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I love Emma. As a small child, I preferred Emily, but a couple moved in next-door with daughters Charlotte and Emma, and I fell in love with both names. Emerald, Emerie, Emmeline and Emerson are all lovely, if you're looking for a less popular alternative. Emma is feminine and classic, and will sound good, even when it inevitably decreases in popularity. The same applies to Emily, I would say. These names aren't just trendy, as per Madison. Emma sounds great on girls and women of all ages, and it's easy to spell and pronounce.

I have always disliked Emma, sadly. It's not one of those names that immediately strikes me as, "oh, that's nice" -- I actually have sat and tried to figure out why people like it (it's ubiquitous where I live!). Then I started to think it might be okay but the popularity of it just made it "played out" to me.

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I'll go with Emily. It's serious yet sweet.

I love, love love love, Emily & Emma: I would consider Emma as an occasional nick-name to Emily if the child identified with it - even if Emma is not considered a variation. I too would consider the other choices as variations of little difference, and here I believe you should use your own judgment as to which best suits your taste. They all really are quite beautiful.

Emma is probably the most boring name I can think of.

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I like Emmeline best, for the Pankhurst connection.

If there was a way of putting Emma in a bottle and selling it to the public, the bottom would fall right out of the market for sleeping tablets. I don't dislike Emma; nor do I find it either unattractive or cute. I just find it totally blah.

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My favourite is Emily, hands down. The meaning just isn't an issue and hasn't been for millennia. Emily has a happy lilt and a dancing rhythm, and I'd use it tomorrow.

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Emmy sounds like a nn for, say, Mary Ellen. I really don't find it exciting or interesting at all.

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Emmeline? Trying to be posh and falling on its nose. The only point in its favour, and it's a huge one, is the AA Milne poem: Emmeline Has not been seen For more than a week ... and it goes on, with the adults admitting that they falsely accused her of having dirty hands. She then returns and reports that, when asked, the Queen said her hands were perfectly clean.

It's a nice enough name, but a bit boring to me. It peaked in the 80s and 90s here, so it seemed like every other girl I went to school with was an Emma.

Hate it hate it hate it and don't understand why it got so popular at all. It's nothing but a mushy mumble, your mouth doesn't even feel a nice shape when you say it.

Hi!
Since I was pregnant with my son I've came across it and I instantly loved the name. It is simple, long history, strong sounding and pronounced the same in german and english but it's popularity made me not even consider it :(
I met so many Emma's since then. But I do love the name.
1. Emma, 2. Emmy, 3. Emily, 4. Emmeline

I used to dislike Emma, but the less I hear it IRL, the more I'm warming to it. You're right, it's no-nonsense and sturdy. It doesn't need frills.

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I like Emma, Emmy, and Emmeline. Emily is nice, but it's too cutesy.

It's okay. I like its old-timey charm. Yet I'd never use it, even if it weren't so popular, and it's not on my PNL. I'm not sure exactly how to explain why it's not a favorite. The best I can come up with is that it doesn't seem strong enough. Like it's just there. Not sure if that makes sense lol.

Emma has gone down a lot on my list, but I still really like it! I do slightly prefer Emily, because it's less popular than Emma, but yeah...

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My favorite out of the four you listed is Emily, then Emma, Emmeline, and Emmy. I don't like nicknames as full names.