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I think it sounds pretty and I love the vintage charm but I've had bad associations with the name so it's lost its appeal.

I personally love Amelia. It is classic and elegant, but not quite as common and old-sounding of some of the other names you mentioned.

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Since I am French myself (I'm sure it's hard to tell from my name), I also love the name Amelie. I've been trying to think of a traditional French name for my own baby that doesn't sound horrible Americanized. This is one of my top picks along with Aurelie, and the French spelling of Violette. But anyway in regards to your question about which sounds better they're very different to me. Amelia is classic and elegant, while Amelie is still elegant, but has a different twist to it where is has that cultured sound to it (in a good way of course) and is a little more new sounding, almost like a name that would just have to be in fashion!

I love Amelia, especially as a sister to Sophia. It's an elegant eighteenth century sister pairing.

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Amelia Catherine has long been a favorite. I also like Catherine Amelia, which, rhythmically is more in line with my other favorite female names (Alice Virginia, Charlotte Sophia, Elizabeth Anna), as I tend to prefer a first name that ends in a consonant followed by a middle name that ends with the 'a' vowel. Amelia is always a welcome ingredient for these combos, but I also love it for a first name.

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I do not think Amélie superior to Amelia, and vastly prefer Émilie to Amélie.

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Pretty much the only reason I really like Amelia, is because of Amelia Pond "Amy" from Doctor Who, who was absolutely amazing. But in reality it's so popular where I live there's no way I'd use it as a first, although I am trying to fit it into a combo as a middle for Amy :). I've never been a fan of Amelie (or Emilia) to be honest. I think Amelie would sound beautiful in French, but it just feels flat and way less attractive when I say it (without my rubbish French accent). In a mostly English speaking country, Amelia's definitely my favourite. In terms of middles, I think since Amelia's so popular and well known, you can get away with a more out there middle, although both Amelia Elizabeth and Amelia Catherine sound great. I like:
Amelia Snow
Amelia Jessamine
Amelia Pippi
Amelia Clio
Amelia Sky
Amelia Xanthe

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Amelia June
Amelia Grace
Amelia Isobel

Amelia is one of my favourite names, I think its wonderful. Emilia is nice as well.
Amelie is a nice name just as good as Amelia.
Combinations could be
Amelia Rose
Amelia Linnea
Amelia Lena
Amelia Octavia
Amelia Posy
Amelia Sage
Amelia Katherine
Amelia Skye

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I think Amelia is a beautiful name! I also think you should consider:

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Amelia Faye

Amelia sounds "fresher" to me than Amelie. I guess because Amelie seems a little faddish - at least here where French is not a frequently heard language - and Amelia seems like it owns its classic character without making an effort to be cute.

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Also, the pronunciation of Amélie seems ambiguous. It's supposed to be am-may-LEE but in my local English comes out sounding like it rhymes family (or homily), plus or minus a forced-sounding stress on the last syllable.

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If you're looking for something classic that seems less "boring" than Amelia, I suggest Emilia.

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Amelia Elizabeth is a little clunky, but Amelia Catherine flows nicely.
Amelia Caroline
Amelia Jane, Amelia Jean
Amelia Therese
Amelia Constance
Amélie Charlotte

I have always preferred Amalia or, my once upon a time favourite, Emilia, though I know the latter is unrelated. I find Amelia, while endearing, to be very run of the mill - it's not something that captures my attention, nor is Amélie.

I prefer Amelie (with the accent which I can't be bothered to go find right now). Amelia is OK but I'm not that keen, whereas Amelie lis lovely! Amelia Elizabeth doesn't flow for me. Amelia Catherine is nice, though I prefer the 'k' spelling. Amelie Catherine is also nice.

Amelie may be less common in the US, anyway, but it is similar in sound to Emily, which is a dime a dozen. So you'd probably be no better off with Amelie, if you were concerned about popuarity.