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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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ilovesprouts · 17/06/2009 18:12

there a boy at my dds old school called that hes 15

cthea · 17/06/2009 18:09

One of my nieces is called Marina, which I think is v pretty. She is half-Greek.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 18:09

Oh dear, that's put the kybosh on it. That film was dreadful. (As if the Nintendo reference was not bad enough)

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Deemented · 17/06/2009 18:08

Malin sounds quite Welsh - i like it.

Fimbo · 17/06/2009 17:58

I couldn't think where I had heard Marin before, but is it the name of Whitney Houstoun's character in The Bodyguard?

Actually it has just come to me, its her second name - Rachel Marin.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 17:45

I know what you mean about them sounding unfinished, meemar, but I am strangely drawn to names that don't end in a vowel. We'll still probably end up with one though.

Have never listened to the shipping forecast, but maybe I should for inspiration!

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Pingpong · 17/06/2009 16:40

There was a Marin at school (male). A friend told me a friend had named her dd Malin as in the shipping forecast area.
I think Malin is pretty but Marin because of the boy at school makes me think male.
I would consider Malin to be unusual so would go with a more 'standard' middle name if it were me.
I have a popular 70s name and my brother had an unusual name (popular name) and it didn't bother either of us!

BlueChampagne · 17/06/2009 16:34

I've met a bloke with Malin as a middle name. She might suffer with the Shipping Forecast.

meemarsgotabrandnewbump · 17/06/2009 16:34

they both sound a bit unfinished to me. Like they should have 'A's at the end.

Also there is ambiguity in how you pronounce them.
Is i Ma-lin or Marlin, Ma-rin or Marin

Just my thoughts

Fimbo · 17/06/2009 16:34

I know a Marlowe.

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MrsHappy · 17/06/2009 16:29

I knew my avoidance of computer games would have a downside one day! This baby's a girl so perhaps should avoid the boy one...

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EachPeachPearMum · 17/06/2009 16:25

I like them... but they were used in a nintendo Zelda game...

Malin- Swedish form of Magdalene. Marin- form of Marinus (therefore male)

Still like them though!
Very euphonic

Sunshinemummy · 17/06/2009 16:22

Dn't know about Marin (there's a place in California called Marin county) but I knew a Danish girl called Malin so I think it may be a Scandanavian name.

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