What do you think of...

[MimiSunshine]

We are debating names and for a boy my OH has come up with Marlin. I think I like it but need to roll it around a bit.
We like less common names but I wouldn't say we want anything too out there and I can't decide which this is.

Marlon Brando

But it dies point out that people may hear it and think Marlon but that happens with lots of names tbh

Another one wondering if Martin is due a revival? Also has a nature vibe if you forget saints and think of the lovely birds.

Great name. For a fish.

It's a try too hard mix between Martin or Merlin.

I think I would mishear it as Marilyn (or Merlin).

When I say it aloud, it sounds like I've mispronounced Marlon or Marlene. I'm not keen for that reason, but equally it's not a bad name at all.

It's similar to the Swedish girls name Malin. It wouldn't sound strange to me. I actually quite like it!

So because it sounds similar to a girl's name in one language it's fine for a boy in another?

I like Malin too which i understood to be a unisex name but more frequently used on girls than boys

It sounds a bit wrong somehow. Like neither one name or another. It also looks like you have spelt another name wrong. Marlon looks better I think (and sounds it too - the 'lin' at the end of Marlin makes it sound more feminine then Marlon).

It's awful.