"Yummy, yummy, yummy I got wuv i my tummy, my name is Ee-yeye-ah en I wuv eweebuhddy!"
My daughter's name is Elia, and if you say it correctly, it rhymes with Papaya. Her middle name is Eden.
If you have followed my blogs you already know that she was diagnosed with hydrocephaly in utero, and that her birth almost killed her and myself.
She is a perfectly healthy, beautiful and hyperintelligent (at least I think so) 2 and a half year old.
Her name came about because i was convinced I was having a boy. My husband and I agreed on the name Eli. I think it sounds beautiful, and it literally means "Ascension." I love the story of Eli in the Bible. He was a priest who adopted Samuel from Hannah, a woman who so desperately wanted a child that she promised God she would devote that child back to Him, and so gave Samuel to Eli the priest, who loved and cared for him. I think of a conscious child care giver when I think of the name Eli.
We found out we were having a girl. I liked the names "Rowan" and "Morgaine" because of medieval mythology. My husband hated those names. We couldn't agree on anything. Finally I was talking with coworkers, and a nurse I work with suggested making Eli a feminine name by adding an A. I told my husband and he loved it. We went back and forth about the spelling. Putting an H on the end would help to clarify the pronunciation, but I performed numerology charts, and liked the profile of Elia over Eliah.
In researching the name Elia, I was excited to find out the meaning was "Yahweh is my God," the same as the definition for Elijah, the name of a prophet who left earth in a chariot and never died.
I came to learn that "Elia" is an Italian name and hasn't been widely used since the 1400s in Italy. Latins do use it more frequently, but the pronunciation is "El-ee-yah."
Eden speaks for itself. I have envisioned my little Ee-yeye-ah as a being who has the capacity to bring human beings back to their position of innocence. She has already accomplished this to some extent, especially with my father who she shares a birthday with.
I wanted to say a lot more about my little papaya, but it seems the story of her name has taken up more space than i expected. i will have to start a new blog soon.
I enjoyed the naming process from my kids. My daughter name is Victory Anne Elizabeth I will leave the last name out. I learned that fighting with a pregnant woman was futile and that the best I could do was to put as many names in as I could so as to confuses her and finale make her abandon the name that were to far crazy like Liberty or Justice or Zwandamercy. As you can see I did not give my daughter a normal name but her name fits her and I like it.
"Something given has no value"~Robert Heinlein
"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanack, 1749
Victory, that is pretty. Victor has always seemed harsh, and Victoria too. Victory, how perfect!
My nephew's name is Justus, my sister in law traces it to an obscure translation of Joseph, but I haven't figured out the origin myself. I like Justice as a name, for a boy or girl.
"Consistency is not a human trait" - Maude, from Harold and Maude
CUTE! I love the name!!! The meaning behind names is so neat! That's really interesting about her name and its meaning. I'm Italian, so anything to do with Italian history is fascinating. : ) My name means Princess O:-)
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I always had to fight with my husband over our children's names. He always wanted normal names, and I like them a little more exotic. He would try to confuse me but I would get so irritated that I would let him have the simplest one. That is how our son got his name Alexander Hezekiah, we call him Alex for short. We had all sorts of names including Eli/Elija, Zacchariah, Jaren (a name blended tribute to both our fathers), Ezekial, Terrance, Jamal, Benjamin, Gabriel (a name that I still think is awesome), Kaleb/Caleb, Daven, etc. I picked the middle name because its awesome biblical story of a man that was granted fifteen more years of life for living well. Its amazing because my son nearly died a few days after his birth and he is absolutely fine five and a half years later.
With my daughters name I was unwavering. I wanted to give her a female version of my little brothers name and the names of my good friends since fourth and eightth grade. Every male on my mom's side of the family seemed to have the same hispanic name and I thought it would be fun to have the first girl with the similar name but I did not want the snob version. She is two and a half now and the name suits her well.
Anyway. I really like the name Elia...Good Job and she is cute too.
Love is like a box of chocolates; if you chose wisely you won’t be disappointed and have to spit it out. ~T
but it means "dog" in Hebrew. It's hard to find names that sound nice and also have a rich meaning.
Wow, about your son! It's amazing when something like that happens when they are so little, it really makes you feel how fragile life is.
You didn't say what your daughter's name is?
"Consistency is not a human trait" - Maude, from Harold and Maude
I did not say it on purpose but I already know you think it is perfect.
Love is like a box of chocolates; if you chose wisely you won’t be disappointed and have to spit it out. ~T
That was so cute and very interesting
~angi~