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Although it is a bit too popular, I think Emily is a lovely name, and will probably be more special a couple years from now.
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I highly doubt that. Emily is a lovely name, but I don't think it will fizz out anytime soon.
Top 12 names
Emma, Emily, Anna, Elizabeth, Erica, Charlotte, Catherine, Hailey, Chealsea, Jennifer, Jessica, Jocelyn.
Top 12 names
Emma, Emily, Anna, Elizabeth, Erica, Charlotte, Catherine, Hailey, Chealsea, Jennifer, Jessica, Jocelyn.
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My name is Emily, and while I do think it is a nice name, it is way too popular. If you were to name your child Emily, she would be called Emily A. (or whatever) or Emily (ln) all her life. Trust me, I know this from experience. I know at least twelve girls named Emily (besides me) in my school, and I'm sure there are more.
The bright side is that because the name is so popular, no one ever pronounces or spells it wrong.
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The bright side is that because the name is so popular, no one ever pronounces or spells it wrong.
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I like Emily too. :)
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Mum to Hayley Anne :)
D.O.B: 8th October, 2004
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Cassie Anne (not Cassandra!)
Fiance to Grant Stephen
Mum to Hayley Anne :)
D.O.B: 8th October, 2004
baby #2 due: 19th May, 2007
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Perosonally I don't think the name is very pretty, I can't see it aging well. I have a 3 year old niece named Emily, she's cute. Although she's very very quiet, and doesn't say much. She has a cute laugh.
I much much much prefer Emma, which ages well IMO, and is so pretty.
"a boy's best friend is his mother" - Norman Bates in Psycho
I much much much prefer Emma, which ages well IMO, and is so pretty.
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It's ok...
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Well, it's been the #1 most popular name in the U.S. for the last 10 years and has been in the top 20 (and then the top 10) since 1990. So what makes you think that in 'a couple years' it'll be more 'special'? More likely, in about 20 years it will be seen as having been greatly overused and will be avoided by new parents (does Jennifer ring a bell?).
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Agree
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Ditto m
Despite its current popularity surge, Emily has been around since literally the Middle Ages. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells his tale about two imprisoned knights who fall madly in love with the fair Emelye (prn Emily; that is the ME spelling). I'm not sure how you define special, but if "special" means a drop in usage, then I doubt you'll see it any time soon.
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
Despite its current popularity surge, Emily has been around since literally the Middle Ages. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells his tale about two imprisoned knights who fall madly in love with the fair Emelye (prn Emily; that is the ME spelling). I'm not sure how you define special, but if "special" means a drop in usage, then I doubt you'll see it any time soon.
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
This message was edited 12/4/2006, 9:39 PM
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