Thoughts on Amillia

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Thoughts on Amillia
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Tue, 02-20-2007 - 11:10pm
Some of you may know what/whom I'm talking about, but I'm wondering how the name comes across to others here. Just curious (you won't hurt my feelings either way). ;)

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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 12:20am
Amillia looks pretty and the parents chose a name that has special meaning, but what a pain to always have to say, "No it's Amillia, not Amelia."


Edited 2/21/2007 12:21 am ET by baylorbrooke
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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 4:28am

I'm just confused. The parents' quote says that the name means "resilience," but after hours of Googling, toying around with Behind the Name, and checking every etymology text I own, I can't for the life of me figure out where they found that. I did find that Amelia means "hardworking," and I found that Amilia is of Latin origin and means "amiable." I don't find anything for Amillia at all, except that it is "perhaps an alternate spelling of Amelia or Emilia." I respect their wish to give their daughter a meaningful name; it would just be unfortunate if they were dooped by some quack website into giving their daughter a name that 1) isn't a name at all, and 2) doesn't mean what they thought it meant. Someone, please direct me to their source so I can stop being concerned about it!

At any rate, God bless them. What a miracle!

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Wed, 02-21-2007 - 9:07am

Looks like a misspelling of Amelia (which I love) and reminds me of an armadillo.

-Nikki


                             
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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 10:35am

I agree about the meaning, though in the clip showed on our local news the parents said something to the effect of "she worked hard to get her, and that's why we chose her name ..." I forget exactly, but basically made me think the "resilience" quote I saw online was supposed to be a very-loose interpretation of hard-working.

And how tiny was she?! My goodness ... I couldn't believe it. So happy for them. ;)


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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 11:50pm
I know! Did you see the picture of the mom holding her little feet in her hand? I mean, that itty-bitty foot was...well, it was itty-bitty. It's wonderful how well she's doing!
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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 11:53pm
Oh my gosh! I know it sounds corny, but I got slightly misty when I saw those tiny feet. ;) That is just incredible.

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Thu, 02-22-2007 - 7:50am
I think it's fine. I have no strong feelings either way. It's definitely not all that bad, in my book.
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Thu, 02-22-2007 - 5:54pm
It sounds a bit too much like 'a million' to me, still pretty though. And, she is 'one in a million' :)

 


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Thu, 02-22-2007 - 6:28pm

That was actually part of my reason for posting it. If I had seen the name written before hearing it, I'd have assumed the "mill" part was pronounced with a short "i" (like the word mill, to put it simply LOL), but on the news it was pronounced exactly the same as Amelia (a-MEEL-ya).

Either actually makes sense grammatically -- think of the "mill" in Camilla, which can be pronounced ca-MILL-a or ca-MEEL-a, like Camille -- and as far as created/variant spellings go, I was surprised that this one really didn't bother me. At least they didn't go with Uhmeelya or something.

I was just curious how it came across to others as well. ;)


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