If spelled Amélie, I pronounce it ah-mé-[name_u]LEE[/name_u] (é doesn’t equal ay for me but as you are familiar with [name_m]French[/name_m] (I think?) you know the sound I’m talking about.
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] is [name_m]AH[/name_m]-mill-lee to me.