Message: "Maelyn" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Maelyn

by namebug

2/4/2009, 4:22 PM

My brother and his wife just had their second daughter!!!
Maelyn Irene, little sister to Ashlyn Jones

WDYT of these names???

I HATED Maelyn at first, but loved Irene
However, Maelyn is REALLY growing on me!

I like how the name is used in an honoring way.
My sister-in-laws fathers side came from Malin Head in Ireland
So her name is a variation of that.

After doing some research I discovered this:

"The village name itself pays homage to the Catholic Saint Mary Magdalene, Malin being a medieval diminutive combination of the names Mary and Magdalene. This displays the effectiveness of Saint Patrick’s missionary legacy, spreading Catholicism throughout the whole of Ireland."

#Maelyn

This message was edited 2/4/2009, 4:22 PM

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- Caytii Ana (Miss_Gorgeous)

2/5/2009, 2:48 PM

Like Maelyn BUT...

I prefer it to be spelled May Linn (double first name). It's one of my GP's. =)

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

2/5/2009, 5:13 AM

I find Maelyn and Ashlyn too close for sisters. I don't care much for Maelyn itself, but you can do worse. I love Irene.

- Genevieve (glukumalon)

2/4/2009, 4:44 PM

I actually recently met a little girl names Maelyn. I dislike it mainly because of the way it looks. The combination of A and E always bothers me (I am a Latinist, so in my head AE is pronounced like a long I). I would have preferred that they stuck with Malin, which has very interesting roots.

- jennifer

2/4/2009, 4:42 PM

I would have just stuck with the original spelling myself. Yeah, it's tryndeigh, but at least it isn't kre8iv. I also wouldn't have given the sisters rhyming names.

- Dragon_Clarinet +1

2/4/2009, 4:26 PM

Tryndeigh. Eh.. the spelling...

- namebug

2/4/2009, 4:33 PM

That is EXACTLY how I felt at first
I have to admit it SCREAMS tryndeigh

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