Rico is pretty much made up on DH's behalf.  He thought if it from the place Puerto Rico.  He says to me when we were just going out "what about Rico, like Puerto Rico, for a boy's name".  I loved it instantly!!!  However then Rico Gear came on the scene once he was born, and people thought he named him that after Rico Gear.  And others thought it was because DH's name is Riki, so it's a round about name like him.  Na ah.  Middle names Mikaere as DH's first name is Michael, but I don't particularly like that name so went for the Maori version, and Kiriwai is Dh's other middle name, a family name on his dad's side.  So DH's name is Michael Riki Kiriwai, and our son's name is Rico Mikaere Kiriwai.

Gia, again Dh came up with (he never likes my suggestions!!  But I mostly like his ones).  It cames from a old Italian movie we were watching when I was early pregnant with Rico.  It is about the 2nd WW and the American Soliders were based in Italy.  An Italian women slept with 3 of the soliders and fell pg.  Once the soliders went back to America, she contacted them all saying she was pregnant with their child.  The soliders didn't know each other, and never knew there we other possible fathers, so supported this child whilst still living Amercia.  But then there was a reunion when the child (a girl named Gia) was a teenager, and they all went back to Italy and all wanted to meet this child of theirs, so the mother had to try and organise it so none of the other possible fathers turned up at the same time!  It was a great movie.  And afterwards Dh said "when we have a girl, we'll call her Gia".  Her middle name is Nadia which is my middle name.

Jett - another of Dh's choices.  I loved Luca and was persisting with it, but DH said he'd never have that name, but came up with Jett and I liked it instantly.  Middle name is Te Akau which I choose out of a list of Maori names Dh put to me, that was my favourite sounding one, but discovered just last year that Te Akau is place in our hometown!!!  Also has Ryan after my brother.

Ava, Dh actually suggested Eva initially when early pregnant with Jett, but I said  "no, I love Ava" which is a name I've never actually contemplated until Dh suggested Eva.  Since Jett was boy, therefore didn't use Ava, when pg with Ava, there was no discussion, just went ahead with using Ava, although I tossed and turned over perhaps using Eva as it wasn't as common.  I liked the idea though that I could use "Avy" as a nickname which I think is cute.  Because Jett can't speak well, he actually calls Ava "Eva" anyway!  Middle name is Tiare as Dh wanted her to have a Maori middle name and I didn't like any of his suggestions.  MIL actually said just a few days before Ava was born about the name Tiare, and it's Maori for the gardenia flower which is so pretty.  So said to Dh I like that name the most and so he agreed.

DS is Jacob Benjamin as we both liked the two names. He gets called Jake a lot of the times.

DD is Kaitlyn Elizabeth and has been on top of our list since forever.