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Amelia is my mom's hometown/county, and it's nothing to brag about. That overshadows my opinion of the name. Other than that, it just seems...mealy, bland, quaint...I like Amalia ten times more.

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I've always liked Abigail, since the 90s...my friend Brittany had a baby sister named Abigail, and I thought it was nice...she sounds capable to me, plus pragmatic, whimsical, tough, sweet.

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Neither are favorites. I'd probably like them a good bit more if they weren't so overdone, but even so, I doubt either would be a favorite. The Gail and Meal sounds are just unattractive to me. Plus, I've taught so so many Abbys that I don't even find that cute anymore.

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I can appreciate Abigail in the middle name spot if it's paired with something kind of harsh. Like Virginia Abigail or Helen Abigail or Ruth Abigail. I like the toughness of these kinds of combos.

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As for Amelia, I'd honestly rather see Emily, even though I'm sick to death of it. It's comparable but prettier.

This message was edited 4/27/2020, 5:04 PM

Abigail sounds so soft and wispy. Just a sweet name. I like it.

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Amelia I’ve always thought of as an odd name...something about the spelling I don’t love. I don’t dislike it altogether though and I like Amalia a lot. Emilia has grown on me and I prefer that.

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I've always found Abigail boring, Abby even more so. The most emotion I can muster about it is "that sure is a collection of sounds you could ascribe to a person."

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Amelia's a little boring nowadays but I think it's nice. I've got a bit of a soft spot for it because of Amelia Pond from Doctor Who.

Abigail - I feel like Abbie was so overused in the 90s? Like this was the thing before the Maddie craze took over? Anyway, although I like the sound I wouldn’t use it on a child. I don’t like the way it seems to be the name of maids in nearly all novels if they have one, and apparently it’s a slang term for servant. So - no from me.

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Amelia - this is now overused and boring, which is a shame because it’s quite pretty and has more substance than say something like Ella and Mia.

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Boring & Boring

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Sorry, I'm so tired of these names.

I dislike Abigail. It feels stilted in rhythm to be. But I want to like it, because there's cool historical ones and I do really like Gail.

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Amelia is beautiful, but I am just so tired of it. I've met so many little ones that I can't appreciate how nice it is anymore. Maybe in a few years that will change.

Neither of them interest me that much. I don’t love them, but I don’t hate them either.

Love them

They’re extremely bland and overused. Amélie/Amalie and Avigail are much fresher.

The only syllable I like, out of the lot of them, is Gail.

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Abby = Abbie = abbey = ecclesiastical building. And I don't enjoy the way the first and last syllables both get stress on them.

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Amelia, like some versions of Megan, gets a very self-centred vibe from that ME-E-E which is impossible to overlook. Plus, it's very close to Emily, which is one of my all-time favourites, and I can't forgive it for being so close but so very wrong.

I like both, but I like Amelia more. I used to know twins with these names.

Abigail is ok. It's strong and independent. But I cant see naming my child this.I like the nn's Abbey, Gail and Gale as full names. I thought about using Abigail as a middle name.
Amelia is sweet and innocent, but common. I suprisingly like Emilia and Emelia more. I also like Amelie and Ameline more as well.

I hate both. "Ab" "Gail" and "Meal", which is what the middle syllable of Amelia sounds like, are three of the ugliest syllables in the English language.

I used to positively love Abigail. Now I still like it but it’s not my fav. If I used it, she would definitely be called Abby.

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I used to hate Amelia, it was more cartoony to me because I loved Amelia Bedelia books growing up. Then I met the sweetest little girl with the name Amelia, and got to know her and now I like it. It’s a very sweet and calm name.

I like Amelia, but prefer Emilia which I pronounce differently. Amelia reminds me of Grey's Anatomy and Amelia Earhart. It feels like a cousin to Alice. Feminine, classic.

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I've never understood the appeal of Abigail. It looks and sounds awkward to me, and it's too biblical

I love Abigail. I wish it wasn’t so popular, but it’s sweet and pretty and timeless. It does make me think of a maid, but in a tidy, quiet, quaint, one-of-the-family way. And Abby and Gail are both nice nicknames. It’s nice to have choice.

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I’ve never liked Amelia. The “mealy” part reminds me of mealworms. Amelie is better for that reason but it’s still not a fave.

I love the name Amelia and it's on my list as usable for an actual child. I see it as playful and bookish and that really appeals to me.

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I occasionally crush on Abigail as a sweet, puritanical middle name. It makes me think of fundamentalist Christians though.