Name Game..to be determined
So the big question of the week is now "what are you going to name them?" To be honest, Hubby and I had that picked out about three years ago back when he was twisting my arm to start having a family. We agreed on a girl's name that we both liked pretty much immediately. The boy's name was pretty much a no brainer.For two people who met randomly on the internet, and to have several profound soul connecting things in common, is one of the things that made our meeting special and continues to make our relationship special today. Our father's dying at a young age is one of the things that made me not quickly move on from his web page (well that and he ran/coached track, he was biracial and went to an Ivy league school). It seems only appropriate to honor those who brought us together "TJ" as Hubby has pointed out in the past (to no one in particular) what a good sports name it makes. We considered reversing the names. Those of you who knew my dad well would know that he would roll over in his grave to let a person know the importance of the CORRECT name. If you called him Jon XYZ's, he would retort, nice to meet you, "Jake" Johnson's. And I'm sure several of my school papers were sent back with the correct name of XYZ no "s", etched in for good effect by him, to my teachers. He let only one person in his life call him "Jonny." Need I say more?
Unfortunately if we do switch the boy name now, we will have to switch our girls name too. The second boys name, which we both agreed on immediately (Brian), is basically the male version of our first choice girls name. I liked our girls choice because it had a little "ethnic" flair without being too outlandish, something we'd love to add. So...
We are for fun, scanning baby name books and of course track meets for other possibilities. Here are some of the interesting names and meanings we have found so far . Vote for your favorite...It won't influence us a bit but we're hearing opinions left and right, so join in...
| 1. | Achen | Ugandan | A twin | |
| 2. | Banji | African | Second-born of twins | |
| 3. | Kakra | Ghanaian | younger of twins | |
| 4. | Kasinda | African | Female | born to a family with twins |
| 5. | Kehinde | Yoruban | second of twins | |
| 6. | Kissa | Ugandan | born after twins | |
| 7. | Ochen | Ugandan | one of the twins | |
| 8. | Odion | Nigerian | first of twins | |
| 9. | Panyin | Ghanaian | older of twins | |
| 10. | Thomas(35) | Hebrew | Male | a twin |
Girls: Tianna, Lolo, Sheba, Shameeka
Boys: Damarkus, Tremain,
Other random names
GIRL: Tomasina (yes this does exist)
AND yes: Hazel and Phineas is already taken by Julia Roberts, but that doesn't mean we won't use them =)
posted by Andrea @ 7:09 PM
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