I love my names so much

briannabeebug

I don't care if I have a son or a daughter because both their names are going to be awesome sauce!

However it would be pretty sweet to break out the name Aurelia first.  

Boy: Sparrow
Girl: Aurelia 

My husband actually is in love with the name sparrow for our (possible) son and suggested it.  I did some research on the folklore of sparrow and it has a very nautical history surrounding it.  The story goes that sailors who died at sea and couldn't get a proper burial would pray that a sparrow would come by at their death and fly their souls up to heaven.

And Aurelia for our possible daughter....I fell in love with that name the first time I watched love actually.  Annnnd the whole nickname of Ari for short (ARR-ee) which means lion in hebrew.

oliversmom03

I love them both

plunderb

Aurelia is lovely. It would be on my list if it weren't so close to DD's name.

Javad

Aurelia is very very awesome sauce. Never heard this name before, but it's near the top of best girl's names I've ever heard.

Sparrow is not quite as awesome in my book however. I like the mythological story that goes along with it, but it just doesn't feel like a name to me. Nicknames: 'spar' or 'arrow'...
Sounds like it should be a nickname for a melee and archer combatant from days long ago.

mamainseptember

I really like both! Good choices!

MrsTBird

Aurelia is very pretty! Sparrow is NMS, but you obviously love it.

beebanjo

Sparrow is a huge guilty pleasure name of mine. I'd never have the guts to use it myself so I am all for other people using it!

asibilrud

I'd never actually use Sparrow, but I like it! LOVE Aurelia!

kali55

I love Sparrow and the story you researched!  Very cool!

526SadieSadie

I love Aurelia but Sparrow doesn't thrill me - I prefer stronger names for boys.

Congrats on deciding, though - that's half the battle!

Rushmore

Aurelia is nice. Sparrow is not.

brookelynpaisley

Rushmore:

Aurelia is nice. Sparrow is not.

Agreed, I can't picture it on an adult man. It doesn't help that we considered it for our female puppy (because of similar nautical and tattoo significance), so it doesn't even read "human name" to me.

blu-eyedwife

I love Aurelia, but I do have a hard time picturing a grown man named Sparrow.  I kind of imagine him as a comic book villain.

jallascalla

I like your girl name, Sparrow on the other hand seems so delicate, almost like a nickname for a little girl - definitely not a boy, or even remotely a grown man.

mscheevus

Aurelia is beautiful.

Sparrow would make an awesome middle name. As a first name, it's a little too  "wacky celebrity baby name" for me. I believe Nicole Richie named her son this?

mrsbea

Aurelia is pretty. Sparrow I'd never use, NMS. Cool history to it though. Although I immediately thought Pirates of the Carib fan reference.