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Amelle is a version of the french name 'Amelie'.... but in fact Amelle is an ARABIC name!!! Meaning hope, expectation... you may have hit the jackpot with that one ;)
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but here's the thing... i've only found ONE site online that has the meaning of the name Amelle, and I'm afraid it might be a made-up name.
"As a variant of the Arabic word 'amal' meaning "hope", Amel is chieftly used as a female name in France." is this true? heard of any Amel's? haha i'm totally expecting you to know this stuff :p
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BTW - i know too many Amanis in London... but then again you're across the pond; it may be a different story over there :)
I know many Morroccans with the name Amelle... it is pretty common in french speaking arabic countries like algeria, egypt etc....
Amelle is a form of the name Amel (which is unisex) and is a variation of the Arabic word 'amal' meaning meaning hope and expectation...... so yes it's true....
And if you can only find one website with it, it means that the name is not common place in the west... so you can be the first to take it over ;)
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LOL hubby wants to name our first child "Darth."
Yes, as in Darth Vader.
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Yep… my hubby says if we have a boy, he wants to name it after his favourite french cartoon characters…:
TinTin
Gaston - from beauty and the beast
Asterix
Obelix
Iznogoud
Titeuf
and worst… Pepe le Pew… 
I know realistically this isn’t going to happen… but i can just see my hubby having one of the above as a nickname…Darth doesn’t sound so bad now does it… 
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^ The other favorite for my hubby is "Logan" (like Wolverine).
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hahahah, girls! yes, if hubby really had his way, i’m sure we’d have at least one Picard, one Kirk, and one Spock 
maroush, yay for amelle and amani! they’re not common in canadia AT ALL. of course now that i’ve jinxed it, probably every second girl i meet will be an amani or an amelle DOH!
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I love Amani too. But hubby doesn't like it.
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the more i think about it, the more i realize the thing with Amani for me is, my cousin is named Aman, and honestly, everytime I think Amani, I automatically think Aman, and while he's a great guy, its kind of ruined it for me.
Amalia is another favourite o' mine - another variant of Amal- but hubby hates names that end in "ia" so he's vetoed it.
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LOL you're not married and worried about the name? Well Fatima has a good association but I personally wouldn't name my kid that because everyone would call her "Fat Mama" and I always think of beady eyed 40 yr olds when i hear that name.
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plan on having 4-5 kids :halo: name them whatever both of you want alternatively..simple!
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we've decided that we're gna write down all the names we like and then get our parents to pick out wht they like.. however i knw i wana name my son Aariz but undecided on baby girl names :) - i love Amani - my friends SIL is named amani and it sounds like a cute name!
i want to call my kids ( inshallah) adam, if its a boy and Iman if a girl.
my fiance would like to call the kids fatima, if a girl..and i know that fatima is a islamic name and so on, so i cannot really argue against it can i? I just dont want to call my daughter that name but somehow i get made to feel guilty because its such an islamic name. What can i do?
Many thanks
There is no shortage of Islamic names. We are advised to give our children names that have positive meanings. So, even if a name is not known in Islamic History....it should at least have a good meaning.
As far as Fatima is concerned, I have respect for the Prophet SAWS's daugther Fatima (RA)......but I've never been too fond of the way this name sounds. I have a friend who has a sister named Fatima and she feels the same way as I do.
And as advised earlier, Nadz......compromise/bargain with your husband. Perhaps you can name your daughter Iman but have Fatima as her middle name. So, it can be Iman Fatima. Or you both can look at OTHER religious female names and pick one among those (Khadija, Aisha, Saffiya, Ruqaya, Zainab, Asma, Kulsoom, Hafsa, Maymoona, Salma, Juwariyah, Mariya, Habiba).
You can even pick names that may not be of important figures in Islamic history.....but could be based on words found in the Quran.........or just names with good meanings like Noor, Amani, Huda, Hadiya, etc.
Or if your husband doesn't like Iman........then pick a name that has a meaning similar to the meaning of Iman. I think you're worrying about things before they even happen. For right now just concentrate on your wedding. Once you get married, you'll fall into the routine of compromising/bargaining and you will arrive at a decent name for your future child.
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Nadz, you are not even married yet. Don't worry about it. You'll be surprised about how many things will change when you get married and have children. Maybe you will agree on a name as well.
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let the grandparents decide? 
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^ i like the idea.. but sometimes its HARD esp when you like some names....
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I would say make a name which both parent can agree on.
I don't like anyone else to pick or choosen by other family members.