Kids names?

Their middle names are a bit more interesting, actually - Nathaniel means 'a gift from God' and Joy is fairly self-explanatory (because she was such a completely wonderul surprise, after all that trying with Jacob, joy's the only word for it )

Gabrielle is named after my Grandmother - Gabrielle is her middle name.

Tane is an adaptation of DF's Grandfathers name and also king of the forest.

Hendrix was named after my grandad (Hendrikus) middle name Terrence after my partners great grandfather and his grandfathers middle name. We are thinking Frankie for this wee girl (Frances is DP's grandads middle name and Francescis my grandads and 2 of my uncles middle names) Maria as a middle name (my nana, mum and aunties middle name). But still not 100% sure. Love the family connections :)

We only want to give our children passed down middle names, so Seth has DH's middle name as his.
Seth sadly came about while DH and I were watching the O and there's a character named Seth. I was just like 'what about Seth for a name' and it just sounded good to both of us!
Sad but true...

Lily was a name that we both liked off a list of 5 names we picked each. For her middle name she has my family middle name which I have, so does Mum, Nana, Great Nana, Great great Nana and it was Great great great Nanas first name.

Nothing too exciting there

For DS we were having trouble deciding, and hen my DH said "I'd really like to call a boy after my grandfather, because he was a good old stick - his name was Roy" I said " Really, my Granddad was called Roy too!" So although I would never have considered it otherwise, that's what he ended up. His middle name Timothy is after my brother who died when he was 21.

For DD I really liked the name Meg, and we called her Margaret as that is a family name. I told DH he could/had to choose a middle name, but he hadn't, so on the way to hospital I suggested we use both her grandmothers' names, so she is Margaret Ruth Joan. How quaint and oldfashioned!

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Megan was the only girls name that really stood out for me couldnt even think of any other names that I liked ironically enough when I was pregnant her I didnt even know she was a girl and could not come up with a boys name so told DH to come up with a boys name.

He did suggest Logan but then it meant if we had a boy first (I was set on the name Megan) they would sound too alike. so he came up with the name Lucas.

Megan's middle name is Grace after my nana and Lucas' middle name is Johannes his Opa's first name.

Hannah is a name both DH and I have liked for a long time (seems every Hannah we've ever known has been nice).
As it turned out, I have Hannahs in my family tree.
Her middle name, May, comes from DH's late grandmother.

Mason is named after my late grandmother. Her maiden name was Mason. His middle name is DH's first name. All the boys in DH's family are given their middle names according to what their father's first name is.

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.

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From the day we found out I was preg, we were convinced we were having a boy,and came up with the name Conor Joseph. Conor simply because it is a good irish name (DH is from Dublin) and it was the only name we both liked. Joseph is both DH's and his Dad's middle name. THEN we had the anatomy scan and hey presto, turns out we were having a girl! Hunted high and low for a girls name, couldn't agree on one, then I came across the name Isla and joked about how it is an anogram of my name (Lisa) and DH goes 'yep, thats it. We are calling her Isla'. Her middle name is Grace because it just sounds nice. My 8yo neice actually suggested it cause it is her BFF's name I'm not overly sentimental when it comes to family names, I only agreed on Joseph for a boys name to shut DH up about it. If he had his way, if we ever have a boy it would have exactly the same name as him (Patrick Joseph) but I said nu-uh! It gets your middle and last name so I at least get to choose the first name!
For any future girls, I just want something that kinda 'matches' Isla's name. I love Elsie & Scarlett.. Middle name will be Marie/Maree as it sounds like my maiden name (Murray), it's my eldest sisters middle name, my 2nd eldest sister's name is Maria, and my BFF's name is Anne-Marie, oh and DH's nana who just passed away aged 93 was called Mary.