Traditions

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So I just found out I'm 6wks pregnant, and obviously have a long way to go before naming the little sesame seed in person.  But of course I can't help myself and have been thinking about names since the day I found out I was expecting.

One thing I am certain of is that I don't want to find out the gender before birth, so I will need male and female options.  

Here's my criteria, maybe you can help me think of different possibilities:

I was raised half Jewish and half Catholic.  I never really thought much about naming traditions in either faith, but I do know that I was named using the Jewish naming tradition of after the most recently deceased relative (indirectly).  What I mean: my grandma died while my mom was pregnant with me, and her name was Lieselotte, I was named with an L name (Leslie) in honor of her.  And now that I am pregnant myself I kind of want to keep that tradition.  My most recently deceased relative is my grandpa, Thomas Daniel.  I don't want to use the name Thomas itself, but I would like to honor him in some way.  The only T name I really can think of that I like is Timothy, so maybe you can help me think of more.  (please don't suggest Thomasina)

The other tradition that my fiance's family uses, is that the first boy's middle name is their fathers name.  So if we have a boy his middle name would have to be Adam.  They don't have any naming traditions for girls.

What are some names that honor Thomas, for both girls and boys?  And what are some boy name combos that go well with Adam as the middle?

I generally like traditional names for boys (like Charles and Timothy) and am much more all over the place with girl names (for example I like Juniper, Lindsay, and Ayla) and find it much harder to find girl names I like.

Squee! I'm so excited to be having a baby!!

Help a sister out!

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Hello peeps!

Here's the deal I am a huge nerd and the boyfriend is more... not such a big nerd. He enjoys shows, books and rpg I do but he's more neutral about it all while I am... a bit crazy. The other day we were discussing names and while we both agreed Eowyn was a good option it got me thinking about how... far I wanna take the naming thing. I would not reeeeally name my child Eragon, for example (as badly as I want to) but I still want to totally geek out with names! I am currently IN LOVE with Eragon and Maurtagh but really? I would probably be a horrible mother naming a child of mine that. So I started thinking maybe just use names that make me think of those like Morgan and... I dunno. 

Another problem I have are NATURE NAMES. See... my poor child will not only have the biggest nerd ever as a mother but also a hippie. I love names like Grey, Snow, Frost, Dove, Fawn, Breeze, Rain (spelled like this), Lily, River, Leaf... you catching my drift? So again... a nerd name followed by a nature name? Too much isn't it? I've tried toning it down some but still... Are these names too much?

Boys;

Ares Jaime 
Morgan Snow
Moses Aragorn
River James
Achilles James

Girls: 

Lily Lucia
Luna Helena (or Helena Luna)
Morgan Frost
Grey Isobel

None of these are set in stone, just some examples I through together but... are they too much?