I'm surprised so many people dislike my name. I've always loved my name, and many of my peers have said the same. Despite this, I understand why people don't name their children Emalee. If you're worried about people getting your child's name wrong, this name is not for you. Growing up, I constantly had to correct my teachers about how my name was spelled and pronounced. In addition, I won't lie: I have occasionally gotten rude comments about my name. However, if you think the spelling of my name is pretty, don't let the comments here discourage you. In the real world, most people don't care about your name as long as it's within reason.
― Anonymous User 8/26/2022
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Emilee and Emmalee are the same things. Please...we don't spell Emily like Emaly.
I’m sorry, but I’m not a really big fan of this name. I like Emily and Emilie, but this is quite overly overdone. The spelling is too too modern. If I ever name my daughter this, everyone will spell it Emily or Emelie or something similar. But I can see good in this name. I hate naming book characters/children super popular names. Emalee is just unique in its own way. Although this name is super overdone, at least your daughter will be the only Emalee in her class.
So it says rarely used but if it is a name then it is not rarely used because if people are talking to that person then their name is gonna be used a lot. Also my friend's name is Emalee so I kinda take this offensive because people are always going by what this is saying and started to make fun of her because of this saying that her name is rarely used. She and I both have lost many friends due to this but I guess if our friendships were meant then we would not have been able to separate that easily. I feel that it will be okay as long as most people just learn to overlook it like me and my friend did but I figured I would just let everyone know. Truly this website is 100% amazing other than that.
Being that my name is spelled this way, I seem to think of it as a completely different name then Emily. I pronounce my name Emuhlee while most Emily's pronounce theirs Emilee, if that at all makes sense. A lot like the name Brianna, which can be BriANNA or BriONNA. I get many complements on it, and am sorry you guys don't appreciate it!
― Anonymous User 1/7/2015
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The first time I saw this name, I really thought it was pronounced Eh-MAHL-ee. Silly me, assuming a name should be pronounced phonetically and not thinking like a tryndy. This is one ugly misspelling of Emily.
This is my name and I absolutely hate it. No one ever spells it right, even my family members, and it gets mispronounced most of the time. I don't like the name Emily to begin with, so spelling it wrong doesn't really help. I would not name your child this.
If you want to name your kid Emily, name them Emily! It doesn't matter how popular a name is. Using a variant like this to avoid using the name itself is just as bad, if not worse!