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Two baby name questions

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 16:14

The name Malin for a girl popped into my head today. Also Marin. Am I making these names up or are they real?

Also, if you were going to give your daughter a very unusual middle name, would you give her a first name like Marin or would you go for something more "standard"? Our older DD has quite a popular name (although it is very pretty, hence its popularity), but I wouldn't like them to feel as though one got the boring name and one was named because I was under the influence of hormones...

All thoughts welcome.

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heartmoonshadow · 19/06/2009 08:53

Hi,

I watched some dodgy American program at 4am on Hallmark (pregnancy insomnia will do anything to sleep!). On of the female characters called Marin.

HMS

angrypixie · 18/06/2009 10:39

YAY!

Mine's an Arden Alice
but we also considered;
Arden Isabella
Arden Willow
Arden Grace
Arden Rose
Arden Tabitha

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MrsHappy · 18/06/2009 07:58

I do like Arden, thanks angrypixie. Definitely one to consider.
DH will try to get me to opt for a less unusual middle name with it, though!

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angrypixie · 17/06/2009 23:01

How about Arden, means passionate.
My dd is an Arden; unusual but not difficult.

Pingpong · 17/06/2009 22:46

I wanted HH for our DD but DH vetoed it completely! I made a huge list of famous people AND people I knew personally with alliterative (?) names and it still didn't convince him.

Deemented · 17/06/2009 22:13

And EPPM, if they do, then i will take great pleasure in correcting them Seriously though, i'd expect people down here to say it more like Mah-lee, then Marley.

EachPeachPearMum · 17/06/2009 22:10

deemented but you know people will pronounce it 'Marley' like the country!

matildamum · 17/06/2009 22:06

Nothing wrong with alliteration IMO. I don't understand why it's considered such a no no. My DD is MM and it doesn't sound at all 'cutesy'. I'm due with DC2 in 10 days and if it's a girl we may even have another 'M'!!! There was no way I would be put off my favourite name just because our surname began with that letter.

Re siblings having the same type of names, I guess IMO it does matter and I think it's nice if the names sit well together. i.e. I probably wouldn't give one child a very common run-of- the-mill name and another a really unusual one. But that's a very personal thing.

Deemented · 17/06/2009 22:05

Ohhh.... Mali is beautiful..... Proper Welshy like.... I think i may have just found my girls name....

CandleQueen · 17/06/2009 21:12

Mali is a (female) Welsh name, pronounced a bit like Mally.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 21:09

Exactly, EPPM!

I'm glad you like Malin. That'll be the two of us then!

Actually I don't mind names ending in 'a' either, as long as they don't end in "ella" (there are 4 million -ellas in the sandpit on a sunny day).

Think DH and I are on completely different wavelengths. He likes Ruby. Which is pretty, but not the one.

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CurryMaid · 17/06/2009 21:08
EachPeachPearMum · 17/06/2009 21:04

But it has a vowel (sound) at the end which Mrshappy doesn't want.

Aryll?

I do like the name Malin though...

CurryMaid · 17/06/2009 21:01

Angry Grin

janeite · 17/06/2009 20:52

Cecily is lovely.

EachPeachPearMum · 17/06/2009 20:51

Hey currymaid Margot happens to have been on the list for my dc2- Cecily Margot was the front runner but he was born 4 mo ago.

Alliteration? NO / Don't do it!

janeite · 17/06/2009 19:56

I deffo think 'no' to alliteration: just sounds rather too cutesy and deliberate to me, sorry.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 19:55

Oh yes, DH is foreign and pronounces "Margot" with a hard T as in Mar-GOTT.

As my friend said "Margot is an elegant girl. MargoT wears sensible shoes".

Deary me.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 19:53

Thanks EPPM. Although I am just not keen on any of those! For various reasons - I know someone of the same name, they are a bit too popular around here, or they sound odd with our surname etc. And Meredith will always be a completely hot MAN from a course I was on...(although Meredith is also that annoying-voiced popsy who is marrying McDreamy). Presumably if the right name comes along I will feel it in my bones!
It's just as well I have nearly 20 weeks in which to get this sorted.

On a different note, what do you reckon to names that alliterate? Like Flora French, for example.

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CurryMaid · 17/06/2009 19:45

Margot! This place is priceless

janeite · 17/06/2009 19:41

I'm not fond of them and agree that they sound a bit 'unfinished' - actually I have no idea about computer games or Whitney Houston but they sound like names from a 1970s sci-fi novel (not necessarily a bad thing!).

I love Magdelen/a though.

From EachPeach's list I like:

Beatrix
Astrid
Isobel
Meredith

MrsJamin · 17/06/2009 19:37

Marin & Malin are both 'real' names but v uncommon.

EachPeachPearMum · 17/06/2009 19:32

Not ending in vowel...
Beatrix
Margot
Ingrid
Astrid
Isobel
Rachel
Miriam
Meredith
Meriel
Elizabeth

CurryMaid · 17/06/2009 18:48

I knew a Malin, she was from Iceland I think.

flipflopper · 17/06/2009 18:45

Malin was a servant in one of the pippi longstocking books, so it might be scandinavian

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