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[arbus.livejournal.com]

ok so i LOVE the nickname emmy, but the only full names i really know of are emma, emily and emerson.

i love emma, but i dont know, i would call her emma. calling her emmy seems like it would be strange and unnecessary.

not much of a fan of emily, to be honest. its ok, but its also my best friends daughters name, so its out.

i absolutely adore emerson, but everyone says its a boys name, which doesnt really bother me much because i love the tomboy thing... (francesca and josephine are two of our other favorites) but the problem is that the husband doesnt like emerson. so that pretty much rules it out.

last night i saw something about emmy rossum on entertainment tonight (i had never heard of her before but they said she is a star of some kind) and they showed some divorce papers, i think, that said emmanuelle. well i hate that too.

so, babynamers, what else is a good full name that emmy could be a nickname for?

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[giveitfullheart.livejournal.com]

Emmy Rossum was in Phantom of the Opera :)
One of my friends online had a girl named Ember. Emmy would work for that!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

not a fan of ember, but thank you! :)

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Emilie
Emmeline/Emmmaline/Emaline/Emeline
Emery

[arbus.livejournal.com]

how is emilie different from emily?

i like emmaline, forgot about that one. thanks.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Emilie ends in "ie," while Emily ends in "y."

[arbus.livejournal.com]

um. seriously?

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

No, I'm just kidding. They both end with "x."

[arbus.livejournal.com]

thanks for the brilliant insight

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Ask an obvious question...

I mean, it's an alternate spelling, but I didn't think I seriously had to point that out.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

so you didnt see the part of my post where i said that i am not a fan of the name emily? or do you not read, because its way more fun to just post stupid responses instead?

god knows from being in the community that some people would pronounce it differently. hence the not at all "obvious" question.

the fact that you thought my question was what you thought it was and that you had to point out that it was an alternate spelling to a name i already said was out as an option of ours? makes you the stupid one. done with you. thanks for playing.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did see that - hence why I tried to help by giving you some names that you hadn't already mentioned.

Emilie and Emily are different names, and you said you didn't like the name "Emily," not any names similar to it. Personally, I like the former and not the latter, just as I like Catherine but not Kathryn, Hannah but not Hana, Lia but not Leah, etc. If you'd asked about pronunciation, I would have told you.

Also, I never called you stupid, I don't think you're stupid, and I think you are taking a flippant response a little too personally <3

[pianokitten.livejournal.com]

i was just going to suggest Emaline :)

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

one of my kittens is emmeline, and I call her emmy.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

thats really cute. not sure if i prefer emmeline or emmaline.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

emmaline seems unnecessary to me. the E indicates the emma-leen sound with out needing the A

[arbus.livejournal.com]

ok so i am confused. how do you pronounce emmeline? because i pronounce it emma-line, not leen. have i been pronouncing it wrong all along? theyre both sweet, like them a lot.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I say emma-line too

[pianokitten.livejournal.com]

i say emma-line too :)

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

some people say it line, but I've always heard/read leen and I prefer it that way.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I've always pronounced Emmeline like "Emma-leen."

[aprettybinding.livejournal.com]

I have the same issue! Love the nickname emmy, don't like any of the names that would give me that nickname. We're thinking, if we ever have a girl, to just have her initials be E.M. or M.E. but that seems kind of forced to me. *shrug*
Hope you can figure something out!

[xxsoulfuleyesxx.livejournal.com]

My friend named her daughter Essence Mei...and they call Emmie=)...it fits her=)_

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

this.

I think it is fine as a full name.

I've also heard it as a nickname for Emmit/Emmitt - but that is also masculine.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Emmeline, or Emilia.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine has a daughter named Emilia, who is nicknamed Emmy.

[distantiation.livejournal.com]

my favorite book is called The Redemption of Althalus(by David Eddings), and one of the characters is called Emmy, as a nickname for Emerald.
lol sorry, it just made me think of that.

[forthemorrow.livejournal.com]

I was going to say Emerald as well. : )

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Clemence/Clemency
Clementine
Emelina
Emeline/Emmeline
Emmaline
Emer (not pronounced the same at beginning, but I think it could still work)
Emerald
Emigdia
Emilia
Emiliana
Emily
Emmanuelle
Emperatriz
Euphemia? Although Effie is way better for this one IMO.
Gethsemane
Jemima
Noemie
Temperence
Tempest
Willemina
Yemima

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

How about Gemma?

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Emina 'eh-MEE-nuh"
Emiri 'eh-MEE-ree'

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Emmeline
Emmelina
Emilia

You could also use Emmy for name with an "em" in them -- Jemima, Gemma, Clementine, Rosemary.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

i don't really think Emerson can be compared to Francesca or Josephine as while they are based on boys' names, they have been feminized and are therefore girls' names. I think it'd be more like naming your daughter Francesco or Joseph. I agree, Emerson is a boys' name. The "son" part doesn't help, true it can be argued that Madison is basically a girls' name but it's more of a place name imo and also one I do not particularly care for anyway...

I agree with you that calling an Emma "Emmy" feels unnecessary though, and I also agree with you on not being crazy about Emily! (yawn! ;P)

The only name I could think of to suggest is Emmaline/Emmeline/Emmelyn (I like the first one best but you choose your favorite spelling) which ironically is the only "Em" name I actually like. That or Emilia. My only other suggestion would be to look for names that don't necessarily begin with "Em" but maybe end with the sound or contain it in the middle - I can't really think of any though :\

[sarahk-xoxo.livejournal.com]

My friend has a daughter named Emilia and her nickname is Emmy.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I was also going to suggest Emilia, Gemma, and Emmeline. I like the idea of using E.M. initals, too, and nicknaming her Emmy.

Other suggestions:
Emina
Amelia
Milena
Rosemary
Madeleine
Maeve
Imogene
Emelina
Emery

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

Also, if you like Francesca and Josephine, do you like Elizabeth? I think Emmy could work as a nickname for that as well.

[smurfb1ue.livejournal.com]

Another thought is to go with a name with the initials M.E. and the nickname Emmy as a play off that. I have a friend named Mary Elizabeth who goes by Emmy (M.E.)

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

that's a good idea!

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Elma
Emera
Esme
Erma

[rubie-dubidoux.livejournal.com]

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