Baby name spelling (help)

[lemonnmeringuepie]

We are expecting in October, and have both a boys and girls name picked.

The girls name we love is Joely (pronounciation Jo-lee) feel free to say if you don't like it, but we do, and it has stuck!

The only thing we're struggling on is the spelling.

I LOVE Jolie - but reminds me of Angelina (who I can't say I'm a big fan of) - I think it's the most gorgeous spelling but from unbiased point of views, is it a bit stupid to use this spelling if we don't want the Angelina connotation, or does it not matter?

Or Joely - which I don't think looks as nice.

Opinions on spelling more than welcome, thank you!

@lemonnmeringuepie I'm curious to know whether you used the name Joely/Jolie in the end?!

Angelina’s mother was French and Angelina adopted her mother’s maiden name as her stage name — sounds better than Voight plus I think she was estranged from her father.
I speak only a few words of French but for some reason this word has high visibility and hence the urge to make the J into zh.
You could call your wee one Jolene with nn Jolie or Joely

I think of Joely Richardson and would definitely spell it Joely. A pretty and appealing name.

Isn’t it just calling a child pretty as a name? I’ve never heard of it though so it could be just me who hears it that way.

I don’t dislike it though. As I haven’t heard of it I’m not sure on spelling but you could consider Jolie being a nickname a Joelle for example would force the right pronounciation

Hang on - I’ve been a muppet & only just seen this thread is ancient !

Sorry, my fault for reinstating a zombie but I love hearing the outcomes of threads like this!

It doesn't really matter how you spell it. Most people will hear your child's name rather than see it written down. And when they hear it a lot of people will make the angelina link. I actually really like some of her films but didn't make the instant connection. Go with jolie or jolee but not joely I think people will glance at it and say Joey and it looks a little clunky.

If it's Jo-Lee, it's got to be Joely as in Richardson.
Jolie is completely associated with Angelina in my brain and I would pronounce it with a slight French accent: zhol-ee
But your baby, your call.

All these different pronounciations all look the same to me 😂
Jolie looks like jolly to me though.
I prefer Joely, but I am biased because I have a Joel.

I think it has to be Jolie. Joely would surely be pronounced differently?
It has no Angelina Jolie connotations for me but it is confusing with the French word Jolie, which is pronounced slightly differently again. And although I don't speak French that's the only way I can think of pronouncing it!