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in reply to a message by Norah Namenerd
The key to Keyla seems to be the Kee ...
I would fear that all your Melanni, Melonni and Melanny variations were variations on Melanie, and pronounce them accordingly. I've never encountered Malani, though it is possible in South Africa where Malan is a well-known surname: giving children a family ln as their fn is pretty usual in the Afrikaans-speaking community and sticking an -i on the end is a standard feminisation. I'm surprised I haven't seen a Malani!
I'd guess muh-LEEa-na for Melena, once again based on what I would hear where I live. The LEEa is, I suppose, closest to Lear (as in King) without the r.
I would fear that all your Melanni, Melonni and Melanny variations were variations on Melanie, and pronounce them accordingly. I've never encountered Malani, though it is possible in South Africa where Malan is a well-known surname: giving children a family ln as their fn is pretty usual in the Afrikaans-speaking community and sticking an -i on the end is a standard feminisation. I'm surprised I haven't seen a Malani!
I'd guess muh-LEEa-na for Melena, once again based on what I would hear where I live. The LEEa is, I suppose, closest to Lear (as in King) without the r.
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