I'm in a real quandry - there are two girls names in particular i like but no matter how much my hubby and i think about it we cannot make a decision. We have narrowed it down to

Amelie Joy or
Amalia Joy

Most of the family etc seem to prefer Amelie but it does not have as nice a meaning as Amalia and although i am fully aware that meaning doesn't really get used for much etc it means an awful lot to my husband (for religious reasons) that the meaning is a good one.

My husband therefore prefers Amalia but people seem to have a problem with the pronounciation and i do not want to name her something that is going to be a pain for her later...

What do you guys think? and how would you pronounce Amalia?

Many thanks for your help in advance!!!!!

What about combining them? See, you have a name with 2 e's (amEliE) and a name with 2 a's (amAliA ... well, 3 a's, but you know what I mean) ...

So how about Amelia? It's a much nicer spelling too!