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Children's names: Meanings and reasons for choosing them
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Beeyoutiful and Kevin's girl just gave me a great idea for a new post. I love to hear all your kid's names. I really like to know the meanings and the reasons or circumstances by which you chose the names. I think it is special and a lot of fun. Plus, it will give us a non-confrontational way of getting to know one another on this site. Proverbs 22:1
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William
Michael
"Determined Protector" "Godlike"
named after my husband's dad who died of cancer when my husband was only 6 years old
Timothy Sean
"He who honors God" "Gift of God"
named after my nephew who was adopted when I was 13, I still have not met him
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Quote from: Titus2:3wife on August 17, 2006, 07:20:51 PM
Beeyoutiful and Kevin's girl just gave me a great idea for a new post. I love to hear all your kid's names. I really like to know the meanings and the reasons or circumstances by which you chose the names. I think it is special and a lot of fun. Plus, it will give us a non-confrontational way of getting to know one another on this site. Proverbs 22:1
Emily = Industrious, Beth = House
(house of Industry). Emily has always been my favorite girls name. Beth is my sister.
Abigail = Father's Joy, Morgan= By the Sea
(my husband loves to be by the sea
) I was reading a Christian Novel and my husband who like to read the back of them and mock them, said "how about Abigail" for a girls name. We both liked it and Abigail was a good woman in the Bible!. Morgan was my husbands favorite girls name......we were going to use it for a first name and Abigail for the middle name, but our last name begins with D and she would have been MAD! I have for the most part, since quit reading novels.
Zachary= The Lord Has Remembered, Abraham = Father of many nations
. We had decided on Shiloh for a boys name for our girls (if they had been boys), but obviously it didnt work out. I told my husband he could pick the boys name as long as it wasnt to outrageous. He picked Zachary and I like the name, we couldnt decide on a middle name, decided on Abraham because he was born on Abraham Lincolns birthday)
Benjamin= Son of my Right Hand, Robert= Bright, famous
My husband figured since he got to pick the last boys name, he gets to pick ALL the boys names, I let him have his way.
. He picked Benjamin and I agreed. HIs middle name is Robert because he was named for both his paternal and maternal grandfathers, so we really didnt go by the meaning with this one. Before we had always looked up the meanings of the names). Jacob also called Benjamin in the Bible a "raveneous wolf", which my husband likes to call him that sometimes.
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Leah (the weary, wild cow) Marie (??)
My book doesn't have Marie. My husband always wanted a Hannah Marie because he liked Hannah and both his grandmothers were named Marie. Before we married his brother had a Hannah Christine so we had to find a different first name. We wanted something from the Bible and Leah fit perfect.
Carson (his father lives near marshes) Edward (guardian of wealth)
We had intended to stick with bible names for at least the first name but my husband also wanted something Old West. He has this huge Old West history book he loves to look through. He kept telling me of the Jedediah Smith who was known to always have his Bible in hand as his restless eyes forever turned westward. I just did not want a Jed because I knew someone, sometime or another, would shorten it for a nickname. So my hubby kept looking and said "Kit Carson?" So Carson it was. The middle name is Edward for both my husband, father, and brother have this middle name.
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I have also read that Leah means "I have found favor with the Lord." Which is what Leah said when she bore Jacob a son.
Joseph Courage: Joseph = the Lord will prosper, he that is increased. Courage = Brave in the face of danger? PROSPEROUS AND BRAVE
Ryshoni Joy: Ryshoni = Primary, initial, first fruits. Joy = Happiness God gives. FIRST fruit JOY
Hannah Sunshine: Hannah = Grace. Sunshine = God's light for man. GRACE and LIGHT
We aim to name our kids a first name that describes God's work to them, and a second name that means God's work through them.
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August 18, 2006, 11:02:22 PM »
Ok, I am going to prove once and for all how strange my husband and I are, and expose our weakness for pop culture.
We tend to pick the names first, and then find out the meanings later.
Before our first child was a "twinkle in our eye" my husband woke up and told me that he dreamed we had a son whose middle name was "Danger." I laughed it off but he said "No really, I
like
it...I think we should do it." I had always liked the name "Jarvis" (found in an Anne of Green Gables book) and I told him that I thought Jarvis sounded good with Danger. So we kind of settled on it, knowing that most people would find it strange, but that our friends would probably love it. Now here is where it gets interesting. After I got pregnant I found out that Jarvis means "Skilled with a Spear." We kind of laughed about that..."Skilled with a spear...dangerous!" And then my MIL caught wind of what we were going to name our child and told us she looked it up in the dictionary and that Danger meant "exposure to evil" and did we really want to name our child something that meant exposure to evil? I practically shouted with joy YES! Suddenly I realized that our son's name was about spiritual warfare...he would be skilled with a spear when exposed to evil!! What I love about his name is that it sounds strange and even a little scary but we are very comforted knowing that in our strange and scary world our son is being equipped. Who is not exposed to evil? It's a fact of life. But I am confident that our son will be skilled against it. And the name has truly grown on our family, especially my father who loves 60s spy shows
He has a hard time admitting it, but I can tell he loves it. So, son number one is Jarvis Danger, and he's now 3 and a half.
While Jarvis was still in utero my husband and I were watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special. When Charlie cries out "Can anyone tell me what Christmas is all about?" Linus takes the stage and begins to quote from the book of Luke, King James version and tells them the story of Jesus born in Bethlehem. I have seen it many times before but it still brought tears to my eyes...and we knew we wanted a Linus. We love that character because while he is insecure he is also precocious and sensitive. He really reminds me of my brother, Edward. Linus means "flax" so the meaning isn't that special but Linus was also the name of a first century church leader. We chose Kaspar for his middle name because we just liked it, but it is also a traditional name of one of the Magi. We liked the German spelling best. It means "Keeper of the Treasure." Linus Kaspar is 18 months.
My husband really beleives the Holy Spirit has led us to these names for our kids.
I have the name Alice Magdalene picked out for a girl, for my grandmother and for Mary Magdalene. Alice means noble or truth.
I also have the name Felix picked out for the next boy. Felix is also a biblical name and it means "Happy." I have Sebastian or Theophilus picked out for a middle name. Sebastian means "revered" but Theophilus means "Friend of God" and I think "Happy Friend of God" is such a cool name! But hubby doesn't care for it, so it will probably be Sebastian.
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Hannah
"Grace"
Joy
"joy" I was pregnant with my daughter at age 19, and became born again two days later in my car, for my mother kicked me out of the house. The father left me alone and I didn't have any college or a job. I figured in my situation, I should give the child up for adoption. I chose Hannah from the Bible because she gave Samuel up to the Lord after she weaned him. I kinda felt like she did. But then I gave birth and I just couldn't do it! I didn't know how I was going to do it, but I knew that God would provide for me. Her name was going to be Hannah Grace, but when I knew I was keeping her, I had much joy. Hence, her middle name.
Michael
"Who is Like God"
Malachi
"messenger" The choice of our son's name really isn't as heart warming as the first child. We just couldn't agree on a name together. He liked horrible names like: Duncan(can you say, doughnut?), maximus, Artaxerxes(Blech!) My husband mentioned that he promised his best buddy growing up that if he should have a son then he would name him after him. I figured Michael was plain, common, but by far, so much better than some of those other names!!
I have the other names picked out for the other children coming, but it seems the Lord must not like the names, either, for they are not here!!!
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OK - we are just NOT as spiritual as y'all.
The first one I definitely loved this name, and the meaning as well.
Shannon Christine - godly wisdom, follower of Christ
Cody Anthony- sounded good with shannon, unusual (not for long) Middle after my dad
Molly Claire - loved the names together
Kelly Erin - Thought she was going to be a boy, kept the names anyway ;o) Loved the Irishness
Collin Shane - Dh loved shane, I loved Collin
My midwife settled the battle for Cody's name. Dh wanted him to be Shane. Shannon and Shane were WAY too close and cutesy for me. Right after birth (it was a tough one), she told dh that "I" need to get the last word on the name, having just gone through that. Dh caved!
When Molly Claire was born, 5 yo Shannon called grandpa and told him her name was Rose. She loved that name from Laura Ingalls and named her doll Clover Rose. Well, my dad loves the name and has a ds. named Rose and was delighted. By the time we spoke, I had no idea and said, 'oh, I'm sorry, we named her Molly Dad.' He was really disappointed! He'd told his sister and everything (in their 80s.)
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I knew that in Bible times, names meant something...so I started looking for the meanings of names - even before I was married.
Ruth Elisabeth - Friend, Consecrated to God (Kind of funny how in the Bible the first born belonged to God...)
Edit: I have since learned that Elisabeth doesn't mean Consecrated to God according to the KJV...but don't ask me to remember it right now!
We have since had another little girl named Shalom Elkanah (Peace God has obtained). Josh and God decided on the Elkanah, and I liked Shalom. This name change came a month before she was born. Interestingly enough, she was conceived in Israel - and only God could ever bring peace to Israel!!!
If we ever have a boy, his name will be Caleb Joshua - Faithful Jehovah Saves.
I would love to have more than two kids, but I think my husband may want to have a say in things before I name everyone!
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My 3 blessings!
Joseph Kyle~ Joseph after my DH, we just liked the name Kyle (nick name Bubbie)
Anna Rose~ I like old fashion names and she was named after my grandmothers Annie and Rosa (nick name Rosa~ Anna Rosie~ sis or my Mom calls her pickles)
Emma Lily~ also old fashion in my opinion.....wanted both girls to have flower names (we tossed around Emma Daisy, but no one liked it?!?) so Lily it is and it reminds me that Jesus Christ is the Lily of the Valley! (nick name Lilian, lily or Emma Joe..she looks just like Daddy...)
I love my kids names and they seem to fit them perfectly!
And they seem to like the nick names too. I can remember as a little girl my Mom & Dad called my sunshine and my hubby calls me punkie, I have no clue how that name arrived but every card or letter he writes to me he sends to punkie.
Also if you ask our baby girl her name (she is 2.5) she says Lily Springer or she will say
brown eyed Joe (which is another "pet name" from my Mom!)
Anyway, sorry that got alittle off topic! Wendy
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I never thought about nick-names, too. For some reason, our DC have them and answer to them as much as their real names. Our daughter is Bug or Bug-a-boo; although, she is starting to request that we not call her that anymore!!
Our son has a million, but my mother calls him, bubbie, too, but I call him stump because he is short for his age. Poor thing!
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'We chose Kaspar for his middle name because we just liked it, but it is also a traditional name of one of the Magi. We liked the German spelling best. It means "Keeper of the Treasure." '
KatieMac, it's also neat that Linus was the one 'keeping the treasure' about Jesus on Charlie Brown's Christmas. He was always my favorite.
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Okay I know this is an old topic but I loved it and wanted to share...
My oldest Daughter is named Xandy Lee... God truly gave her that name. Her dad wanted Xandy (pronounced with a Z) and Lee is a 5 generation middle name of girls in my family. I thought Xandy was a terrible name. Then I found out what they mean. Xandy = Yellow Flower, and Lee = in the medow. So God said...
Xandy Lee is a beautiful yellow flower in the medow that stands tall and bright. She shines brighter each day. Reflecting the Son so all who see her fall in love. She brings joy to the hurting world.
I wrote that in church when I was pregnant then looked up at the cross and said okay God you win her name will be Xandy Lee. God is GOOD..
(by the way the neatest thing about this was at that time we didn't know the sex of the baby but from that point on I did)
Okay so now second child is not as exciting... Her Dad is my Husband and not the same (thats another story) He came home one day and said I like the name Michaela. So again dad picked first name I get middle name...
Michaela Ruth.. Ruth = friend Not sure on michaela though I think its a hebrew. Ruth is another family name.
Okay would love to hear more of these name things. I love the meaning of names!! Probably because mine is so common.
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I don't like to use our names too much on the net so I will just give the meanings...
Ds #1 was born before I was saved - his name means "high desire" because I wanted him to have a high desire for life. We were having a hard time finding a middle name; I wanted one that meant dragon, and dh wanted one that meant wolf ( but I thought it sounded like a girls name). One week before he was born, dh's best friend was killed in the line of duty (police officer) and I suggested we use his name for the middle name. So ds has a middle name that means "wasteland". I certainly hope that doesn't typify his life.
Dd was born after I got saved and her name means "full of grace, mercy, and prayer". Her middle name means, "precious gem; delight" and it was my grandmothers name.
Ds #2's name is one I've already mentioned on WTM so I'll go ahead and tell you it's Josiah James. Dh picked Josiah because it just came to him one day and he couldn't get it out of his head, so he said he said, "I'm going to name him that.... just in case I'm supposed to"
. And it means "God helps" or "God will save". I was only a few weeks pregnant at the time so we didn't even know if it was a boy or girl, but dh felt so strong that it was a boy and he should be named Josiah, that we never even discussed girl names. James is dh's middle name and I thought it sounded great with Josiah. It means "supplanter".
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I've had baby names on my mind these days...maybe because we are hoping for our second blessing...
When I was pregnant we I knew that is I had a girl the name had to start with a "J" because both my mom and I are "J"s but for whatever reason it didn't occur to me to have a boy's name start with a J.
For a girl we were set on Jillian (youthful) Beatrice (joyful). Beatrice was my Nana's name. For a boy I thought for you sure we were going to name him Noah (peacemaker) but didn't have a middle name. At the hospital the nurse asked about names and we told her and she suggested hubby's middle name for a boy. We liked it but didn't really talk about names too much after that because I was getting to be a little distracted with pain.
Anyway, when our son came out, they asked what his name was and I told hubby to make the finally call, fully expecting Noah Christopher or Noah Michael. Well, I didn't even ask while I was in recovery because I was too busy staring in awe about my new wonderful little son. When my SIL and MIL came in to see us, they asked what his name was and I was like, oh yeah, I want to know too! That is when hubby told them Jonah (peacemaker) Christopher (the bearer of Christ, also hubby's middle name). I was in love with it. Hubby wanted our boy to be a "J"!
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MIRACLE GRACE CORAL
. She has to middle names ( grace and coral). I knew that would be her name when I was in my 1st trimester even tho I did not know if she was a boy or girl I just kind of knew she would be a girl. We was married 8 years before she was born. She is our 1st child. We was told I could not conceive and I did not conceive until we was married about 7.5 years. My pregnancy was long and hard and I was very sick. I barfed 24/7 all 9 months. The labor and delivery was filled with sickness, dread,high fevers and high blood pressure from a possible pancreasities attack. The doc about pulled Miracles head off literaly by using a suction cup when Miracle was not even in station 1 yet. It was dangerous and almost deadly.
So we say God gave us a MIRACLE by HIS GRACE. CORAL is the name of an old Indian lady I took care of in the nursing home. She was upset none of her many offspring named their kids after her. I was only 19 at the time and promised I would name my 1st born girl after her some day so I had to stick to my promise.
FAITH
I named our second born and last child Faith because I just had FAITH that GOD would keep her alive and well threw yet another awful sickly pregnancy. I knew I would have a c-section with this one which was a blessing compared to the long horrible labor and delivery I had with #1. My 2nd preg was full of barfing again. But what made me so sick with this preg was that my diabetes could not withstand the pregnancy. The pregnancy hormones were killing me and my pancreas. My blood sugars were awful which greatly indangers the baby. My placenta was almost 50% ripped off the uterus wall most of the preg which greatly endangered baby and me because if it had come all the way off both me and baby would have bleed to death in a short period of time. My diabetes kept getting worse. The baby was born healthy and fine other then she had low blood sugars for a few days.
I had FAITH GOD would keep her alive. I just knew HE would do that for me. And HE did.
The baby names came to me, to my spirit from God I feel. My husband respected that and we decided on those names.
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Wow, God is Great in all His Glory.. To think He knew of each little miracle before we even imagined it.. Thank you Lord. Thanks for sharing everyone!!
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We have James Henry, Asher Eric, Carlton John, Elsa Kathryn, Sally Jane, and Wesley Curtis.
James is 4th generation on my mom's side, Henry 3rd on my dad's. James means deceiver or supplanter, but we're trusting he'll be truthful! Asher means happy and that kiddoe has not stopped smiling since he was born. Carlton means farmer, and my boy could dig in the dirt and work with his hands all the live long day. Elsa means nurse and she is a very gentle caregiver in our family. Sally means God's princess and I am sorry to say she is far from ladylike, but is precious nontheless! A short aside to her middle name (Jane), I had to get a reference to my favorite author Jane Austen in there somewhere. And little Wesley means west meadow. Now that's funny because I got pregnant with him when we lived in the country, and had a meadow on our property to the west of our house. We've since moved back to the burbs, but a nice reminder of our former life! He actually is named for "Farm Boy, or the Man in Black" from the movie Princess Bride. It's spelled Westley in the movie, but we dropped the s.
Sorry to say, NONE of them were named for their meanings, but we love the meanings just the same. Amazing how God works out those details. We're hoping God's not done with us yet because we really want a little Laura Marlene.
Great topic!
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Ethan Matthew - Ethan, Hebrew origin and means 'strong, firm'
Matthew, Hebrew origin and means 'gift of God'
Nolan Emmanuel - Nolan, Gaelic origin and means 'famous, noble'
Emmanuel, Hebrew origin and means 'God is with us'
Gianna Belle - Gianna, Hebrew origin and means 'God's grace'
Belle, Latin origin and means 'beauty'
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Olivia Lillian Charie. Olivia means Peace, although at the time, we picked it because we liked the name and not so much because of the meaning, but since we have had her she is our little peaceful sunshine girl. I don't think she cried the first week of her life at home and she brings us great peace whenever things are difficult. Her second name was for her great grandma on her dad's side and I don't actually know the meaning of that one. I'll have to look it up. The third one is for my sister, because she and I are so close. There is a lot more to that one, but it is hard to put into words I guess. I don't know the meaning of that name either. Hmmm. I'm gonna have to work on that with our next one.
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where does a person look up the meaning for names?
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Beryl Kate
- Beryl is my grandmother. Kate because I think it is both feminine & strong. Both names mean "pure". She goes by Kate, btw.
Lia Elizabeth
- My dh had an older sister born that only lived 2 days. Her name was Angelia. We just took the "lia" off the end b/c I've always loved the name - seems feminine & tender. Elizabeth is his mom's & grandmom's name, and is one of my all-time favorite names.
Rachel Christine
- Rachel b/e I just LOVE the name. Feminine & enduring. Christine was my precious (but SUPER sassy) great-grandmother (Beryl's mother). Our dd is SO much like her. Strange.
Sam Kennedy
- Sam was my great granddaddy(Beryl's daddy) who I never knew, but grew up hearing about "papa Sam" or "Mr. Sam". I love the name anyway, and also wanted to (once again) honor my grandmother. Kennedy was dh's granddaddy's middle name, and he died a few months before our Sam got here, so dh chose that name to comfort his grandmother.
I really should look up their true meanings!
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Quote from: joyofthelord on January 24, 2008, 11:10:09 AM
where does a person look up the meaning for names?
You can google name meanings or something similar and about a million websites will come up. Or the library.
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We love babies' names.
Ours are :
Noah Sergiy
We knew we were adopting a boy and one sermon at church our Pastor was on Heb. 11" Hall of Faith".
Dh & I looked at each other and said, "that's the name". Yes we talked in church shhhh!
His middle name is the french interpretation of his Russian given name. It was important to us to keep some heritage for him, but we couldn't pronounce it in Russian.
Titus David
I aspire to be a Titus2 women, and i liked the role of Titus to Paul, it seemed to fit a second born.
His middle name is David, my DH is very much a David in character. It sounds strong to us.
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Quote from: joyofthelord on January 24, 2008, 11:10:09 AM
where does a person look up the meaning for names?
I always go to
http://www.behindthename.com/
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Re: Children's names: Meanings and reasons for choosing them
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Diana
(after my sister name) Abigail
(the father rejoyces). Before I was pregnant I wanted to name my first daughter Abigail. My husband loves girls and I knew he would gradly rejoyce when he´d have a babygirl in his arms. I´m proud of that name (she goes after that)
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Re: Children's names: Meanings and reasons for choosing them
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Hello, I'm new here. I love that I'm labeled "wide-eyed". It just makes me laugh.
I've been looking through lots of back posts and although this thread is old it seemed as good a place as any to introduce myself a little.
DH's method for child-naming is to go completely through one of those baby name books and make a list of any that appeal to him. He then has me cross off any that I don't care for. Over time he crosses off more, I cross off more, and together we whittle down the list. With our third child we were down to 2 names "Joshua" and "Daniel" and could not decide between them.
A note about my emotional state at the end of the pregnancy: I was a week overdue, the baby had not yet turned, and I was scheduled to have him manually turned and then be induced. Oh, and at the last ultrasound the nurse told me that he was measuring at 10 lbs. When I asked what the 13 after the 10 was on the screen, the nurse told me "Oh, that's the ounces, I wasn't going to mention that."
So, all in all, I was a little nervous about the delivery. And I should add that I really was feeling that my walk with God was not what it should have been at that time. And we still had not chosen a name.
I checked again to remind myself what the two names meant. Daniel means "God is my judge" and Joshua means "God saves". Now IMO Daniel seems like a great name for the Daniel in the Bible who remembered that God is his judge and chose to obey Him over men. But at that moment I really did not want to go through labor with the image of God as my judge in my head; I wanted to cling to God being my Savior and not so much my judge, so I spoke with my husband and we decided upon the name of Joshua.
During delivery his shoulder got stuck and I had a lot of trouble pushing him out. I cried out in my soul for God to help me and within a push or two Joshua was born. His cord had been wrapped around his neck and his Apgar was 1. Only within the last year has my husband told me that he looked dead when he came out. I started noticing that he was not crying yet as the medical staff worked over him. I think I might have prayed for him then... honestly it's all kind of a blur. But just like his name, God saved Joshua and he was fine within a couple of minutes. He is 4 now and such a joy and my perfect reminder that God saves.
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Re: Children's names: Meanings and reasons for choosing them
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Quote from: briarmama on August 15, 2010, 09:49:21 PM
Hello, I'm new here. I love that I'm labeled "wide-eyed". It just makes me laugh.
I've been looking through lots of back posts and although this thread is old it seemed as good a place as any to introduce myself a little.
DH's method for child-naming is to go completely through one of those baby name books and make a list of any that appeal to him. He then has me cross off any that I don't care for. Over time he crosses off more, I cross off more, and together we whittle down the list. With our third child we were down to 2 names "Joshua" and "Daniel" and could not decide between them.
A note about my emotional state at the end of the pregnancy: I was a week overdue, the baby had not yet turned, and I was scheduled to have him manually turned and then be induced. Oh, and at the last ultrasound the nurse told me that he was measuring at 10 lbs. When I asked what the 13 after the 10 was on the screen, the nurse told me "Oh, that's the ounces, I wasn't going to mention that."
So, all in all, I was a little nervous about the delivery. And I should add that I really was feeling that my walk with God was not what it should have been at that time. And we still had not chosen a name.
I checked again to remind myself what the two names meant. Daniel means "God is my judge" and Joshua means "God saves". Now IMO Daniel seems like a great name for the Daniel in the Bible who remembered that God is his judge and chose to obey Him over men. But at that moment I really did not want to go through labor with the image of God as my judge in my head; I wanted to cling to God being my Savior and not so much my judge, so I spoke with my husband and we decided upon the name of Joshua.
During delivery his shoulder got stuck and I had a lot of trouble pushing him out. I cried out in my soul for God to help me and within a push or two Joshua was born. His cord had been wrapped around his neck and his Apgar was 1. Only within the last year has my husband told me that he looked dead when he came out. I started noticing that he was not crying yet as the medical staff worked over him. I think I might have prayed for him then... honestly it's all kind of a blur. But just like his name, God saved Joshua and he was fine within a couple of minutes. He is 4 now and such a joy and my perfect reminder that God saves.
Welcome and thanks for sharing!
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