See the results of this poll: Emmeline vs. Emmaline
Respondents: 42 (This poll is closed)
- Emmeline : 39 (93%)
- Emmaline: 3 (7%)
I like both spellings! I know this isn’t much help, haha. I don’t think the traditional spelling looks too much like ‘em-line’ so I think you’d be okay going with that.
I don’t think anyone would mispronounce [name]Emmeline[/name]. The traditional spelling is much nicer.
I would pronounce [name]Emmeline[/name] as emma-leen and [name]Emmaline[/name] as emma-line (there doesn’t seem to be much logic to that, does there…). I live in [name]Ontario[/name], [name]Canada[/name] though so it may be a regional thing. I do find [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] really repetitive because there are so many of the similar sounds- almost redundant. Actually, at a stretch I think [name]Emmaline[/name] would honour [name]Elaine[/name]- it has all the letters in [name]Elaine[/name], and if you switch the “a” and “l” in [name]Emmaline[/name] they would be in the right order.
Definitely [name]Emmeline[/name]. I adore [name]Emme[/name] spelling, haha.
I love both [name]Emmaline[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name], so even though this is a month late, I wanted to comment 
To me, [name]Emmeline[/name] is pronounced em-uh-leen, and I’ve always preferred the “look” of [name]Emmaline[/name]. It seems to me more clear, and was a favorite made-up name of mine before I knew it existed as a real name
And I kind of like [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] as a combo, despite its repetativeness. Then again, I’m pronouncing [name]Elaine[/name] as EE-lane, not ih-[name]LANE[/name], which might make a difference. [name]Emmaline[/name] and ih-[name]LANE[/name] both start with a soft e, whereas [name]Emmaline[/name] and EE-lane start with different variations of the letter e.
I do struggle to make [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] work, if I’m honest, but not sure how close you want to stick to [name]Elaine[/name] - it’s the French form of [name]Helen[/name] I think, so [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Helen[/name]?
Or cut [name]Emmaline[/name] down to [name]Emma[/name] and go with [name]Emma[/name] [name]Elaine[/name]?
I like [name]Emmeline[/name] spelled this way, as it is the original spelling.
[name]Elaine[/name] means “bright, shining one,” so how about choosing a mn that has a similar meaning? [name]Claire[/name] means “bright and clear,” and I love the combo [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Claire[/name].
Great suggestion. Otherwise I would choose a different 1st. [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] is too repetitive to me. It reminds me of when my mother would get confused with which one of us she meant to call out to and would end up with “emi-lei-elisabeth”.
[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name]! I agree that [name]Emmaline[/name] makes more sense for [name]Emma[/name]-line, and I think you could be fine using it, as it’s currently the more popular spelling. I do think [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name]/[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] is very singsongy–what about a second middle? Like [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Elaine[/name], or [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Sofia[/name] [name]Elaine[/name], etc.? Or even [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Sophie[/name] [name]Elena[/name]? Something along those lines?
[name]Emmeline[/name] already works to honour [name]Elaine[/name], imo. I wouldn’t use [name]Emmaline[/name] - it looks like a misspelling to me.
Thanks for all the suggestions! But, we have kind of moved on from this name I think we have just decided to have a list of names we like and then once we get pregnant, if it’s a girl we will see how we feel. As in, if I have a feeling she should have a certain name once I find out it’s a girl or either wait until she is born.