How do you read the name ?

Amanda • mommy of a 6 year old princess now expecting a prince💙👶🏽
So I have had my heart set on the name Amari that I found in the baby name website... my fiance agreed like a month ago to it. Now when I've read the name I would think it would be pernounced Amar-ee he says people are going to say Amar-i & that we should change it to Amaree butttttt the reason I love that name is because it's our name put together "ama"nda & "Ri"cardo so it wouldn't be special anymore .... how would you guys pernounced it if u read Amari ??