Malcolm

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

My fiance and I agreed that we both like Malcolm quite a lot. Unfortunately he's really hung up on using "Mal" as a nickname. (One guess why!)

What's your first thought if you met a kid who went by "Mal"?

I have french Canadian family, which may be part of my hang-up, but I just can't seem to get past it, since in so many languages it means bad/evil/trouble/pain/illness or similar.

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[bright-eyes-jh.livejournal.com]

I'm giggling because my husband and I have been having this exact same debate. We both are huge Firefly fans, so we struck upon Malcolm as a name idea one day and totally fell in love with it.

I don't mind using Mal, but I think other people who don't watch the show will just associate it with the Latin prefix, as you say. I think we're going to use up ending Mac, and maybe just using Mal at home.