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I love it, and Amy as a nickname... I don't like Milly.

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The combo is nice, but I prefer Amelia Ruth, without Poppy.

DH and I both love the name Amelia too, but it's very popular here in Australia, too popular to use imo. Milly is a very cute nn. Amelia Poppy Ruth is GORGEOUS! Clearly you did really love the Poppy Ruth combo hey? ;)

It sounds nice, but is permanently overshadowed by the ditsy image of Amelia Bidilia.

I love Amelia, but Amelia Poppy Ruth is too much. Amelia Ruth would be tasteful, however.

I like it, but for some reason I prefer Amelie. Amelia Poppy is so cute! Not a fan of the Ruth on the end though.

I like it, but don't love it. Even before it got trendy, it always reminded me of "mealy," and I hated that. Now, of course, it's with Eleanor and Abigail as ridiculously-popular-names-from-19th-century brought back.

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Amelia Poppy Ruth is *nice.* That's about all I can say. It's very pretty, but it feels kind of blah because of the huge wave of similar names cropping up. I think if I had seen this five years ago, I would have thought it was super original and really cool, but I can't really say that anymore. :/ I'm sorry! Milly and Amy are cute, but I'd use Melia or Mia, personally.

I really like Amelia, and I like both of your nickname choices as well. I like that it's a little bit bookish and intelligent sounding but also has an edgier side due to the Amelia Earhart association. I don't think it's too popular, at least not in my area. I've only ever met one, a little two year old who goes by the nickname Mia.

I have this irrational dislike of Amelia. I say irrational because I love Emilia, which I pronounce almost exactly the same way. Perhaps it's "pick a team" syndrome and I've landed squarely with Emilia.

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Emilia for me is associated with Shakespeare and ancient Rome. Amelia reminds me more of a spoiled brat. I shouldn't do this to myself because there's nothing wrong with Amelia at all. I wish I could shake it.

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I do love the nns Milly and Amy. :-) I can also see Mia and Mimi coming from an Amelia.

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As for the combination "Amelia Poppy Ruth" I'm not the best person to ask. Poppy makes me think of heroin and Ruth sounds like a dog barking -- although I'm beginning to have a change of heart on Ruth. The flow of Amelia Poppy Ruth is really good, except that "Poppy Ruth" is making my hungry for a Baby Ruth candy bar.

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Wow. That was so cranky and unhelpful. It must be the turkey doing that. Sorry. :-(

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I will say that if I ever met an Amelia Poppy Ruth in real life I would smile and silently acknowledge the fellow namenerd who had a hand in its creation. It's miles above the usual Nevaeh Rose on BA lists. :-) Amelia is a feminine classic that any daughter could be proud to wear.

Want to like it but have a completely irrational dislike of the "meelia" sound. Love Amelie, though.

I love Amelia! It seems so warm and friendly to me, and I always picture a pretty girl with dark hair and dark eyes. I'd much prefer if it didn't get shortened to anything; even though the nns aren't bad at all, I just prefer the full name. My combo is Amelia Felicity but I also like Amelia Elise.

I much prefer Emilia. Amelia has always seemed a bit whiny and precocious to me. Emilia seems much more elegant.

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But Amelia is a good, classic name so I don't have a problem with it being popular.

It's too popular for my taste, but it is a beautiful name. I see the appeal.

I like Amelia too, almost despite myself. It's such a warm name, I always picture it attached to an open-hearted, friendly person. I really like Amy as a nickname, too.

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Amelia Poppy Ruth isn't bad, but I don't particularly like it. Poppy and Ruth seem so opposed when side-by-side. Sticky-sweet Poppy makes Ruth look positively grim by comparison. I do like the combo's rhythm, though.

It's cute if populartiy does not bother you. Amy is the better nickname in my opinion. As for the combo I don't like Poppy because I think it's not a name a grown woman should have and since every girl will grow up someday I'd avoid it. With Ruth it's the opposite, almost too mature but that I can handle that.

This message was edited 11/25/2011, 8:17 AM

I never liked it that much. It's okay, but not special- there is no "pop".

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I prefer Amy to Milly. Milly sounds like a gossipy old bat.

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I don't care for Amelia Poppy Ruth. Sorry.

I love Amelia! I'm 22 weeks pregnant and even before we knew it's a girl, I decided on Amelia. Our oldest daughter also loves the name from Dr. Who (Amelia Pond is the brave Scottisch girl who travels with the Doctor).

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We're just not at all sure on a name to combine it with, especially because A names are traditionally used as middlenames in our family, but I can't find a first name I like better than Amelia so I'm concidering breaking with tradtion.

I'm not a fan, I much prefer Amalia or Amalie.