what do you think of

[MunchkinJess]

Sofia Melina?

Melina is after my south american grandmother and I loved sofia from the start but wanted a name that translated well across Spanish and English that incorporates both my babies cultures

Both are very nice.

Sounds lovely.

I have an 8 year old Sofia, it's a lovely name I really like Melina as well.

I love Sofia so pretty thank you

Lovely!

I like Melina.

It sounds very exotic. I love it

Melina would be nice if it weren't an unfortunate homophone for Melena.

Melina and melena have very different pronunciations..plus Melina a middle name

I wouldn't use two names ending the same, but both are pretty on their own.

I love it, my friend's daughter is called Melina, and she was considering Sofia for her middle name!

I think the names to well together, and Sofia is very pretty but elegant sounding. Not frilly either, so I like it.

Love the Sofia but not the Melina in any circumstances - sounds like nasty medical condition

Melena is black poo.

BOF how very mature and constructive !

Sofia is lovely but I really don't like Melina.

No, I think BOF meant that it is liteally black poo, not that it is her opinion of the name!

Either way Melena is wrong....its Melina...anyways thanks for everyone's input

Sofia is lovely but with the new Disney Character Sofia the First it may become very popular

Yes, but when people hear the name if they know what Melina is they will immediately think of black poo.

what melena is, sorry

I think that you should ignore people being horrible- it is a lovely touch to use your South American grandmother's name as a middle name. I think they work well to incorporate the two cultures- go for it!

And black poo never crossed my mind.

We are not being 'horrible'.

Munchkin is asking for opinions on the names. If you can't be honest to a stranger on the internet about this kind of thing then when can you? Surely she wants to gauge reactions to it - hence the question?

Although I will admit, with forrin names it's a bit different - loads of foreign names sound like something else or mean something different in another language. It just depends whether or not that bothers you enough. As this is only a middle name anyway perhaps it won't be an issue.

How is it pronounced? If it is mel-eena, then it is a homopgone for melaena - which is black/bloody stool. I'm afraid as a nurse that was my immediate thought on reading it. If you like it and have no medical background, and you see it as v separate to melaena, then of course, use it. There are lots of names that have

Sorry

That have other meanings, or very close sounds and d people get on fine with them as names - Candida, Rafia etc. As a middle name it's going to be less used etc anyhow.

Sofia is very pretty, a lovely name. It's in the top 10 which would put me off, but it's there due to beong a great name.