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.

Comments

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I speak Spanish as a first language where Mal LITERALLY means 'bad, illness' and I love the nickname... in fact I use it for Malachi >.> I have no idea why I don't have that association in my head. I guess it's because when I see my cute little cousin Malachi I can't link him to the meaning of the word in Spanish.