Marlian Thoughts? Yay or Nay

Girl Names
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Does Marlian ([name_f]Mar[/name_f]-[name_u]Lee[/name_u]-an) work as a baby girls name??

We have 2 boys already and have given both boys middle names after 1 family member from each side, our first is [name_m]Jonah[/name_m] [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] and connor after my DH and my brother, and our second is [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] robert glenn, robert and glenn after our fathers.

We have found out we are having a girl and would be giving her middle names after female family and my mil would be devastated if it wasnt after her, except i hate her name and it doesnt flow with anything. [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] !!!
i have spent ages trying to find a name that goes with [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (my mother) and [name_f]Gillian[/name_f], but cant find anything. (actually made a post asking for help earlier lol)

Anyway so i had the idea to mash their names, [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] making Marlian, i cant find it anywhere so im assuming it isnt a name, so am I insane or does this actually sound like a good name??

She would be Marlian [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] something edwards, (will have to decide on the other family member)

Yess or No ???

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I can’t say I like the sound of Marlian, sorry. What about [name_f]Mariel[/name_f]?

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Nay. I don’t think Marlian has a very nice sound. It makes me think of marlin, and masculine names such as [name_m]Marlon[/name_m], [name_u]Marlen[/name_u], and the girl’s name [name_f]Marlene[/name_f] (which brings to mind a diner waitress) though [name_f]Marlene[/name_f] [name_m]Dietrich[/name_m] is a neat namesake and she definitely did not look like a diner waitress.

It also clashes with your boys’ names. I like the suggestion of [name_f]Mariel[/name_f]. [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] or [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] also incorporate similar sounds. You could also go with something like [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Leanne[/name_f] / [name_u]Lian[/name_u]? [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Gilana[/name_f]? [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_f]Gilana[/name_f]? There are lots of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] variations if you think you’d be willing to go that route that might make [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] more usable.

Good luck!

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I’m not a fan of Marlian but I do like [name_u]Marley[/name_u]-[name_f]Ann[/name_f] as a double first name. Marlian sounds like someone mispronouncing the word marlin.

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I wouldn’t use Marlian. It looks a lot like martian and it’s confusing to pronounce. If you want to combine [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f], perhaps [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]? [name_f]Marin[/name_f]? [name_u]Malin[/name_u]? Or just use [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] as one of the middles and don’t try to integrate it into the first. I don’t think there is a true smush name between [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] that is going to work nicely.

[name_f]Marin[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f]?
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]?

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No I don’t like Marlian, it sounds made-up and masculine if anything! What about [name_f]Merryn[/name_f]?

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I would use a original nicknames or variations for [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] like:

[name_f]Gila[/name_f], [name_f]Gilana[/name_f], [name_f]Gilenia[/name_f], [name_u]Gili[/name_u], [name_f]Gilian[/name_f], [name_u]Gill[/name_u], [name_f]Gilli[/name_f], [name_f]Gilliana[/name_f], [name_f]Gilliane[/name_f], [name_f]Gilliann[/name_f], [name_f]Gillianna[/name_f], [name_f]Gillianne[/name_f], [name_u]Gillie[/name_u], [name_u]Gilly[/name_u], [name_f]Gillyan[/name_f], [name_f]Gillyane[/name_f], [name_f]Gillyann[/name_f], [name_f]Gillyanne[/name_f], [name_f]Gyllian[/name_f], [name_f]Jillian[/name_f], [name_f]Jilly[/name_f], [name_f]Jillyan[/name_f], [name_u]Lian[/name_u], Ghilian, Ghiliane, Ghillian, [name_f]Gilian[/name_f], Giliana, [name_u]Gill[/name_u], Gillan, [name_f]Gillianna[/name_f], [name_f]Gillianne[/name_f], [name_u]Gillie[/name_u], [name_f]Gillyanne[/name_f].

And than start mixing first name and middle names:

U like hazel and [name_f]Mary[/name_f]?

[name_f]Gillianna[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Gilana[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Gillyanne[/name_f] nn [name_u]Gill[/name_u]

U can step it up your game by looking for variations for mary:

[name_f]Mair[/name_f], [name_u]Mal[/name_u], [name_f]Malle[/name_f], [name_f]Mame[/name_f], [name_f]Mamie[/name_f], [name_f]Marabel[/name_f], [name_f]Marabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Maree[/name_f], [name_f]Marella[/name_f], [name_f]Marelle[/name_f], [name_f]Maren[/name_f], [name_f]Maretta[/name_f], [name_f]Marette[/name_f], [name_f]Mariam[/name_f], [name_f]Mariana[/name_f], [name_f]Mariann[/name_f], [name_f]Marianne[/name_f], [name_f]Maridel[/name_f], [name_f]Marietta[/name_f], [name_f]Marila[/name_f], [name_f]Marilee[/name_f], [name_f]Marilin[/name_f], [name_f]Marilla[/name_f], [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f], [name_f]Marin[/name_f], [name_f]Marla[/name_f], [name_f]Marlo[/name_f], [name_f]Marya[/name_f], [name_f]Maryann[/name_f], [name_f]Maryanna[/name_f], [name_f]Maryla[/name_f], [name_f]Marynia[/name_f], [name_f]Marysa[/name_f], [name_f]Marysia[/name_f], [name_f]Maurene[/name_f], [name_f]Maurine[/name_f], [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Mayme[/name_f], [name_f]Maymie[/name_f], [name_f]Mayra[/name_f], [name_f]Mayria[/name_f], [name_u]Merrill[/name_u], [name_f]Millie[/name_f], [name_f]Milly[/name_f], [name_f]Mimi[/name_f], [name_f]Minette[/name_f], [name_f]Minnie[/name_f], [name_f]Minti[/name_f], [name_f]Mirja[/name_f], [name_f]Moll[/name_f], [name_f]Molli[/name_f], [name_f]Mollie[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_u]Poll[/name_u], [name_f]Polli[/name_f], [name_f]Polly[/name_f]

[name_f]Millie[/name_f] [name_u]Lian[/name_u]
[name_f]Mayra[/name_f] [name_f]Gilenia[/name_f]
[name_u]Gili[/name_u] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Gillianne[/name_f] [name_f]Marlo[/name_f]
[name_f]Maryanna[/name_f] [name_u]Gill[/name_u]

Marlian doesn’t flow well and she will end up with the nick name marlie. I know one little girl with such a name, ‘’ Marlise’’ combination of grand mothers… But Marlise got the flow. Maybe if you wanna stick to a combination name try something else like; Gilmar, [name_f]Margie[/name_f], Malie…

Or find a first name u really like and than give them the middle names [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]. If you ise a short simpel girls name it wil allway’s fit.

[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zorah[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Noa[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]

And you could also use [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] on a boy, if you add a ‘g’ then you will have Gilligan! And you can leave the name for your son… :smiley:

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All I see is an amalgam of Martian and alien. Not a fan.

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Nay. I would use [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f].

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No to Marlian – if you really want to smoosh [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Gillian[/name_f], go with [name_u]Marian[/name_u]. It has the plus of being a real name, but on the negative side, I could see how [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] might feel like her name wasn’t really included.

Sorry I didn’t see your earlier post (it’s a big place around here), but I do think that [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] is a fantastic middle name combo, in the same style as your boys. You can pick just about any first name you like, and it might be nice for your girl to have “her own” first name like your boys have “their own” first name. Keeping with all family names though, [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] would be great! Or [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] would be nice too. I don’t like the name [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] myself, but really, it’s nice as part of this combination. The [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] sounds really upbeat.

I feel your pain – my husband really super wanted to use his dad’s name and I hate it, but we finally used it as a second-middle name. I still don’t like it, but the family connection for my husband is more important, and really, as a second-middle name it honestly doesn’t get everyday use. If you “have” to be working with a name you don’t like, [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] is a pretty good one because it works great as a middle.

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Sorry - another “nay” here. Marlian first made me think of marlins, then of aliens, and then it just started to feel made-up. That said, if you don’t want to use both [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] as middle names and you liked Marlian OK, I wouldn’t mind it as a middle name, although I think the above suggestion of [name_u]Marian[/name_u] is much better.

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Thanks everyone, yeah I think I am just going to stick with using [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] as a middle name or use a variation. Thanks for the ideas some of them are definitely on the short list now :slight_smile:

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I feel your pain. We are trying to use my MILs name, [name_u]Dana[/name_u]. It hasn’t been working, so DH agreed to use her middle - [name_f]Louise[/name_f]. Is your [name_f]MIL[/name_f]'s middle an option? That being said, I actually really like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] or [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] as a middle (even though I wouldn’t use [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] on its own). Since you don’t really like [name_f]Gillian[/name_f], I’d probably go with the former, since the second middle might be dropped on some documents.

I think [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gillian[/name_f] is very nice and I love middle names that have significance.