Two baby name questions

[MrsHappy]

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.

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

Aryll?

I do like the name Malin though...

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

YAY!

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

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