It’s Five-Name Friday! Here’s today’s baby name request:
My husband and I love both Amelia and Emilia, but they sound alike and we don’t want our daughter to have to spell her name out for people all the time. We’re looking for names with the feel or style of Amelia and Emilia.
Can you come up with five solid baby name suggestions for this person?
Here are the rules:
- Be independent. Choose your five names before looking at anyone else’s five names.
- Be sincere. Stick to legit recommendations you would offer a real-life friend.
- Five names total in your comment. If you go over, I will have to delete the extras.
Which five baby names are you going to suggest?
Aurelia, Eliza, Camilla, Amalia, Milena
Amalie
Cordelia
Delia
Marcella
Priscilla
Amelie
Aurelia
Eliana
Cecilia
Lydia
Ariella
Juliana
Magnolia
Melinda
Ophelia
Arabella
Aurelia
Cecelia
Evangeline
Matilda
Celia
Lydia
Juliana
Adela
Angelina
Helena
Immalee
Flavilla
Marlene
Malvina
Emmeline
Millicent
Amity
Emily
Lucinda
Alessia
Amalia
Celia
Genevra
Leonora
Amelie
Adelaide
Emmeline
Ariana
Mia
Angelina
Adelaide
Beatrice
Lilian
Clara
Marina
Camilla
Isadora
Lillian
Simone
Emily, Millie, Ellie, Leah, Mia
Cecilia – it even rhymes with Amelia/Emilia!
Aurelia
Helena – though I’m not sure if multiple pronunciations is just as frustrating as multiple spellings?
Lucinda – why isn’t this one more popular? Not even in the US Top 1000!
Cordelia – maybe a little more fanciful than Amelia/Emilia, but it’s close in sound
Amanda
Elise
Lila
Melanie
Selma
(As someone who has had their name spelled/pronounced wrong my whole life, it’s really not a big deal, I make sure it’s spelled correctly on official records, beyond that I don’t really care. So if you truly love Amelia/Emilia just go for it, when it gets mangled fix it when it counts and don’t sweat it when it doesn’t.)
Marjorie
Millicent
Emeline
Amabel
Mabel
Alice
Rowena
Molly
Beatrice
Katherine
Amabel
Emmeline
Camilla
Melania
Imelda
Viridelia
Zamelia
Xaylia
Miradelia
Klora
Aurelia
Valeria
Emmeline
Amalia
Emory