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[knava.livejournal.com]

I've been lurking off and on for a while now, but especially since I found out I was pregnant. I have a girl name that I'm pretty sure I'm set on, but so far nothing seems to have really stuck for what to name a boy =/

Anyway, I've been really wanting to ask this for a while now. If we have a daughter I really want to give her the middle name of my husband's deceased sister. We met online and she died about a month or so before he flew to meet me in person. I've heard a lot about her and have seen pictures. She was beautiful, artistic, and she definitely had a wild side. My husband was 17 when she died and they had just started to form that bond that older siblings typically do, and he's been mourning her a lot lately and I thought it would be a great way to honour her.

ANYWAY.. :) On to my question. Her name was Eressa. I've never in my life heard this name before, and I keep meaning to ask my mother in law where or how she heard it/came up with it. I've searched online and in baby name books and I've never seen it, nor any other name that really resembles it, which surprises me because it doesn't sound that odd to my ear.

So, WDYT? (No need to be polite because of it's origin!) and if you've heard or seen it anywhere, let me know!

Comments

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I haven't seem that exact name, but it reminds me of Ereza, which means 'cedar tree/strong as cedar tree' in hebrew. I think it sounds quite nice :)

[scouty.livejournal.com]

I have seen it somewhere already but cant rememeber where

I know it as last name and a name in a game and a name in one of tolkiens books

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's a variant of Arissa?
(which means "magnificent" in Greek according to babynamesworld.com)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it before, but I like it for a middle name! :)
This is the only thing I've found about the name
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_tigermoths/OrangeSpotted.htm

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i think that is a great way to honor your hubby's sister. plus, it's original, yet not totally off the wall. what were you thinking of as a first name?

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I don't like that Eressa reminds me of 'erase', but with that little note aside, I think it's quite pretty.
I never heard of it either, and my googling only led to an island mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkiens books...but the island is called Tol Eressea, not Eressa =).

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i am not fond of the sound of it, but i really love the meaning, and i am big on personal meanings for people, so i love it!!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Normally I don't like 'made up' names, but this one doesn't sound stupid or trendy, and I think it's really lovely that you want to honour your husband's sister.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I like it. I don't know its "true" origin or meaning, either, but the meanings of Ereza and Arissa given above are lovely; if you can't find anything concrete (and if your MIL can't give you any solid info), I'd just say it's a variant of one of those, should it ever come up.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eressa

It's a genus of moth. o_O

I like it, actually. Over the past few minutes I've rolled it through my head and decided I do like it.

What were you thinking of to go along with it?

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I think what you are doing is nice, and Eressa a very versatile middle name. I wouldn't use it as a first name thought, I think it might be pretty hard on your SO to say the name everyday.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I like it. It reminds me of my daughter's name... Cressa =]