View Message

Amalia, all the way. It doesn't have "meal" in the middle.

Amelia for sure! I dislike Amalia.

I definitely prefer Amalia. Amelia is nice, but so popular, not to mention all the Amys and Millies. I’m bored of it to be honest. On the other hand Amalia sounds different, but still gorgeous and is distinctive in sound from Amelia (unlike Emilia). I say A-MAH-lee-uh, and I think that sound is more appealing than the Meely sound of Amelia.

Amalia is much prettier, in my opinion. I really dislike the 'meel' sound in Amelia (same reason I cannot stand Emilia) and it just sounds dusty and frumpy to me. Amalia, however, is fresh and beautiful.

I like both and definitely pronounce them differently. I prefer Amalia because it's not as common but mostly because I love the nickname Mali. I would hesitate to use it with the popularity of Amelia for fear people would always think her name was a typo for Amelia. I think I'd get over that fear if my husband approved the name for our list, but he won't.

I have an Amalia so that gets my vote :)

---

I definitely pronounced them differently. Amelia is a-ME-lee-ah and Amalia is a-MAHL-ee-ah. My Amalia goes by Molly for short, but we really uses Amalia and Molly pretty interchangeably. There are people who don't say her name right the first time (they thinks its Amelia or else, emphasize the wrong syllable and say ah-ma-Lee-ah, but once we correct them, it's fine)

I dislike the ME-E-E in Amelia, so I prefer the sound of Amalia. But I wouldn't use it in an English-speaking environment.

---

I can't judge Amalia because I don't know how it is perceived in its own culture and it doesn't happen in mine. Amelia sounds both pretentious and stodgy.

---

I far prefer Emily.

I pronounce them differently than each other. I love them both but I'd be more likely to use Amalia since Amelia is so popular. Around 15 to 17 years ago I started loving the name Amelia but then it became too popular for me to use for a future daughter.

---

A woman named Amelia would be adventurous and a bit nerdy in my imagination. It makes me think of Amelia Earhart and Amelia Pond from Doctor Who. I also used to know a girl named Amelia - I can't remember much about her but I think she is why I started to like the name. If I am remembering correctly young Amelia was good friends and neighbors with a little girl named Rain who my best friend in 7th and 8th grade named Laura used to baby sit.

---

Amalia is a name that I have only one association for. My sister had a friend from school named Mali who lived a few blocks away from us. Her name was pronounced basically the same as Molly. I learned that her full fn was Amalia and Mali was a nn just before they moved away because her father had recently died. Mali had freckles, blue eyes, wavy fluffy long honey blonde hair, and buck teeth. She was a very smart girl who took school very seriously and she was very nice. But I only slightly associate her with the name Amalia, I think of her more as Mali - or Molly because there was a year or two before I knew how she spelled her nn. She pronounced Amalia the Dutch way which I prefer to the German pronunciation.

---

-----------

This message was edited 10/10/2017, 12:31 AM

I like Lia as nickname, and you can get that from both, but I prefer less common names, so Amalia.

I like Amelia over Amalia. Yes, I pronounce them differently. To me Amalia seems an over-the-top name while Amelia is more down-to-earth.