I can't see that Emmaleigh and
Emily are supposed to be pronounced any differently, so they're both awkward with
Lilian. I don't like the spelling Emmaleigh at all, but then overly-creative spellings bother me in general;
Emily is really the way to go.
Emma Lilian, from your signature, sounds far better. Very pretty!
Edited to add: You're wondering if
Emma is all right by itself as a first name. Certainly! It's etymologically unrelated to
Emily and is a perfectly good first name in its own right.
This message was edited 11/30/2005, 7:40 PM