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Milena or Alys/Alice

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TheCaptainsCat · 12/10/2016 19:30

Which one do you prefer and why?

Which ones do you not like and why?

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BackforGood · 12/10/2016 20:13

Another whose first thought was the coil -sorry! I checked and realised it was a different word, but that was just what popped into my head.

Unless in deepest Welsh speaking Wales, I'd go for Alice, as that's what 99% of English speaking people will automatically spell it as, I'd have thought.

LetsJunglyJumpToIt · 12/10/2016 20:09

Milena just remind me of Melaena.

dailymaillazyjournos · 12/10/2016 20:05

I love Milena. The one I know is pronounced with a short I sound MI LAY NA

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 12/10/2016 20:05

I like Alice, classy, timeless.
Milena, Mirena coil.

DavidPuddy · 12/10/2016 19:59

I love Milena because I live my friend Milena. She has Mimi as a nickname. So much nicer than boring old stodgy Alice.

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TheCaptainsCat · 12/10/2016 19:55

Hmmm, interesting about the poo association, I didn't know about that! It is correctly pronounced Me - Len - A, with the A quite strongly pronounced like the A in cat. It is a beautiful name when my Polish DH says it, but has potential to be butchered by English speakers I guess.

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SquedgieBeckenheim · 12/10/2016 19:52

How are you pronouncing Milena? I read it as Mil-Ena. Therefore it makes me think of melaena - as a PP said, its a bloody stool!

Alys/Alice are nice.

BellMcEnd · 12/10/2016 19:52

Mila / Milla is lovely

Milena - I'm sorry, just makes me think of malaena which is not a good thing.

Alice is beautiful

DorcasthePuffin · 12/10/2016 19:49

I love Milena, because of this amazing woman: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milena_Jesensk%C3%A1

soundsystem · 12/10/2016 19:46

I love Alys. DD was called Alys for a couple of weeks, right up until we went to register, then we changed our minds. One consideration is that people will default to Alice and she'll have to keep explaining (unless you're in Wales?).

I like Alice as well but it is popular if that's an issue.

My as keen on Milena, although I'm not sure why. Good nickname potential, though (Lena, Mila, Mia, Millie)

JasperDamerel · 12/10/2016 19:37

I love Alys.

I don't think that Milena works terribly well in English because of the Mirena/malaena similarities.

Meeep · 12/10/2016 19:34

Milena made me think of Mirena too I'm afraid.
I don't like Alys.

BlossomCat · 12/10/2016 19:34

Milena sounds like the coil, or malaena, a not very pleasant blood filled poo. Sorry!

I love both spellings of Alice, though

Bountybarsyuk · 12/10/2016 19:32

I also know quite a few Milas, so if that's the shorter version, I prefer that!

Bountybarsyuk · 12/10/2016 19:32

I prefer Alice, lovely classic name. I know a Milena, it's quite a common name in other countries, I don't hate it but it's not as pretty as other names IMO.

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Pickled0nions · 12/10/2016 19:32

Milena is pretty.

But probably because I chose Mila for mine, I think Mila is meant to be a nickname for Milena.

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