Those are 3 words I’ve never been able to utter. I seriously thought I should announce that I was pregnant with #4 for April Fool’s Day, but ultimately decided I couldn’t be that mean. Instead I’ll talk about baby names.Over the years, I’ve collected many a baby name. I wanted ten children so that I could name them all. I love the names I (I mean we…) chose for our boys. They are personally meaningful.
Levi Jefferson was given a biblical name and my great-great-grandfather’s name (Levi) and also named after Thomas Jefferson.
Luke Monroe was given a biblical name (Luke), a president’s name (Monroe) and named after my father and great-grandfather (Monroe).
Leif Benjamin (pronounced ‘Lafe’ by the way) was given the name Benjamin which covered the statesman (Ben Franklin), family (Uncle Ben and also Ben Franklin–a shirt-tail relative), as well as the biblical end of things. I just happened to love the name Leif which came in handy.
I never imagined that I would have three boys. I certainly didn’t think I would have to keep up the ‘L’, biblical, presidential, familial names. Would you believe I spent many a night thinking of a 4th boy name ‘just in case.’ (I’m sure my family will believe it…) John pretty much covers the bases as a middle name. Landon, Larkin, London, Lincoln, Lachlan…. No worries, though. There are no plans in the works for a #4.Colette was a steady first choice at the beginning of all 3 pregnancies. Colette Avary for 1 and 2. Lucy-Colette Adelaide for #3. Alas, no Colette.Will someone please let me name their baby girl? Here is a list for you to choose from (in no particular order):Adelaide (Adele)BrittaWrenLeislColetteLucyAnnikaSylvieAvaryEstellaAudreyWillow
What are your favorite names?
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UPDATE: I forgot to give you a link to the coolest baby naming tool I’ve found on the web. The Baby Name Wizard’s Name Voyager shows the popularity of any name over the last hundred years or so. Just type in any name or partial name and it shows up on the graph. Be sure to check out the numbers on the side that show the number of babies per million with that name. Sometimes the graph goes up to thousands, sometimes it appears in tens.