Pronunciation?

Girl Names
1

[name_m]How[/name_m] do you personally pronounce the name [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]?

2

I suppose it would be like [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line, but when I first saw it, I read it as [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen (oddly).

3

I kind of go back and forth between [name_f]Emma[/name_f] line and [name_f]Emma[/name_f] leen. [name_m]Both[/name_m] are nice, but I prefer line.

4

When I say it out loud it sounds like: [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Line[/name_f]

5

em-uh-LEEN

6

There are 3 accepted pronunciations. [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen(which I prefer) [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line or [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-lynn.

7

I say [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line because that’s how it was pronounced in the movie version of [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of Avonlea (sequel to [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables) that I watched when I was a kid. I think [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen and [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-lynn are both acceptable, too.

8

I have [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] on my list, and I pronounce it EMM-eh-leen.

9

[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line. I know someone who had an emmaline and and she pronounced it that way as well.

10

I pronounce it [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line, but I know of others who pronounce it [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen.

11

EMM-uh-leen

12

I pronounce it [name_f]Em[/name_f]-ih-line

13

[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen.

14

I have a cousin who pronounces it [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen, so that’s my usual pronunciation

15

[name_f]EM[/name_f]-uh-line

16

I pronounce it Emma-leen

17

[name_f]Emma[/name_f]- [name_f]Line[/name_f]

18

[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-line, as its spelled

19

I say it with the long I sound, emma-[name_f]LINE[/name_f].

20

[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen :slight_smile: