your lame lives. The Bump seriously cracks me up at how rude and inconsiderate most of the women are.
I don't really understand what is happening here lately, but I am even more confused why you are getting so upset, OP? You asked "How would you spell Emmalyn/Emmalynn"? Many people have answered neither, that they would spell it Emmeline because that is historically correct. You can technically spell it however you want, but you can't be mad because other people would disagree with that decision. You specifically asked...
I think all you crazy bitches need to take a Xanax. It's not your child's name, so if you don't like the poll question then don't answer and move along with your lame lives. The Bump seriously cracks me up at how rude and inconsiderate most of the women are.
I'm having deja vue. Does anyone else feel like we have an AE in our midst?
Started adoption process in Jan. 2011.
3 failed matches in 2012.
Surprise pregnancy in Aug. 2012. Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Began researching EA in 2014.
No longer pursuing EA due to fibroid complications.
I wonder if OP is related to the "Mylez" that popped up on my Facebook feed this morning. Facepalm. I work in peds, and I'm thinking I will need to replace the Y button on my keyboard several times in the next 4ish years from wearing it out.
Ugh I go away for a few days and all craziness ensued.
OP, like the others I prefer the name Emmeline. Here are my reasons. One I am an Emily. Obviously a name that can be spelled several ways. I knew a girl whose parents thought they were unique and spelled the girl's name Emmalee (dad's name was Lee). She hated it with a passion. By high school she gave up correcting teachers and when she got married she legally changed the spelling when she was changing to her married name. Parents constantly made comments about it too, not saying parents should have done that, but it's life.
My advice would be since Lynn is a traditional MN in your family than keep it as the MN with Emma Lynn. Worst case scenario here, and please my BNB peeps don't shun me, but if you are dead set this combo as a first name could you hyphenate or make it a double first name? Emma-Lynn or Emma Lynn MN. At least then she'll have two real names with lots of options and she can then choose what she wants to go by.
I think all you crazy bitches need to take a Xanax. It's not your child's name, so if you don't like the poll question then don't answer and move along with your lame lives. The Bump seriously cracks me up at how rude and inconsiderate most of the women are.
Why would you even both asking if you didn't want honest opinions? No one was rude or inconsiderate. If you want to name your child Emmalynn go right ahead. I would certainly want to know if the name I were considering made me or my child look uneducated but that's just me.
There's a post at the top of the board titled "Why Spelling Matters". Our lovely resident linguistics expert @bromios wrote it. She knows her stuff. You really should take a gander.
Also, don't tell me how to post, Mom.
Thanks, I don't need advice from an "expert". Emmalyn was actually ranked twice higher for baby names than Emmeline, so thanks.
I love the "other people do it so it must be fine" arguement. If I decided to name my daughter Robert, would that make Robert a girl's name now? If I wrote a memo at work and decided that female accountants should niw be called "accountines" because that looks cuter and more feminine would my coworkers not laugh at me?
Fwiw I think Emmeline actually looks more feminine (not to mention correct) than Emmalynn. I swear at some point the "random y" trend will end, and all of the children cursed to live with those names will be super unimpressed. If they're not already.
I think it's one of those names that's being used so much now that they added it. The description says everything. It even has the word "fashionable" in it, otherwise known as trendy.
*Eta looks like the name didn't exist until 2010, so...
Started adoption process in Jan. 2011.
3 failed matches in 2012.
Surprise pregnancy in Aug. 2012. Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Began researching EA in 2014.
No longer pursuing EA due to fibroid complications.
You spelled Xanax correctly, why not keep going and spell Emmeline correctly? I have a "y" in my name, where there should be an "e" or "i". It didn't make me more special, unique, or feminine.
By the way, isn't Emmeline pronounced Emma-line? That's not how we want the name pronounced anyways. Haven't you all noticed how popular the name Ellie has become? That name is actually a nickname for Eleanor, so is everyone going to get into a tizzy over that name too?!
By the way, isn't Emmeline pronounced Emma-line? That's not how we want the name pronounced anyways. Haven't you all noticed how popular the name Ellie has become? That name is actually a nickname for Eleanor, so is everyone going to get into a tizzy over that name too?!
Do you mean using Ellie as a given first name instead of a nn? Also no one is in a 'tizzy' you posted on a public message board and got honest opinions.
By the way, isn't Emmeline pronounced Emma-line? That's not how we want the name pronounced anyways. Haven't you all noticed how popular the name Ellie has become? That name is actually a nickname for Eleanor, so is everyone going to get into a tizzy over that name too?!
Do you mean using Ellie as a given first name instead of a nn? Also no one is in a 'tizzy' you posted on a public message board and got honest opinions.
Yes, Ellie is very popular as a first name now. Everyone is in a tizzy about how it SHOULD be spelled. I don't give a damn what a baby name book says it should be spelled. Why would I want to use a name that has 3 pronouciations?! That is even more stupid! Lmao you bitches are soemthing else!
Even if you disagree with the opinions expressed by the ladies on this board, at least you know what a lot of people out there are going to think about the name you pick. If you chose Emmalyn or Emmalynn it's probably best you go into it with all of the information available. I've found this board is a good barometer for what people in "real life" are going to think, but not necessarily tell you in person.
I always thought Emalyn or Emmalyn was the proper spelling. This is just what I thought based on pronounciation and not based on any fact or research. I personally like both but I agree that Emma Lynn is probably the best route. Or at least what I would do. My SIL just named their baby emelin and I don't like that spelling at all.
Re: How would you spell Emmalyn/Emmalynn?
Thanks, I don't need advice from an "expert". Emmalyn was actually ranked twice higher for baby names than Emmeline, so thanks.
Thank you for your opinion!
Ok you're really annoying, BYE!
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They are awful, both spellings.
Emmeline is lovely
As is having Lynn as a middle name to another first name.
Blunt and honest? Very classy...maybe you should find something else to do rather than talk down to people just because you're hidden behind a computer screen.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
...okay I've just been watching a lot of 30Rock lately
OP, like the others I prefer the name Emmeline. Here are my reasons. One I am an Emily. Obviously a name that can be spelled several ways. I knew a girl whose parents thought they were unique and spelled the girl's name Emmalee (dad's name was Lee). She hated it with a passion. By high school she gave up correcting teachers and when she got married she legally changed the spelling when she was changing to her married name. Parents constantly made comments about it too, not saying parents should have done that, but it's life.
My advice would be since Lynn is a traditional MN in your family than keep it as the MN with Emma Lynn. Worst case scenario here, and please my BNB peeps don't shun me, but if you are dead set this combo as a first name could you hyphenate or make it a double first name? Emma-Lynn or Emma Lynn MN. At least then she'll have two real names with lots of options and she can then choose what she wants to go by.
Thanks, I don't need advice from an "expert". Emmalyn was actually ranked twice higher for baby names than Emmeline, so thanks.
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I love the "other people do it so it must be fine" arguement. If I decided to name my daughter Robert, would that make Robert a girl's name now? If I wrote a memo at work and decided that female accountants should niw be called "accountines" because that looks cuter and more feminine would my coworkers not laugh at me?
Fwiw I think Emmeline actually looks more feminine (not to mention correct) than Emmalynn. I swear at some point the "random y" trend will end, and all of the children cursed to live with those names will be super unimpressed. If they're not already.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/emmalyn
I think it's one of those names that's being used so much now that they added it. The description says everything. It even has the word "fashionable" in it, otherwise known as trendy.
*Eta looks like the name didn't exist until 2010, so...
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
But you know.... Other people spell it incorrectly so you should probably just ignore all good advice and follow their lead.