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Just found out last week that we're expecting our third baby in November! We already have a boy's name we'll probably go with -- Josiah Birch -- that we had planned if our last daughter had been a boy.

We have two daughters:
Ezra Grace -- nn Ez, Ezzie, Ezzie Grace
Elspeth Dove -- nn Elsie, Elie, Elspie

Some names we like/love but wouldn't use, for various reasons:
Moira
Brigid
Prairie
Bethany (we have two little Bethanys in our church!)
Tabitha
Selah
Mercy (too sing-song-y with our last name, I think)
Leda (love the name, not the story!!)

I've been liking Jane a lot lately -- it's close to my mom's name (Joan), and we're fans of Jane Austen & Jane Eyre.

I also love the name Margaret, though I'm having trouble winning my husband over to it. We like Evangeline, and Armistice (probably Armistice as a middle name -- having trouble thinking of good nicknames for it!)

We like classic names, Biblical names, Jewish and Irish names. We are NOT set on beginning all our kid's names with "E" (runner-up to Elspeth was Liesl), but we do like naming after friends in creative ways -- ex: we have an elderly family friend named Grace, and Elspeth's middle name is after my Grandpa Dave (Dove = Dovid).

Our last name is Irish, starts with a "G," rhymes with "Malachy" (the Irish saint, not the OT book), and has the same rhythm.

birth announcements

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

Massimo Felix
Thomas Fergus
Lauren Maria (Jessica)
Hugo Edward Leonardo
Ferdinand Richard Francis (Alexia)
Emilia Nancy Jean (Oscar)
Dylan Edward (Sophie)
Montgomery Nate (Esme)
Hugo William Thomas (Cecily)
Jessica Mia (Amelia)
Aurelia Mary Susan (Beatrice, Nicholas)
Clara Aurora Heather (Ava)
Kai William David
Beatrice Rebecca (Isabella)
Harry Colin (Toby)
Eva Jessica
Poppy Ann (Charlotte)
Patrick Daniel
Octavia Alice
Georgina Matilda
Oliver Anthony (Jessica)
Finnian Angus Peter
Hannah Olivia
Lara Phoebe
Thomas Ian
Boyd Alexander (Braiden)
Cecilia Victoria
Cameron John Hugh (Euan, Stuart)
Fraser Grant (Amy, Lauren, Gemma)
Anastasia Freya (Claudia, Gabriella, Aurelia)
Evangeline Rose (Elizabeth, Michael)
Adam Thomas (Ross)
Ruby Alice
Lewis Thomas John
Daisy Sarah
Eva Joyce May
Ethan James (Marco, Aaron)
Matilda Mae (Isabella)
Joseph Francis
Pollyanna Violet (Fenella)
Harriet Molly (Matilda)
Mabel Louise
Zinnia Mary
Edward Jules Cooper
Astrid Eleonora (Julia Alexandra)
Iris Molly
Poppy Harriet
Zara Lilian
Willoughby Spencer
Daisy Louise
Marissa Beth
Liam Wolfgang
Finnegan Gerald