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Malia
What do you think of the name Malia?Any associations, images, colors, impressions?mah-LEE-ah.Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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Where I live, there is no confusion of L and R and therefore Malia is completely unfamiliar and it's hard to get further away than Hawaii! I like Maria, and dislike Amalia, so Malia doesn't appeal to me.
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My primary association is with Malia Obama.As a white American of European descent, I can in no way use a name like this, particularly with the increasingly vocal concerns of Native Hawaiians regarding land rights and uses and broader conversation regarding cultural appropriation.That said, I think it's rather pretty. I actually always thought Malia Obama's name, vowel-heavy though it may be, was very pretty and flowed very well (moreso than Sasha Obama).
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It is a top 50 name in Germany and several other countries.
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I didn't know it was Hawaiian, but it can also come from Amalia.
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