Baby Names

Oh baby names. 

Such a hard thing to decide. 

At first we couldn't think of any...now we have too many. 

Finally, I've been through the entire Baby Name Bible (the girl section) and after having many conversations like the one below, we've assembled a list.

Steph: "Oooh, I kind of like 'Olive'"

Pete: "Or we could name her 'Avocado'" (in other words, 'Olive' is a no-go)

Steph "What about 'Lake'? It's kind of pretty and naturistic."

Pete: "Lake?! You're kidding, right?" (guess that one is out as well.)

I would really like to settle on a name before she is born...but as the months have gone by, I'm thinking we are going to have to see her before we know for sure. The table below has the names we are thinking about (in alphabetical order) and the meanings are to the right. The meaning of a name is kind of important to me...I don't really want to name my child something that means "bitter," "weary," or "little dog." Fair enough?

I think it will be so fun to look back after a year or so at the names we were thinking about for our little girl!

Abigail (Abby)	Hebrew, “my father is joyful”
Darby	Irish “free one”
Eden	Hebrew, “place of pleasure, delight”
Emery	German, “industrious”
Gracelyn/Grace	it’s a virtue J
Henley	English, “high meadow”
Jane	English, “God’s gracious gift”
Julia	Latin, “youthful”
Maggie	Greek, “pearl”
Nora	Greek, “light”
Rebekah	Hebrew, “servant of God”
Rowan	Irish, “little red-haired one” (you never know!)

Here are some potential combinations we like (we really like Jane...that will probably be her middle name):

Gracelyn Jane

Emery Jane

Julia Grace

Abigail Jane

Rebekah Jane

Darby Jane

Feel free to let us know what you think! Kindly, of course :)