I love the name [name]Amelia[/name] but feel that is becoming too popular and I don’t want my kids to be one of the [name]Michael[/name]'s or [name]Jennifer[/name]'s. While they are fine names I just think that having 3 kids in your class with the same name can be frustrating. Anyways… so my love of the name [name]Amelia[/name] is not going away and I came across [name]Emelia[/name] which is also beautiful but I am wondering if people will just think we spelled [name]Amelia[/name] different and also when someone says ‘whats your name?’ is she going to have to say it 5 times so people don’t call her [name]Amelia[/name]. Thoughts?
[name]Hi[/name] amcook,
I understand your situation. Right now, I am also loving [name]Amelia[/name] for a little girl–even though it is becoming too popular. (I cannot seem to get out of the popularity bubble, all my names rank high.) Although she may be one of many in her class, I have thought about giving her a nickname that would kind of “ease” the situation as well. I decided to call her [name]Mila[/name] for short. All her important paper work will of course have her full name, but until she is ready to be called [name]Amelia[/name], I will call her [name]Mila[/name]. Such a fun and special name. As far as I have researched, many [name]Amelia[/name]'s are called [name]Amy[/name], [name]Lia[/name], or Ams for short.
Are you sure [name]Amelia[/name] is very popular in your state/country or are you basing it on the results from Nameberry and other sites that list its rank?
You can also try [name]Amalia[/name] as another variant.
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I think the difference between [name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Emelia[/name] is like [name]Emmaleigh[/name] and [name]Emily[/name]. There’s only spelling differences.
When in a class of [name]Amelia[/name] H. [name]Amelia[/name] K. And [name]Emelia[/name] T. she’ll always be [name]Emelia[/name] T. or “[name]Amelia[/name] with an E.”
Perhaps the PP’s suggestion [name]Amalia[/name] is work. [name]Emiliana[/name] is another version.
I like [name]Emilia[/name]. Spunky! [name]Amelia[/name] is nice but quite predictable. [name]Emelia[/name] looks a bit weird. [name]Emilia[/name] is more unexpected and has a bit of X factor 
Totally agree with previous poster! [name]Love[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] & [name]Emilia[/name]
I agree with the others that I prefer the Shakespearean [name]Emilia[/name] over [name]Emelia[/name]. I absolutely love [name]Emilia[/name]. I say [name]Emilia[/name] and [name]Amelia[/name] differently uh-MEEL-yuh and eh-MEE-lee-ah, but yes, I do think [name]Amelia[/name] vs. [name]Emilia[/name] could be problematic, especially with the growing popularity of [name]Amelia[/name]! It could be very frustrating. Which is why I’ll never use [name]Emilia[/name] as a FN, much as I love it. But if you love it enough, I would take the risk. Maybe people will just naturally accept it. I would probably let them know how it’s spelled, and maybe use the nn [name]Emmy[/name] or [name]Emma[/name] to make it more clear.
Good luck!
I love [name]Emilia[/name], and don’t like [name]Amelia[/name] much. I know that’s silly because most people will pronounce them the same. I don’t recommend [name]Emelia[/name] though, it just seems made-up. [name]Emilia[/name] is a name with a deep history and actually different roots than [name]Amelia[/name].
If you love [name]Amelia[/name], use [name]Amelia[/name]. It just seems silly to me for people to use different spellings to get the same name (or something very similar). It’ll just cause more problems when she’ll have to spell and pronounce her name to everyone. Assuming you live in the U.S., there were about 4 million births last year. Only 6,307 of those were girls named [name]Amelia[/name]. In my state, there were only 165 girls named [name]Amelia[/name]. That’s less than 2 per county. While there is always the possibility of there being more than one [name]Amelia[/name] in her class, she can always go by a nickname. Our daughter’s name is [name]Grace[/name] and we have yet to meet another [name]Grace[/name]. Of any age. Names aren’t used as densely as they used to be.
Thanks everyone for your comments. I do really like the nickname [name]Mila[/name] for [name]Amelia[/name] and I didn’t realize I was spelling [name]Emelia[/name] ‘wrong’ (as in not the traditional way). I agree that I don’t want to just change the spelling of a name to make it different as I think if you say it the same it doesn’t really matter how it is spelled you just make things confusing for people. I did look at the government stats for [name]Amelia[/name] in our province (we are in [name]Canada[/name]) and it is top 25 in 2011. Still torn about what to do but you all answered my questions about how people would pronounce [name]Emilia[/name] (or [name]Emelia[/name] 
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Top 25 doesn’t necessarily mean that much though. Can you access the numbers for how many babies that refers to? You might be surprised how few it is. Fewer and fewer children are getting the most popular names. I mean if you’re worried, you’re worried, and respect that, but you can’t guarantee there won’t be two Tigerlillies in a class either : D. I’m a [name]Jessica[/name] born in the early 1980s and I never once had a classmate with my name prior to graduate school. It can happen. If you love the name enough please consider it strongly. Two other thoughts about name popularity: My mother had a wonderful story about choosing my name, which really helped me connect to it, and I never minded the popularity. If anything, I sometimes had a mildly difficult time “fitting in” as a kid (when it mattered to me), and I honestly appreciated that my name wasn’t something that made me stand out more.
Anyway, if you want to go with something less popular, that’s totally a valid choice, but I wouldn’t pick [name]Emilia[/name] over [name]Amelia[/name] just for this : D.
Good luck!
I like both [name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Emilia[/name], and I pronounce them with a subtle difference on the first syllable. Which one I prefer changes frequently - [name]Amelia[/name] is less likely to get spelling issues, but I like the Shakespearian reference of [name]Emilia[/name] and it looks stylish. I love that it’s a legit name with history and not a kreyativ variation as well. If you like the [name]Emilia[/name] (or [name]Emelia[/name]) spelling better, go for it, but bear in mind it’ll still sound the same as [name]Amelia[/name] to most people. [name]Mila[/name]'s lovely as a nickname and can work for both spellings.