Marilena??

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Just wondering on your opinions on Marilena-yay or nay?? I think its quite pretty?

yay!

In the words of the infamous Marian Keyes, it has a rather 'cobbled together' feel.

Is it...

Mari-len-a
Mari-lay-na or
Mari-leen-a?

Maria-Elena I like its a proper name similar to Marilena

Marilena is an Italian name, not cobbled together at all but not very heard of over here.

I think its quite pretty-It is a character in a book my mom was reading. I think its supposed to be pronounced Mari-layna.
Oh its Italian-I thought it had an Eastern European feel to it!

Awful. Sounds made up, sorry.

Ah, apologies in that case.

The Mari-lay-na pronunciation would be nicest, IMO.

Sounds made up? Only if you are not aware there are Other Countries with their own stock of names.

Sounds like Maria Elena to me, which reminds me of the character in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

not too struck tbh

Nay. It sounds like a contraceptive device or a brand of rubber gloves or washing up liquid.

I like Maria, Marianne, Marina.

However Marilena does sound made-up, a mix of Marlena, Maria and Mirena (coil).

My first thought was the contraceptive. sorry.

I like Marilena - but I know an Italian one.

Marlena is nice too.

What about Mariana? With a long middle a.

Eek, apologies again, I am from one of those forrin Other Countries. :-/ So I know full well of the existence of other names...

But it does look like a combo of all the Mari names, like Maria, Maribel, Marianne, etc and the -lena names - Helena, Elena, Selena, etc.*

DD has one of the second lot of names and her nn is Lena, so maybe this is why it seemed a bit 'cobbled together' to my eyes.

OP - if you like it, go for it. :)

Ooh I like it a lot!

Thanks for the opinions girlies! Not putting it on shortlist, just saw it in my book & said i would put it out there! Interested to hear it was Italian!