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What's sound got to do with it? It's masculine through and through, and always has been! I like it for its history, its etymology and its sheer unexpectedness in today's world. That said, people seem to see it as a spelling error and to be puzzled as to why a child should be named Malice ... so it would perhaps be more tactful to use it as a mn.

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Also, unlike names like Christian and Mohammad, it doesn't seem to prejudge its owner's future religious stance - it's there if you look, but it's not right in the public's face, and a non-Christian could probably use it comfortably.