This is a response to Uncle Jeff in the comment section, how we chose our kids names. The first name we wanted them to be different and unique. The second name is a family name with first boy and girl being named after there parents.
Zoë Michelle:
Zoë: I chose the name Zoë, it was a name I have loved for many years. I first heard it when my sisters friend was trying to name her baby and she was thinking Zoe and I said that sounded so funny and for some reason she had to keep repeating that name to me cause i kept thinking it was Ziggy. She never named that baby Zoe and after awhile I started liking it more and more. Lee also took quite a bit of convincing to get the name I wanted. We never found out what the baby's sex was until the day she was born so we had to figure out boy and girl names. After my whole pregnancy of saying the name Zoë for a girl Lee started liking it more each day as well. What made him give in was that he got to spell it the way he wanted which was having the french diaeresis ë. Lee served his mission in Quebec so was happy to bring some french influence into the name.
Michelle: This one is easy to explain, it's my middle name. I wanted my baby to be named after me but not my first name which I hear all the time.
Dreyton Leland:
Dreyton: this name was another name I chose, it took awhile to figure out a name for Dreyton. Lee and I had a hard time with choosing a name as the ones we wanted seemed to be very popular right now. Jacob, Ethan, and Preston were our top names at the beginning but they were too popular for our liking. One day I was just thinking about all the little boys I knew from daycare, and Dreyton popped in my head. Dreyton was a VERY cute boy, a little bit of a trouble maker but was such a cuddler too. I instantly loved that name for my baby as soon as I remembered it but again it took a bit of convincing for Lee to agree with the name. It wasn't because he didn't like it but because he wanted to name our first boy. An xbox360 (nintendo system) later the name was chosen.
Leland: well I hope everybody knows where this name came from, Lee's first name. Lee actually has two middle names James and Haines, Haines is Lee's mom's maiden name. After picking the first name Dreyton, Leland was a better sounding name to have as a middle name and I really liked that name more then the other two names.
If we had the ideal situation a boy and a girl next we already have the middle names picked out. I am not going to say what they will be until they're here but they are names from our grandparents.
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Kristy, YAAAY, i just noticed you posted, after i posted some pics of Ryan and Katya at the cabin. I'm so glad you accepted my invite to be an author on my blog, of course you would be right on top of it in no time. Thank you so much for this post, you're totally right, the middle names you chose are perfect, and i love that tradition of passing on names.
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the name Zoë, and it's perfect with Michelle, both names have a lovely french quality, i assumed Lee would like them for that reason. Dreyton Leland is a great choice too...goes perfectly with Stanford. Zoë Michelle, and Dreyton Leland, Stanford. Great names, even greater kids. Now i'll remember their middle names. The mystery of the next names should be fun to anticipate. Maybe a props to your dad somewhere. (I didn't say that, don't want to jinx anything.)
Anyone else want to be on my blog authour list? Just means you can post family related stories whenever you like, without having to go through me. It's an open invitation.
Super, Kristy and Lee! Your system is great. Reminds me a bit of the "Scottish Naming Pattern", which is so important for genealogists....first boy named after the husband's father, second boy named after the wife's father, third boy named after the husband himself. First girl named after the wife's mother, second girl named after the
ReplyDeletehusband's mother, third girl named after the wife herself. Subsequent children named after the husband's eldest brother, the wife's eldest sister, and so on and so on. This was a wonderful system, as you always knew what name you should be looking for. Another thing that was adhered to, if a child named (e.g.) Mary died, a subsequent child would be given her name... in one of my Haddow lines, this happened three times in the same family. In cases like this, BIRTHDATES became all-important. There were great losses of children, especially among the poor families, improper nutrition, cholera, terrible hygienic conditions, ignorance, were all contributing factors. Unohoo...
ya i like this multiple author blogging, it's a neat idea.
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