[name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]? My husband pronounces it [name_f]Em[/name_f]-uh-leen, but I think [name_f]Em[/name_f]-uh-line distinguishes it from [name_f]Emily[/name_f].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think an [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] would blend in with all of the [name_f]Emma[/name_f]'s and [name_f]Emily[/name_f]'s that are so prevalent today?
I pronounce it em-uh-leen. I’ve never really heard emm-uh-line before this website. I do think it would “fit in” with all the other [name_f]Em[/name_f]- names; it’s popularity seems to be riding on theirs.
I always considered it to be [name_f]Em[/name_f]-uh-leen.
I also pronounce it Em-uh-leen. I didn’t know anyone pronounced it Em-uh-line.
I agree with the PP that it would blend in with the names Emma and Emily and that that’s probably the reason it is getting more popular.
I have a slightly different pronounciation, something like [name_f]Em[/name_f]-meh-leen. I don’t think it would bland due to that, but it is now more usable than ever.
I pronounce it, Eh-meh-leen.
[name_f]Em[/name_f]-uh-line is the pronunciation where I live. I pronounce it that way because of the film The [name_u]Blue[/name_u] Lagoon and also everyone here pronounces things phonetically. [name_m]Hence[/name_m] why I know an [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] pronounced [name_m]Ad[/name_m]-uh-line.
[name_f]Em[/name_f]-meh-leen. I like it pronounced this way, but don’t like the “line” pronunciation,
I say [name_f]Emme[/name_f]-line but then I use the line ending with most names that end in these letters.
Emm uh line.
em-uh-line
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen!! This one sounds best to me too
Interesting. A close friend of mine’s daughter is [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] - [name_f]Em[/name_f] - uh - line. I haven’t met another [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] so I don’t know it any different. All of our friends started calling her [name_f]Emme[/name_f] right off the bat, but, once she turned 1 / 1.5 (she’s nearing 3), her mother asked that we please start using her full name so that she didn’t lose the full name and introduced herself as [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] to others.
I prefer the “leen” prn. I do see your point in that it’s quite similar to [name_f]Emily[/name_f], though. I just don’t really care for any of the names that are pronounced “line” so I think that’s a matter of personal taste. If I met an [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], I would just hope someone said the name before I had to guess from reading it, because those names spelled “line” can go either way in prn. [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (carolyn) or [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (caro-[name_f]LINE[/name_f]), anyone?
Our daughter’s name is [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and we pronounce it [name_f]Em[/name_f]-muh-leen. It being a [name_m]French[/name_m] name, that is apparently how it is meant to be pronounced. However, to each their own. 
Sometimes people do think that I said [name_f]Emily[/name_f], but it’s mainly because they listen to half if what I say and start to respond. Impatience is rampant around children, I suppose. 
Once I correct them, they all say “oh [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]! That’s beautiful!”
I used to say [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line, but I’ve said [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen for years now. I really don’t think of [name_f]Emily[/name_f] at all when I think of it, [name_f]Emily[/name_f] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] are totally different imo. I think it seems familiar, a la [name_f]Emma[/name_f] and [name_f]Emily[/name_f], but still distinct.