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May 2014 Moms
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What is the meaning of your baby's name?
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What is the meaning of your baby's name? What does it mean to you, or why did you choose it?
My DS1's name is Nikolas Knight. His father picked the name, and had it in mind well before we conceived. I fell in love with it! We decided to spell it with a 'k' instead of a 'ch'. I love how unique his middle name is, and I am particularly fond of anything and everything renaissance and medieval. My DS1 tells everyone "I am a Knight!" especially when we visit the annual Renaissance Festival.
My DS1's name is Nikolas Knight. His father picked the name, and had it in mind well before we conceived. I fell in love with it! We decided to spell it with a 'k' instead of a 'ch'. I love how unique his middle name is, and I am particularly fond of anything and everything renaissance and medieval. My DS1 tells everyone "I am a Knight!" especially when we visit the annual Renaissance Festival.
The meaning of his first name, according to https://www.thinkbabynames.com/:
Nikolas as a boy's name has the meaning "people of victory" and is a variant of Nicholas (Greek), biblical: one of seven "qualified men" in the first-century Christian congregation.
I choose DS2's name, Nolan Lawrence. Nolan has obvious ties to baseball, which H used to play throughout his childhood and into his adult years. He was offered scholarships but he severely injured his left leg and his knee before starting college. It was one of the very few names H immediately took to (he is picky). Lawrence is my father's middle name, and LO was due on my dad's birthday to boot.
Here is the meaning of his first name:
Nolan \n(o)-lan\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Nolan), is pronounced NOH-lan. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Nolan is "champion". From Nuallan. Also possibly from Uallach (Gaelic) "proud one". Surname used as given name. Baseball celebrity Nolan Ryan.
What about your LO's name(s)? Any interesting stories behind them, please share. 
Nikolas Knight
Born: August 8th, 2009 8lbs 8oz 4:33pm
Nolan Lawrence
Born: May 21st, 2014 8lbs 14oz 3:27pm
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children.
One is roots; the other, wings." -Hodding Carter
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Re: What is the meaning of your baby's name?
Wyatt because that's the only name MH liked. He shot down every other name I liked.
John is after my grandfather who passed away. I lived with him for about 5yrs of my life we got to become close.
Philip is after MH's grandfather who passed away.
Our daughter is Maren Bonita. Most sites say "there is much debate over the meaning of the name". Ranging from "mistress of the sea" and "sea of bitterness or sorrow" to "wished for child" - so obviously we lean towards thinking it means the positive:) again, it was chosen based on liking how it sounds versus the meaning. Bonita is my beloved, awesome grandmother's name. I also love that it means "beautiful" in Spanish. I have learned Maren is pronounced and spelled a couple different ways...we pronounce mare-in like Erin with an m in front.
It was my grandfather's middle name.
Ethan means solid strong and enduring.
James was mentioned by a pp.
We really loved the names first and once I looked up the meaning of Ethan I loved it even more. DH and I are really into traditional names and thought that the meaning was perfect for out little boy!
Aparently so do a lot of other people haha oh well. I survived being one of a million Danielles born my year just fine ;-)
I've always loved the name Cooper -(it's even the name of my "secret"board on Pinterest with all things baby - even before we ttc)
The trick was convincing DH but Cooper means barrel maker - as in barrels that whiskey is made in and that sold DH
James Roger are DHs middle names.
James is his grandfather who passed away this spring and Roger is his godfather
And I like the way they sound together.
DHs nick name is Rog so I'm happy my son gets to carry on those names
With our next baby I think we need to pull names from my side of the family tho to even it up
Lucas is the male version of my first name (that I don't go by) Lucy, and Lucy was my maternal grandmother's name, she died before I was born. I have always loved the name Lucas anyway and DH loved it as well. It worked out that it kind of ends up being a family name as well. It means "light".
William is my dad's middle name and also my paternal grandfather's middle name, I was very close to my grandpa and also my dad so this was a way to remember my grandpa and honor my dad.
With naming our kids we try to pick one family name and then one "we just like it" name.
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14
Husband loved Brooke and I fell in love w it for that reason. I also love the ties to nature as she was born on a gorgeous day in may.
Olivia because we thought it sounded pretty with Brooke and it would make her initials BOO which we think is adorable!
H's name is Sean, was nearly Seamus. It is the Gaelic equivalent of "James" and means "he who supplants". We liked that continuity, the nod to Irish roots, and the nickname Shea.
Roderick was my grandfather's name. We were very close. DS was born on the obe year anniversary of his passing. It was used by the English/Scotts and means "famous power".
It actually hadn't occurred to me that we were giving him such powerful names - we just liked them and wanted to draw from that family history.
Leo is the middle name. We both have an uncle and grandpa named Leonard. DD's middle name is Eve, short for my grandma Evelyn, so a shortened Leo seemed fitting. And Leo Tolstoy
Mae we liked the sound and we have a ton of family birthdays in May.
Her first name means 'after the rain' which I picked from the ones we both liked well enough. I like it because she is a rainbow baby for us and in addition the year and a half before she was born was also difficult as my mother was sick/in treatment/dying from lung cancer. She died 4 days after A. was born. And dh's father had died 2 years ago. So both families were grateful to have a new life as something happy to focus on after times of sadness. And then also there's the nice way things outside smell after it rains. And after rain things thrive and grow like we hope she will. And in Mumbai the monsoon rains bring relief from really hot weather and dh likes the weather there just after it rains. So many reasons for liking that name.
Her middle name is the name of a hindu goddess of food/grain who is known for being generous and giving people plenty. Also it just sounds nice as a name. Dh really picked that one.
I never put the actual names here b/c don't want bump pages to show up if someone googles her name since it is unusual enough to not give a lot of search results. If you're curious the first name at least shows up easily by Googling Marathi name after the rain. Both names start with A.
Francis is after my Grandfather. I lived with him for the first 10 years of my life. He was a firefighter and taught me everything he knew about gardening.