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What do you think of the name Emme for a girl? (Pronounced Emmy but I wouldn't spell it that way)

Can you think of any nice middle names to go with it?

Thanks!

Comments

[sugarmagnolia90.livejournal.com]

I think that it's a little silly and nicknamey and should be spelt Emmy.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

I'd end up pronouncing it "em" -- you know, like how elle is "el"...
It seems like a nickname.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-lavender-blue-/]

Yeah I know what you're saying but Le doesn't make Lee and Me does make that sound.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Le doesn't make "Lee," which is why Elle isn't pronounced "Elly"... For me, that ending "me" on Emme falls under the same rule: "Me" doesn't make "mee," thus the pronunciation not being "Emmy."

Blagh. Did that make any sense? ^^;

I don't know. To me, Emme (with the pronunciation Emmy) seems like one of those names that you're going to have to correct people about all the time.

[sugarmagnolia90.livejournal.com]

"me" makes "mee" when it's at the beginning of a word ("median", "meal" "mere") but not at the end of a word.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Yes, for regular words. For name endings, it's usually "my."

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Or "ie" (Jamie). I've never seen just...me. :|

[sugarmagnolia90.livejournal.com]

Never mind I just realized what you're saying, except I think you've totally missed the point of what I'm saying.

-me doesn't make "mee" at the end of a word (or a name). It only makes "mee" at the beginning of a word. Therefore, Emme=Emmy is phonetically impossible, but -me=mee is not.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Yea, I probably have missed the point, lol. I keep re-reading to see if I'm missing something, but...meh, whatever. I'm done. :)

[sugarmagnolia90.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

I'm agreeing with you, let's just leave it at that.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Ah, I got what you were saying after I had replied. ^^

I didn't come off rude in that last one, did I? I apologize if I did! ^^; I was supposed to have been in bed hours ago and I'm busy rushing about, trying to save the links of the fifty-million tabs I seem to have open...

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I was supposed to have been in bed hours ago and I'm busy rushing about, trying to save the links of the fifty-million tabs I seem to have open...

I'm so glad I'm not the only one.
Browsers seriously need a "Save Session" function.

[scouty.livejournal.com]

my niece name is emely and I gave her the nickname emme ^^ (= emmy)

emme lou ?
emme josephine ?

I know a emmy-lou jospehine

emme cathrine
emme lousie

I think most of the names could go with emme as first name

emme leonie
emme sophia

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

It's much too nicknamey for a full name. Besides, Emmy would be the last way I'd pronounce Emme. First I'd think it was like Emma, and if not that than just Em.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Everytime I read about Jennifer Lopez's kids I wonder how it is pronounced (and I literally have no idea how she pronounces it). I think people would always get it wrong.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It looks like a nickname for me, for example for Emmanuelle.
But I do agree that it might be read as Em by some, since Elle is pronounced El.

That said, I still don't like the "Emmy" sound, I'd just go with Emma, if that's the case, and then use Emme (prn like you want) as a nickname.

[mela-chan.livejournal.com]

I'd see "Emme" and pronounce it "Emma" (or just "Em") before I'd think it was "Emmy".

[mela-chan.livejournal.com]

Also, I don't particularly like it - as others have said, it's much too 'nickname-y'.

[soundofbusiness.livejournal.com]

This.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce it Emmy, but that's because I know an Emily who goes by Emme and signs stuff that way.

I can't think of it as anything other than a nickname.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot, I think it's pretty.

Emme Evangeline
Emme Renee
Emme Savannah
Emme Veronica
Emme Abigail

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It's not bad, but it seems like a nickname to me. Also, I was pronouncing it like the letter M until I saw your note beside it.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I think it's quite cute. It could also work very nicely as a nickname for Emmeline.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I say Emme like EM, not Emmy. It seems like a nickname to me, but I think it would sound good with a longer middle name. Like...Emme Violet, Emme Aurelia, Emme Rosalind, etc. :)

[winninghearts.livejournal.com]

I would say "Emma" not "Emmy". It's kind of dull to me.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a girl named Emme. I've always liked it.

Emme Jane is what first came to mind...

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

Without a y or i, I read it as "Em."

[pyrokitten77.livejournal.com]

This. I never would have guessed that it's pronounced like "Emmy".