Our first child was so easy to name - the name Timothy came to us, without hesitation, when he was a mere twinkle in our eyes. This baby is a completely different story. I have a whole list of girl names, but boy names are giving us trouble. I have names that I absolutely love, but Todd is not crazy about any of them. He says he can't wrap his mind around a name for this one. What's going on???
A few nights ago we were having the name discussion yet again. I said, hey Timothy is a book in the Bible and it means to honor God. Wouldn't it be great to give the next baby, should it be a boy, a book in the Bible name? We went through the basics and have reasons for not using Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Matthew is the name of my mother-in-law's son. We have friends with a son name Luke (are you reading this Stacy?) and neither of us are crazy about Mark or John. So, I looked at the others. There are two that could be: Joshua and Samuel. Sameul is the name of our neighbors' new son, so I don't feel comfortable with that. Todd loves it. I like Joshua; Todd thinks it's "gay." Nice, huh?
I decided to continue to search the Bible for jsut a Biblical name. When I decided to do that, upon opening the Bible, it opened to the book of Joshua. It opened to a page that had a newspaper clipping with Todd's mother's picture; it was an announcement for the marriage of his mom and dad. In addition to the clipping there was a note care from Todd's mom's funeral. Well, in my mind, this is a sign that Todd's mom thinks we should name this child Joshua, should it be a boy (I am, also, convinced it's a boy now - just because of this - a fellow blogger, can't remember who now, wrote a blog about a soul nursery, so of course I believe that the child I am carrying was in that soul nursery and has already had the pleasure of meeting Todd's mom and has been rocked in her arms - gosh, wish I could give credit to the author of that blog - maybe Jenny?)
Anyway, sorry for the digression - I think it should be Joshua. Todd's not convinced it was a sign. Maybe he'll come around!
Edited - I found the the lovely story, Little Soul Nursery, which was written by Jenny!
In the meantime, I am open to boy name suggestions. Anyone????
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I am so excited for you guys!! Really missed ya too - glad you're back.
We had the same problem. Instant agreement on naming our daughter, nothing but disagreement this time. I picked out a bunch of girl names, but only liked one boy name. Turns out it's a boy, and my hubby finally agreed to the name I like. I'm going to post it later this week, probably.
I really like the name Joshua, too, and I would definitely take it as a sign that that's what you're supposed to name the baby. Glad you so liked my story, BTW. :o)
I forgot to tell you the other name considerations for my son. We named him Joseph James, so there's two Bible names for you. The other ones I liked were Joel, Josiah, Micah, Benjamin and Isaac. I actually really liked Micah Benjamin, too.
I know you're on Joshua, and I don't blame you. Hope your hubby agrees, but if not, good luck!
I like Biblical names too (although you can't tell that by Gannon and Acadia!). We like the names Levi and Micah, plus a couple more that my hubby likes that I don't. Jerub, for one.
I don't think Joshua sounds "gay". Men can be so funny sometimes.
I had the same problem with my son's name. We could not come up with a middle name, but finally fell in love with "Joseph".
When I was preggers for my daughter, we never did come up with a boy's name. I think the difficulty in picking a boys name played some part in me deciding not to have any more children!
Hopefully he will come around soon. Though, I did have friends who did not decide the names of their boy/girl twins until they were 3 days old and the birth registry lady camped out in their hospital room!
what about josiah, jedediah, adam, elijah (is becoming more popular), aaron, jonathan, jesse, benjamin, joash, malacai, jeremiah. these are just a few. sounds as if you really like joshua which is a nice name as well. well, happy choosing.
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