Curious - what do you think of this girl name?

ILoveRedVino

Malin.  Mal sounds like pal, not mall or mail.

mrsmikey

I don't like it.  First, I wouldn't know how to say it if you hadn't told us.  And now that you have, I just think of Marlin without the R. 

mbritto4

NMS.  I think people would try to pronounce it like Palin "May-lin"

jiffy-pop

I wouldn't have known how to pronounce it if you wouldn't have told me. I'm still a little confused...is it MAL-in? Or mal-IN? If you wouldn't have said it sounds like Pal, I would've pronounced it Muh-LYNN.

forensicmama

I don't like it. Mostly because the prefix mal- means 'bad'. Immediately, I have a bad impression due to that. Have you heard of the name Maren? I kinda like that.

klv

I agree with PP, no one will know how to say it.  Maren, Maeve, and Mara are similar and easier to pronounce.

clee2009

I always wondered how this was pronounced. There is an actress with this name. She is the sister on 27 Dresses (right?)

BlueRidge8

forensicmama:

I don't like it. Mostly because the prefix mal- means 'bad'. Immediately, I have a bad impression due to that. Have you heard of the name Maren? I kinda like that.

This.

alliejo725

So it rhymes with Fallon?

I'm not loving it. Or even liking it. The fact that the morpheme "mal" means "bad" really turns me off, too. If it's a real name, it can't possibly mean something good.

Also I think it's heavily subjected to mispronunciation, because the pronunciation you gave us is far from intuitive (I assumed it rhymed with Palin).

ETA: If it supposed to sound like M'Lynn (Sally Field's character in Steel Magnolias), I'd spell it the way the playwright did.

mlf625

I would never have pronounced it the way you specify.  I know an adult named Malinn (muh-lynn) and I've always thought her name is very pretty on her.  

kmv68

I do not like it at all.

ILoveRedVino

It is a Swedish name - we're Swedish.  I'm not in love with it, but H LOVES it.  It is also derived from the name Malina which means "peace" in Hawaiian and I do like the idea of that...

Yes - there is an actress with the name Malin.  She was in 27 Dresses and Couple's Retreat.

I think I agree with all of you, though.  Thanks! 

 

krissyh21

Very trendy going with the put anythin with lyn craze. Also, if you have to explain how to pronounce it, it sets your child up for years of correction. In other words... NMS.

RobinSparkles214

It's ok. I think that it would be mis-pronounced a lot.

Allie30

Malin Ackerman? Eh.

Sunshine is mine

I would def mispronounce this and the way you pronounce it reminds me of melon

MillerTime13

mbritto4:

NMS.  I think people would try to pronounce it like Palin "May-lin"

This. Looks like "Palin" to me.

starbuckker

It kind of reminds me of a fish.

damabo80

Sounds like a disease.

"Oh, he had a terrible case of Malin last week."

kbratton2king

forensicmama:

I don't like it. Mostly because the prefix mal- means 'bad'. Immediately, I have a bad impression due to that. Have you heard of the name Maren? I kinda like that.

agree.

starskristen79

It makes me think of a company. One of the largest forklift dealers in the country.

trebmal

Dislike.