I guess I haven’t officially announced it, but we are excited for the newest addition to our family that will be coming on or around September 24th. Cristian decided he wanted to take a few maternity pictures to try out settings on the camera so here are the glam shots of me at about 6 months, as well as a cool pair of glasses that someone left along the bike trail. And a nose shot. Cristian just loves these for some reason…
And, if you make it all the way through those, here are some names we are thinking about. Comment, vote, tell me which one of them you like the most!
- Emory Rose Icleanu
We’ve liked the name Emory since Cristian started applying to grad schools, and we both thought Emory University had a nice ring to it. In fact, I think that’s the major reason why we applied there. There is also a county in Utah called Emery and an exit somewhere on the way to Evanston, Wyoming that goes to Emory, but I can’t find that on the map. Rose is just a middle name that I think sounds nice with Emory.
- Nellie Lucia Icleanu
I wanted to name someone after my great-grandmother, who I grew up around and really admired. Her name was Nellie Barbara Hirschi Widmer. Though I’m not in love with Nellie as a name, it only seems to sound ok as a first name. It also has a similar meaning to Cristian’s #2 choice. Nellie is a derivation of Helen, which means the sun and the Romanian name Lucia means light.
- Emery Lucia Icleanu
Emery spelled the way most people here spell it for girls, and Lucia again for Cristian (in English it’s “l-oo-see-a” and “lu-ch-ee-a” in Romanian).
- Geneva Ecaterina Icleanu
I could name her after my home town instead of my great-grandmother? Both of us liked Genevieve, and Geneva is actually kind of a pretty combination of Jen and Eva, which I like even though I’ve never heard of it as a first name before. Ecaterina is Cristian’s father’s mother, who I met when we were in Romania. She was very sweet.
- Emory Katerina Icleanu
Cristian’s preferred spelling for Emory, and my Americanized version of his grandmother’s name.
- Emory Nelia Icleanu
Again, the original Emory and this new idea I have of keeping my great-grandmother’s name but passing it on sounding a little nicer and Romanian-er.
Sarah Familia
August 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm
You look wonderful, Heidi. And no way do you look eight months pregnant. My top two picks for names are Geneva Ecaterina and Emory Nelia. Although don't feel like you have to call her by her first name. When we lived in Italy and Tunisia, we called our son by his middle name (Dominique) because his first name (Raj) was so difficult for people to say. Now he'll answer to either one, and likes having two names.
heidii
August 28, 2012 at 3:52 pm
That's because the pics are from 6 months. 🙂 I'm definitely getting bigger now! And glad you like Geneva; I'm liking that one more and more. Maybe if it's not this baby, there might be a Geneva in the family someday.
Maqddy
August 22, 2012 at 8:11 am
Luciana Emory is my pick, haha. OK, I like Emory Lucia. We had a girl at my school called Emory. Cute!
heidii
August 28, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Luciana is pretty as well. Thanks for the recommendation!
kara
August 30, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Dang you're little! That's like me at 5/6 months! I am starting to feel like a waddling whale with 6 weeks left. I love how much history is within your choice of names. I'm guessing you know you're having a girl……sounds like Emery is to forerunner….it's my tendency to try and spell a m/f name more feminine if I can……like adding and 'i' to Teigan. Do you pronounce it Em-ree or Em ur ee? Anyway, Emery looks like a masculine spelling and could be confusing later on. That's the only reason I mention anything. I love Nellie. Oh, Gramma Nellie. 😉 They're all cool names. Props!
heidii
August 31, 2012 at 5:01 pm
This is funny because you're the second person that said it, but the pics are actually at 6 months. 🙂 I'm really popping out now and feeling a lot less cute. I should post old pictures every time!
I think we're going to spell it Emory. Does the "o" look more feminine to you? I always have to write the names in cursive to decide which I like, and my latest favs are Emory Nellia and Geneva Ecaterina I think. I'm glad you like them. It's nice to have some support when the older people think they are weird names. 🙂 Saying it is "em-o-ree," or like you said "em-a-ree."