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Story behind your baby's name
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I know some baby names are just cool names that we read or heard, liked, and decided on. And then there are some names that have a story behind them or were chosen for a particular reason.
So for those of you who are the latter, what's the story behind the name you've decided on? I love to hear these stories. Care to share?
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Re: Story behind your baby's name
Our daughter is Leah Hazel. She is named after my mom and my great-grandma
Our son will be Owen Christopher. His middle name is my H's name and the first name has no meaning.
DD1 is Isabella Elizabeth. The first name I just loved and the middle name is my middle name and my mom's first name. After she was born we found out that Isabella was my great-great grandmother.
DD2 is Kaiya Jean. Kaiya in this spelling is Japanese, a country and culture I have huge passion for. I love Japanese names, but wanted something that wasn't too ethnic sounding. Jean is DH's grandmother's name.
DD3 will be Gwendolyn Audrey, Gwen for short). Both are my grandmother's names and if this LO has half the qualities that either of them possess, she's going to grow to be a very strong, but compassionate lady.
DS - 7.2006 - C-Section b/c Breech
DS2 - 4.2008 - Successful Vbac
DD - 5.2012 - Successful Vbac
Awwhh. These are so awesome. I'm hoping lots of ladies share the stories behind their babies names!
Our DD is Eliza Leah
I first heard Eliza watching the TV show Little House on the Prairie (one of our favorites) and loved it. We looked up the meaning and loved it more - it means either "joyful" or "pledged to God".
Leah is my middle name, and also my mom's middle name, so if we had a daughter it was a non-negotiably one for me - luckily DH likes it and it sounds good with her FN!
We had the first name narrowed down to Eliza and one other name, and didn't decide before we met her. A few minutes after she was born, DH and I were alone with her and he asked me which name I wanted... and all I wanted was for him to name her, not really having a preference. So I said to her, "Shhh, listen, your daddy's going to tell you your name!" He looked freaked out for a second, but then he leaned down and whispered "Eliza Leah" to her
It was suprising b/c all along he'd been saying he liked the other name better.
I love her name...
When we were talking about names for DD1, I told DH that I really wanted an interesting and unusual, but not made up name for a first name and a family name for a middle name.
DD1 is Shiway Elizabeth. (Shiway is pronounced SHY-way) Shiway is the name of a friend of a friend and it means "little flower" in Mandarin. Elizabeth is after my MIL. We really struggled to find a first name that we agreed on. The minute DH suggested Shiway, the struggle was over.
DD2 will be Sadie Lucille. Sadie isn't necessarilly unusual, but DH and I were at his parents' house and FIL was talking about some of the genealogy research he had been doing and he was telling a cool story about some great-great-great grandma and her service in the Navy, etc...At the end of the story, he mentioned her name, Sadie, for the first time and DH and I simultaneously shot this look at each other. Hours later, when we were alone, he asked if I was thinking what he was thinking. We both were thinking it was a great name for any future DDs that we had. (We weren't even TTC at the time.) Now, we are expecting a girl and plan to name her Sadie. Lucille is after my mom's mother, who died when my mom was ten years old.
We are team green so we have chosen a boy and girl name. Our boy name is James Patrick. James is my husband's middle name and is after his maternal grandfather. Patrick is after my paternal grandfather whom died shortly after I was born.
Our girl name is Elizabeth Kathryn. Elizabeth is my sister's middle name and was a take on my maternal grandmother Emma. My mother's name is Kathryn. While I prefer Catherine, I want to keep my mother's spelling of the name.
We like traditional names and liked the idea of using family names. We certainly considered other names and having only one family name ie either the first or middle name, but as it turned out we preferred the family names. I also liked Elizabeth because of the biblical significance. She and Zacharias were childless for many years before they finally had a son. This spoke to me as it took us 14 months and a miscarriage before we conceived this child. We had a battery of tests done and everything pointed to unexplained infertility. I had to rely heavily on my faith during this time and learn to let go of the control over conceiving. As an extreme type A personality type letting go of control over anything is not easy for me.
We chose Nicholas b/c it's just about the only boy's name we could agree on.
We chose Ivan b/c my husband is Croatian. We wanted a Croatian middle name. However, there were absolutely no Croatian names that we could agree on. My husband's middle name is Marijan. Yeah, no way I'm doing that to my boy. We just decided to give him a Slavic middle name instead. Ivan is Slavic and it's also my husband's grandfather's name.
We're on Team Green so we have 2 names lined up.
Girl- Her middle name will be Jolie. Both my husband and I are Haitian and are fluent in Haitian Creole and French. We wanted to use a French or Creole word in her name. Jolie was the only one we could agree with. It means "pretty" in French.
Boy- His middle name will be Reid. I'll be completely honest. I love Criminal Minds and Agent Reid is my favorite. Luckily, my husband liked the name and it flowed with the baby's chosen first name
Team Green as well,
For a girl- Megan Frances, Megan being the combo of my mom and DHs mom, Margaret and Peggy, and Frances is my middle name, my moms middle name and my grandmothers first name.
For a boy - Joshua Anthony Harrison. (I know 2 middle names are tough but neither of us will give one up) Joshua was somewhat out of the blue as we couldn't agree on a first name, Anthony and Harrison for my grandfather and DHs dad.
DD will be Magnolia Mae, and we've been calling her Noli
We chose it because we love southern-sounding names, and wanted something unique without being made up. We also loved that one of her nn's could be Maggie- my mom's name is Margaret, and she goes by Marge now, but when she was little, everyone called her Maggie. We thought it was a sweet round-about way to honor her.
Our DD's name will be Anja Jolene. Anja was just a name I loved, and DH liked it enough to agree on it. Jolene is the name of a Ray Lamontagne song that means a lot to us both. We'll call her AJ, because we think it's cute.
The original name I wanted for a girl was Isabella Cecelia after both out grandmothers. Unfortunately, Isabella is beyond popular and neither Dh nor I like using popular names. We don't want 5 more more little girls named the same thing as our daughter in her class. Sooooooo..... We chose Daphne Laurel. Kinda a nod to Greek mythology. Dh is really into anything Greek.
https://www.pantheon.org/articles/d/daphne.html
We had other names we liked as well, but again, they were/are way too popular for our liking. We each had more names we liked individually,too but none that we both agreed on but this one.
Lillian Virginia
Lillian was a name we both just loved and also happens to be DHs God mothers name. Virginia is my late grandmothers name and we were very close.
Our daughter will be Melody L?a.
We picked Melody in honor of my mom who passed away about 2 years ago. Her name was Marti, but she swore she would haunt me until the day I died if I dared name her granddaughter that, so we were to just use the 'M.' My mom was a huge music fan, so when I thought of Melody, it just worked and was what we knew would be her name. DH and I also love music and have put a Beatles lyric over her crib
L?a is an Icelandic name (DH is Icelandic). We wanted an Icelandic name so we would not have issue there, they actually have a naming committee that has to approve of names. I picked this one because the L?a is a bird that represents the coming of spring, light and joy, which is what she is to us. Also, DH's name is another Icelandic bird (Orri- the bringer of war) so it is a nod to him as well.
Zachary is the name of my brother who died a few days before his 16th birthday when I was 12.
Ryan is daddy's name. : )
We chose Harper b/c every time I read the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" it reminds me of the stories my Granny would tell me of her childhood, and makes me feel close to her. DH and I picked it years ago as a way to honor the bond my Granny and I share. It is especially important for us to have the connection to her now b/c she passed in February.
Ellen was chosen b/c it is mine and my mothers middle name. All of our kids will have family names for the MN's.
DD1: Addily Anne; I loved Addalyn but too popular so shortened it and LOVE it! Anne after my mother.
Twin girls not sure which is which yet will be:
Aria Nicole; Nicole is my middle name
Arilyn Elaine; My great grandmother was an incredible, strong woman and her name was Marilyn, I thought taking the M off would be a more modern twist on an older name.She also raised my mom since my grandma was 16 when she had my mom. And Elaine is MIL's middle name.
This is my first post but I just could not resist this topic! Our little girl will be named Krislyn AnnMarie. My sister in law is Kristi Lynn and both of us are super close to her and she is does not have any children. Ann is my sister, cousin and grandmother's middle name and Marie is the middle name of both of our moms and my other sister! Although she will probably be called Krissy...or so our son says!
Ella Kay
Ella - was the name of my cabbage patch doll that I got on my first birthday! That doll was my first 'baby' so it seemed fitting that's what I name my first real baby!! Plus I think the name is super cute
Kay - my husbands mothers middle name. She passed away when he was13 and we wanted to make sure she was still a part of our little girl. This meant a lot to Dh and his family