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Help[Opinions] Re: Emilie
in reply to a message by Lily
I think Emilie looks really neat. For some reason it seems more feminine than Emily, although I would never consider Emily to be unfeminine! However, Emily is SO popular that I think it would be a mistake to use a variant spelling. I certainly wouldn't.
I would use Claire instead of Clare because Clare isn't that common and Claire isn't that unusual. Elizabeth and Elisabeth are also both common, so both useable. I think the problem with Emily/Emilie is that Emily is REALLY popular and Emilie is practically unheard of, so the difference is much more obvious.
I would use Claire instead of Clare because Clare isn't that common and Claire isn't that unusual. Elizabeth and Elisabeth are also both common, so both useable. I think the problem with Emily/Emilie is that Emily is REALLY popular and Emilie is practically unheard of, so the difference is much more obvious.
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I have to disagree. There were 470 girls named Elisabeth born last year and 385 named Emilie. That's not much of a difference. I think many people are familiar with Emilie thanks to an actress (I always forget her surname, but she was in lots of movie and a popular TV series). Emily is also not much more popular than Elizabeth. Emily is #6 and Elizabeth #11. Elizabeth never left the top 30 whereas Emily got a bit of a break until the mid 80s.
Don't get me wrong, I do worry about using an alternate spelling of a popular name in general. I just don't think that there's is any difference regarding this between Emily and Elizabeth.
Claire is the most popular spelling by far, so I think you could use it, there wouldn't be many problems.
Don't get me wrong, I do worry about using an alternate spelling of a popular name in general. I just don't think that there's is any difference regarding this between Emily and Elizabeth.
Claire is the most popular spelling by far, so I think you could use it, there wouldn't be many problems.
This message was edited 3/12/2013, 2:41 PM
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