I’m 11 weeks pregnant and my husband and I are having the hardest time deciding on a girl’s name. For a boy we decided on [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_m]Erik[/name_m] but we’re lost on girl names. My husband likes traditional names that are not too common…he is really pushing for [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] but I’m not sure how I feel about that name. I love [name_f]Malina[/name_f]. I like uncommon names that are not too weird sounding. [name_f]Malina[/name_f] means sun goddess in Greenland and raspberry in Poland and I just imagine such a sweet little girl with that name but my husband thinks [name_f]Malina[/name_f] is too frilly sounding. Our last name is [name_m]Perez[/name_m] (My husband is Venezuelan and [name_m]German[/name_m] and my heritage is Swedish)
I love [name_f]Malina[/name_f]! Maybe its nickname potential could warm your husband up to it? [name_f]Mali[/name_f], [name_f]Mina[/name_f], [name_u]Malin[/name_u], [name_f]Lina[/name_f], and [name_f]Mia[/name_f] all seem a little less frilly than the full [name_f]Malina[/name_f].
Or ~
[name_f]Bria[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariska[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Milana[/name_f]
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Carina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomona[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Graciela[/name_f]
[name_f]Brisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliska[/name_f]
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]
[name_m]Mallon[/name_m]
[name_f]Lina[/name_f]/[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marin[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f] doesn’t actually seem frilly to me, but I guess -a endings can come off that way to some people. I used to know a girl named Malini (ma-[name_u]LEE[/name_u]-nee), which is similar. Or [name_u]Malin[/name_u] (MAH-lin) or [name_f]Aline[/name_f] (uh-LEEN)?
I would recommend [name_f]Milana[/name_f]. It’s similar, but it sounds to me a little less frilly. There’s a lot of nickname choices for it too: [name_f]Mila[/name_f], [name_f]Lana[/name_f], [name_f]Millie[/name_f],etc. The one problem I could foresee with this is its similarity to the current first lady’s name, which could set off a bit of a controversy that you’re not looking for. Still, the name is growing in popularity and absolutely gorgeous while not straying too far from your original idea.
I like [name_f]Marika[/name_f].
[name_f]Melia[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_u]Malin[/name_u]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]