My husband and I are expecting our first soon. His family is Mexican and Italian and primarily speaks Spanish, my family is American and speaks English. We plan to raise the baby bilingual and will spend time in both the US and Mexico. We want a name that works well in English, Spanish, and romance languages generally.
We really love the name Melina for a baby girl, with a nickname of Mel or Meli. We are not telling our family or friends the name ahead of time, so looking to get a gut check from kind internet strangers instead. Thoughts on this name?