How would you pronounce Emmeline?

[Junglemum]

i would read it emma-leen, but when you told me it was Emma-line i'd say "oh, how lovely" And then pronounce it like that!

[Rouge]

No you are right Pandora, Madeleine is pronounce Mada-lynn (in french). As far as I know.

[boobaloo]

this is one of my favourite girls names!
i pronounce it emma-lean

[Schmickers]

I'd pronounce it "Line".

[Inanna]

Emma lean for me! (I think it's absolutely gorgeous!)
I have Imogen and I always get asked how to pronounce it...
I have Finnian and I get the same... I think lots of people have trouble with pronounciations but once it's a childs name you run with it...

[Cherished]

Emma-lean was what I originally thought when I read your thread title but after reading others replies I can see it as Emma-Line

[Tinks]

I would pronounce it Leen but on Anne of Green Gables there was an Emmeline pronounced Line and I liked that too.

[Nai]

Showing my age here but there was a Hot Chocolate song Emmaline where they pronounced it Emma-lean which is how I thought it would be pronounced.

[didispunk]

My friend has a child with this name..

Emme LINE

[lilima]

Oh - It was Anne of Green Gables that I watched recently that had an Emmeline in it!! Thanks Tinks I have been racking my brains alll night!

[Juliette]

LOL! I love Anne of Green Gables, and I couldn't quite remember where I had heard the name either, I've liked it a long time...thanks for that! It must have been where I heard it first I think.

Thank you all so much for your input! I'll have to go back and do a count of "line" responses and "leen" responses, though I think DH likes "line" best anyway. I think they're both pretty. You guys are awesome, everyone else IRL is sick of talking about names with me!!!

Innana - DH''s favourite name is Imogen, and I tried to get him to agree to Finn for DS2. They're both awesome names.

Nai - I've been begging all weekend for "Genevieve", but DH won't let me have it Your girls names are very classy

Anyhow...thanks all for your input! I *think* we may have decided on Emmeline...now to find a middle name - it has to start with "M" so the initials are EMM - DH has a funny "thing" about initials...

[skybie]

i'd pronounce it as emma-lyn

[chody47]

I'd say 'leen' but that's because that's how someone I knew pronounced their name.

[smiles4u]

i'd say Emme ... leen but then that's probaby cause my DD's name ends in ' ine ' and we pronounce it ' een '

[blessedatlast]

I'd pronounce it "Line".

Yep me too! I love the name.. It's so pretty

I have Finnian and I get the same... I think lots of people have trouble with pronounciations but once it's a childs name you run with it...

How is it pronounced Inanna? I thought: Fin i ann?? Am I right??

[lilima]

I would pronounce it "line" but I know someone of that name that pronounces it that way. A beautiful name that was on our short list. Ended up going with Emilia though, and I am sure that she will be spelling her name her whole life as everyone thinks it is Amelia.
I am sure that I watched a movie with a girl called emmaline pronounced "line" in it recemtly, but i can't think which movie it was!