tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post7821854644211188558..comments2024-01-28T11:48:06.891-08:00Comments on Nestled Under Rainbows: My Children's NamesLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646760896578776857noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-87474963217578313502011-07-26T05:09:38.858-07:002011-07-26T05:09:38.858-07:00I love this post, Laura- your children's names...I love this post, Laura- your children's names are beautiful, and with such meaning behind them! I always wanted to find the perfect names for my children, and always had that moment of panic toward the end of pregnancy where I hadn't discovered it yet! In the end, I always did, and it clicked. Ella Bronte is named after Charlotte Bronte. Oliver Winter is named for the winter was born into, one week after the solstice and during huge winter storms (snow past our waists!). Asa Cedar Sage, was named because Asa means "healer" and he was my VBA2C baby, who helped heal some of the cesarean wounds of the past. Cedar was because Ella wanted a tree name for him, Sage means "wise one" and it fit him. Ezri Sol, born a couple of weeks after the solstice in summer, during a horrid heat wave- so he's named for the sun. <br /><3Mama Ash Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477958069982028795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-52462286791623045282011-07-25T14:15:47.301-07:002011-07-25T14:15:47.301-07:00Hi all, what wonderful stories you are sharing, th...Hi all, what wonderful stories you are sharing, thank you so much.<br />Heather: Rebe is the same if someone tries to call her Rebecca or Ruby! She is very indignant that her name is Rebe.<br />Amy I remember the battle with G to call her Isla...all in vein eh?! <br />Carrie, yes we pronounce it Ree Bee (I think my description in the original post was probably a bit confusing, I was messing with the shapes and sounds of the words and that is how the Ree Bee sound emerged)<br />Liz, how lovely to have someone named after you :-) I love what you wrote about the numerologist, I think that's so true! <br />Sharon, I think you might possible have to start writing childrens books about your kids, I don't think you could get much cooler names than Pickle and Pie :-)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646760896578776857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-82729851328438129712011-07-25T14:13:37.219-07:002011-07-25T14:13:37.219-07:00Timmy was nameless for about 10 days. Officially.L...Timmy was nameless for about 10 days. Officially.Lucky child escaped Oak, Berry, Jerry... We had named him by day three ourselves. But Patrick didn't want to go public with it till he felt really sure. Each of our children's names were only settled on after they were born and we felt they 'fitted' them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664045557725853106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-56978241646470727912011-07-25T10:53:35.824-07:002011-07-25T10:53:35.824-07:00I LOVE this. Thanks so much for sharing. Beautiful...I LOVE this. Thanks so much for sharing. Beautiful story of how your children's names came to be.Hannah Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621102435454967254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-56699163880265186752011-07-25T06:55:10.011-07:002011-07-25T06:55:10.011-07:00We had a name picked out for our daughter before s...We had a name picked out for our daughter before she was born (if she was a girl, we had no boys names picked)- Guinevere Elizabeth. But when she was born she wasn't even remotely a Guinevere. The nurses asked us every time they came in if we had named her yet. My husband had been dead set on Guinevere so I was afraid to bring up the fact that I didn't think it fit her at all but as soon as we got a chance to talk about it he said "I know what we wanted to name her but she's not a Guinevere" and I said "nope, she's an Eleanore and we'll call her Nora Rose". And that was the right name. We do call her by her given name some of the time but Nora most often. Family repeatedly tried to get us to call her Ellie no matter how many times we tried to explain to them that she wasn't an Ellie. Now that she's 5 she has a say in what she is called and she corrects people who shorten it to Ellie by telling them that they have the option of calling her Eleanore or Nora.<br /><br />Our son took us 24hrs to name. We tried a number of names on him but none of them worked. And then we both at the same time said "Henry". That was it, his name. Other than a few family specific nicknames, he only gets called Henry and if someone tries to call him something else he gets quite indignant.Heather in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181418061455127980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-9212064011988814122011-07-25T04:56:58.326-07:002011-07-25T04:56:58.326-07:00So true. I hated the name Cillian until he was bo...So true. I hated the name Cillian until he was born, I loved Tadhg but it was always Tadhg and Twin 2!!! Then after about 3 hours Twin 2 became Charlie. Annie was Isla (which I battled with hubby to get) But we didn't officially name her until her transfer to Crumlin at 24 hours and the nurses wanted her to have a name! I felt they wanted her named in case she died in the ambulance on the way!!! She was born on our wedding anniversary so Annie it was!!! XXXXamynaturallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191207268574577048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-10263635947873898062011-07-25T04:40:51.052-07:002011-07-25T04:40:51.052-07:00Yes indeed, it is all true what you say.
I am wond...Yes indeed, it is all true what you say.<br />I am wondering how Rebe is pronounced. I have read it as being pronounced Ree-bee.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695288671797007773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-43727732546698737002011-07-25T02:43:31.334-07:002011-07-25T02:43:31.334-07:00I was once told by a numerologist that your name i...I was once told by a numerologist that your name is already chosen, and it suggests itself to your parents. I definitely believe there is a right name for each of us. I had all my children's names before they were born, I don't know why, they were just there. Funnily enough, I named my mums cats as a child and 2 of them had names I later chose for my children. (The cats had very pretty names!) My Grandpa's name was chosen for my first son, because I loved him so dearly and wanted to pass on his name, and being born on Christmas day, he adopted his January birthday too. I also have a Joshua, though he mainly gets called Joshy. My other son I really wanted to call Zach, but it just wasn't right, so he is Tom and it fits him very well. <br />My new niece has just been born and she has been given my name which is so lovely, she really looks like an Elizabeth too. I love the story of your children's names. I somehow feel they will always be known by those names and never revert back to the original names given. <br />Have a lovely week, Liz xlizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256657592441608327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475675772650336352.post-88448484013540548472011-07-25T02:25:33.748-07:002011-07-25T02:25:33.748-07:00Lovely ponderings. My children are Archie Antoni ...Lovely ponderings. My children are Archie Antoni and Tabitha Trouble (this is her real name). Mostly they are known as Pie and Pickle, it is just the way it is, Archie has always been Archiepie, sometimes just Pie. Tabby has always been a pickle and it suits her, I doubt they will ever be anything else to us even when they are adults. Archie and Tabitha are people that I expect them to become sometime later on, maybe when they bring their 1st boy/girlfriend home - who knows xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965460202851542724noreply@blogger.com