Monday, June 2, 2008

And her name shall be...

Jillian Esther

This name follows our initial's pattern (boys are all AJS/JAS and girls are all JES). We did consider some A names for her but nothing stuck out. All of our children also have names with family meaning. For Jill it's her middle name. Esther was Andrew's maternal grandmother and Jocelyn's great aunt, both very special women in our lives.

For those that are now wondering about the other's names:
Jason is named after his parents. Our two middle names make up his name: Jason Aaron
Beth is actually June Elisabeth named after her Grandma June, Andrew's mom (the idea for calling her Beth comes from Little House on the Prairie).
Adam's name came because Andrew really wanted an AJ, and, after much deliberation over many boy A names (some of you may even recall being asked to suggest A names for us!) we chose Adam. Fortunately, it fits him perfectly. His middle name Johannes is after Jocelyn's great uncle, and it is a name that runs back to great-great grandfathers and uncles back in Norway. My Grandma and her siblings have called him Big John after their brother, quite ironic considering Adam is by far our smallest child!

So there's a little family history for you.

2 comments:

Nancy said...

I love it! So sorry to have been quiet on the comment front, of late. Doesn't mean I'm not reading! So excited about all of your news!!

Marcie said...

Love the name!