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My friend is Emilia - the Italian way of spelling it (she's first generation). I think it's really pretty.

I like the Amelia looks but I have an Italian cousin named Emilia so I like that too. I prefer Emi to Amy for a nickname

I like either Amelia or Emilia. Emelia looks misspelled, and it's not clear whether it should be pronounced eh-MEL-ee-ah or eh-MEEL-ee-ah.

Btw I have two Turkish friends with kids. Both named their boys Kaya which means Peter in Turkish.

I prefer Amelia, mainly because I dislike having to spell my own name and I wouldn't want to give my kid a name that will always be misspelled. But I do really like both. I don't think of Amy as a nn for Amelia.

I have a friend with an Emily that she calls Emmy, which I think is really cute. And my toddler can actually pronounce Emmy perfectly so that would be a plus with your K.

I prefer Amelia as it seems more traditional but I have seen Emilia more lately. I didn't realize it was the Italian spelling so that is interesting and if you are of Italian descent I like taking something from that background. Both names are very pretty!

I like both! There are 2 Amelias and 2 Emilias at the daycare/preschool that my LOs attend!

With an A. Hopefully she won't have to spell it out to people as often if it's spelled traditionally.
I think Millie is a cute nick name for Amelia.

I really like both, hard to choose. But I think I like Amy better a nn.

@Mrs Hedgehog: I know an Emie, it could be used on it's own.

Of these two choices though, I like Amelia. She would constantly have to spell her name if it was Emilia, and it seems like a unique spelling just for the sake of being unique... which I'm not a fan of personally.

We really liked Amelia too--for me, kind of as a tribute to Amelia Earhart, because we want our little one to be an adventurous girl! . However, I do think that the spelling with an E does look lovely and I also like your choice of nickname for that spelling. In the end we didn't use Amelia b/c DH & I couldn't agree on the pronunciation. He favored the "MEL" sound, I prefer "MEEL".

I have an Emily, partly because I really liked the nickname Emi. However, she's not an Emi and so I ended up just calling her by her full name (I sometimes call her Ems). I think you should pick the one that fits her personality best, that's if you feel comfortable waiting.

However, Emi & Kai sounds good together!

If you're a GoT fan, how about Emilia?

I like the traditional "A" spelling more. We have an Amelia on our street and her nickname is Millie Mia could also be a good NN for either name.

I like Emilia with your DD's name!

I prefer Emilia! But that is probably because it's my LO's middle name

Both are beautiful, but if I were choosing I would do Emilia

Emilia just because I love Emi. I also love Milly as a nickname. We're considering Emeline (em uh line) to get to Milly but a bonus is the nn Emi. Amelia is quite pretty as well!

I agree with @Greentea: that they're pronounced differently. I strongly prefer Emilia over Amelia but both are lovely names