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I voted for Emilio. Emile seems a little squicky to me, but Emilio is handsome. Then again, I came from California and had a guy named Emilio as a classmate, whereas to me Emile is just the name of some French author, and would seem kind of pretentious on a guy who was not from France.

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- chazda

Emile :-)

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I prefer Emilio, but I do think it'd raise eyebrows on a Caucasian child since it's so obviously Italian.

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I strongly dislike Emile - the "meel" sound is whiney and unattractive to me. I can see most English-speakers pronouncing it eh-MEEL, which would only emphasise that. Having said that, I think Emile would work better on a child with no French heritage, than Emilio on a child with no Italian heritage.

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This message was edited 3/31/2005, 2:20 AM

I like Emilio much better, though I think it suits a Hispanic child. It makes me think of Emilio Estevez, who I've always liked.

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Leslie edd 4/17/05. Baby should be arriving via c-section April 12th!
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Don't particularly like either name, but I would still go with Emilio, before I went with Emile. I agree that some might see Emile as a creative spelling of Emily and that also would put me off using the name. It think Emilio is fine for a caucasian baby. I know of an Irish comedian, who is married to an Australian lady (nice choice!) and they have a daughter called Rose and a son called Mario! Mario, as you will know is not Irish or Australian, but so what?! They thought it was a cute name, so they used it, which is fair enough.

I am not that fond of either but Emile is the better of the two that said I prefer Emilian myself even if one of my freinds said it looked too girly for a boy

First of all, my comment will be that I don't think one has to choose a name based on how "good" it would sound on a Caucasian child (this applies to any ethnicity, etc.)

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I don't care for Emile or Emilio, but I would prefer Emilio, just for the sound of it (Emile looks and sounds incomplete). I would not think Emile is a creative form of Emily - that's just taking the whole "creatively spelling the name Emily" too far.

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-Lissa Hannah-
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Not a fan of either...

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I prefer Emil by far.

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Siri