Ryan went on an LDS mission to Russia for 2 years before we met. After we got married and were thinking of children Ryan mentioned that he wanted one of his kids to have a Russian name. I had Ryan give me examples of names from Russia. Some boy names are Igor, Victor, Maxsim, Sergei (pronounced "Sir gay"), Vasilli etc. When I found out we were having a girl I decided she would be the one we gave a Russian name to. So after narrowing it down to Katya, Ayna and Natalya we of course went with Natalya.
Nycole is her middle name because with a name like Natalya I figured the middle name couldn't be anything simple lik Ann or Sue. The spelling is keeping with the "Y" theme.
Jakob Ryan
In Ryan's ancestory there is a story of a man named Jakob and his wife Suzanna. They had been reading the Bible and what their minister was teaching them and what the Bible was saying weren't matching up. They decided to try and find the true church but failed. They decided that whoever died first would come back and tell the other what church was true. Jakob died first. Suzanna waited by his coffin for 3 days. She realized he wasn't coming and got up to leave when Jakob showed up. He told her the true church was on the earth and that her posterity would accept it. Two generations later there was a girl in their family that was sick and wasn't getting better. The family heard of some healers in another town and went to find the Mormon Elders.
Ryan has always felt a strong connection to Jakob and this was the one name he had chosen before we had met.
Ryan is Jake's dad's name. ;)
Some interesting things about me and names:
- I'm not a big fan of the name Jakob but I love the name Jake
- I already have enough names picked out that I could probably have 10 kids. (Not that I want 10 kids)
- Sometimes I wish I could have all my kids now so that I could name them. That way no one could "steal" the ones I've chosen.
- I love the name Johnathon but I refuse to give that name to one of my son's because I don't want him called John. (Nothing against the name John I would just want him called Johnathon.)
- I love less popular names and weird spellings.
- My mom and I both have a slight obsession with putting "Y" in names.
- Naming my son Jakob had nothing to do with Twilight.
- If I name one of my daughter's Bella is also has nothing to do with Twilight. I liked the name Isabella before Twilight.
- No, I'm not a big fan of the name Edward.
- Ryan has a hard time with names that start with B, C or T. There's no real prejudice against those letters we just can't seem to agree on names that begin with those letters.
- He has a hard time with initials spelling out words. DO NOT bring up Jake's initials, middle name included or not.
- Ryan refuses to name his kids names of people he knows/knew that he doesn't/didn't like. Because of that some names that I really like are forever off limits.
It's only fair to have you tell me why your kids have the names they do. Any interesting stories? Do you have any weird quirks when it comes to names or naming your kids?
Haha! I'm exactly the same with names, in every way that you mentioned (except the Y thing). I could easily named off the 30 children I'm going to have just so I can name them.
ReplyDeleteKyle and I like old fashioned names that people never use.
We also can't name our kids certain names because of people from our past we didn't really like (or even worse for me, the mean people in books I've read). Brandon, Breck (weird name anyway), Garrett, Hope, Judy, Liz are all out of the question. Not that I liked them anyway.
I don't like when people come up with their own names for their kids, like Tazikia or Xanthie (real names for girls I have heard) just so their kid is "original."
I have to make sure that all of my children's names sound good with our last name as well as the common mispronunciation "Bahlling." Sometimes we joke about naming our kids Crystal or Cannon because of it. (Get it? Cannon Ball -ing? Chrystal Ball-ing?)
I also like the name Jonathan, but I know what you mean about John. I'm the same way with Joseph. I like the name Joseph, but I do not want my child to go by Joe.
Names are so interesting.