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[Opinions] Malina or Maline
Some close friends of mine are expecting a baby girl in April and had chosen the name Malina Renee but are now going back and forth on which they like better Malina Renee or Maline Renee. I'm leanig towards Malina. Malina ia prn MAL-leen-nah and Maline is prn MAL-leen.
They already have two daughters named Aubrey Anne (5) and Chloe Marie (2 1/2). So they would have Aubrey, Chloe and Malina or Aubrey, Chloe and Maline. Which sounds best, and wdyt of the names?
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What about Melania?
Jaclyn, wife to Kyle (06/25/04).
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Definitely Melina
To be born Welsh is not to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with a song in your heart.
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ditto :D
- ♥ -
Elizabeth

The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you
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How about....Milena? That's my youngest's name and I pronounce it "Mil-LEE-nah". I considered Malina but I didn't like the "Mal-" prefix because it means "bad" in Spanish.
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Malina! Although I prefer spelling it Milena. Nice names.
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Personally I have always loved the name Malina. Although I think Maline sounds better with the other two siblings. I would go with Malina. The only reason I would never use the name is that someone once told me Maline refers to being sick. That just always sicks in my head now. I don't want to call a child have an illness.
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Maline means "malign" in French.
I like Malina though, and Malinka (pet form of Amalia, Malka...).
~~ Claire ~~
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You are right about Maline. I will tell her she better change the spelling to Malene or Maleen or something else if that is her choice. I like Malina much better too.
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Maline looks like "malign" to me, and that's just a horrible association.Malina isn't much better, but it doesn't look nearly so similar to the word. I'd got with Malina Renee.Array
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Agreed - "malign" is the first thing I thought of too. I'd go with the form Melina, which is lovely :-)_____________________________________________________________________"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true."Elinor
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LOL you're right I'll tell her that!!!%%%%
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