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a-MEE-lee-a, to me the other pronunciation seems lazy. I adore this name, I like the nickname Mia for it. This was my grandmothers name, and she went by the nn Molly (although she actually despised the name Amelia, I like it!)

I say a-MEE-lee-uh. I find the a-MEAL-yuh pronounciation very ugly.

Actually, none of those. Amelia is Amèlia in Catalan, and it's pronunced uh-MEH-lih-uh, or something similar. I much prefer the Catalan pronunciation, I love it.
I'd pronunce Emilia the way you pronunce Amelia, and that's a rather old-ladyish name here.

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Well I pronounce it as Uh - mee -lee - uh and I love it

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ah-meal-EE-ah I guess. I use to dislike it alot but I've come to like it. It's cute. :)
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ah-meh-lyah lol

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It's not bad, but nms. Better than Amelie, but I really prefer Amalia (ah-mah-lyah).

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a-MEE-lee-a

I would say I usually pronounce it a-MEE-lee-a, but I sometimes call Amelia a-MEEL-ya in fast speech. I prefer the a-MEE-lee-a pronounciation and I believe that is the usual pronounciation in Australia.

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I love the name. It's a family name for me. My cousin and I both share the name after the same person. I definately would love to use it one day, although it's become unbelievably popular in the last decade (in Australia at least).

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I say a-MEEL-ya. I like it fine, but it's not particularly appealing to me.

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Hannah

a-MEE-lee-a.

I pronounce it a-MEEL-ya. I like it a lot :).

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I pronounce it as a-MEEL-ya. I like it. I think it's a very pretty name that'll age well.

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I use the second pronounciation "a meel ya". I personally don't like the name at all. There's just something about it that I don't like, although I can't pinpoint what it is; I guess it's just one of those names that isn't my style at all. I do, however, think that Mia is a cute NN.

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I personally pronounce it a-MEE-lee-a, and I think that it is a beautiful name.

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This message was edited 7/30/2005, 7:49 PM