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[chadwah.livejournal.com]

 Thanks for all of your advice -- for possible names, we decided on Elspeth Dove and Josiah Birch. :)

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[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful names! Great picks.

[chadwah.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Although so far, Elspeth seems to be generating some confusion among the friends we've told -- but our daughter's name is Ezra, so we're pretty used to repeating ourselves... :)

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

Those are both so beautiful! I always forget how much I love Elspeth, it's so lovely, and your middle names are fantastic!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Those are great names!

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're both gorgeous names! I really like Elspeth, and I always said I wanted to use it for a middle, even though it's not normally something I would like! Dove is cute. Josiah is nice, also, and I really like Birch, too!

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

Love them! Elspeth Dove is especially neat. :D

[bonobaby.livejournal.com]

I personally don't really like Espeth Dove, I don't mind Josiah but the Birch is where it loses me.

I have a thing about 'too different' names, maybe because my mother cursed me with one...

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

LOOOOVE Elspeth. :)

[hwar.livejournal.com]

Pretty. :)

[chadwah.livejournal.com]

My husband has what he'd consider a "too different" name, so I use him as a good barometer for what a kid can (and should) take.

That said, I'm sure different people have very different experiences, but naming is always a gamble. I hated my super-popular super-80's name (Heather) for most of my life, and would have done anything to be named Summer or Sabrina when I was in grade school.

[chadwah.livejournal.com]

My point of reference for a "different" name might also be different than yours; I consider Josiah and Elspeth quite conventional, and I think there's a lot more leeway for unusual names when they're middles.