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Melanie. I've always enjoyed the sound of it and I'm pretty sure I named one of my Barbie dolls this at some point when I was around 7 or 8, maybe slightly younger. I also used it for a character of mine as I felt it suited her to a T and still very much do. 🙂
Melania sounds nice, but as everyone else already pointed out, is ruined by a certain association.
Melania sounds nice, but as everyone else already pointed out, is ruined by a certain association.
Melanie, though I don't love it. Melania's ruined by Trump.
I've never heard the second pronunciation used.
Melanie is way better.
I like Melanie, I feel it is the perfect name for a lovely person - it feels like a name of someone you can trust implicitly. It has the musicality of Melody without any kitsch. Rox is right, it's gentle, sweet, bright, wholesome as homemade lemonade.
BUT. Melania has the allure of the obscene associated with it, so I enjoy the thrill of that. It's more interesting to me. It's complex and rich; feels like the perfect name for a vampire. Melania really embodies the "darkness" of its own meaning, whereas Melanie is only "dark" the way the eye of a black-eyed susan flower is dark: surrounded by a halo of cheerful light.
Melania does sound vaguely disease-like, and it does put me in mind of a certain trophy wife. In theory I like the name Melania more, but if I had to choose one for a real human person, I would probably go with Melanie. I might enjoy the mob wife glamour of Melania but it does seem burdened with association right now.
BUT. Melania has the allure of the obscene associated with it, so I enjoy the thrill of that. It's more interesting to me. It's complex and rich; feels like the perfect name for a vampire. Melania really embodies the "darkness" of its own meaning, whereas Melanie is only "dark" the way the eye of a black-eyed susan flower is dark: surrounded by a halo of cheerful light.
Melania does sound vaguely disease-like, and it does put me in mind of a certain trophy wife. In theory I like the name Melania more, but if I had to choose one for a real human person, I would probably go with Melanie. I might enjoy the mob wife glamour of Melania but it does seem burdened with association right now.
I've always liked Melanie. It's soft and gentle but also bright and down to earth.
Never have liked Melania, first and foremost because of the pronunciation ambiguity. Also it always kind of makes me think of a skin disease. Not as bad as melanoma, but unsightly.
Never have liked Melania, first and foremost because of the pronunciation ambiguity. Also it always kind of makes me think of a skin disease. Not as bad as melanoma, but unsightly.
Melania has such a nice musical flow to it. Melanie seems country bumpkin to me. I think you could choose a different spelling to avoid the association.
I'll choose Melanie. I prefer the version that doesn't end in a, and it's also a name I personally love.
Melanie is so sugar-sweet; it cries out for a good squeeze of lemon. Melania is better but, through no fault of its own, shortens to something close to 'larney'.