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Help Us Name Our Baby!

It’s hard to believe I am due with our fourth child in less than one week (Thursday, July 25). Okay so the truth is that Jeremiah and I are having a difficult time nailing down the perfect name for our baby boy. And well… we are running out of time! We haven’t had that “Aha!” moment yet where we really feel it and both agree but we do have some ideas.

We thought we’d open up the discussion to our friends and readers of this blog and get your opinion. We did this last year with our daughter Hannah’s middle name and it was a lot of fun. Also if it helps, here is the story behind this baby boy– he is our sweet God-given surprise.

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Here are the names we like so far and the significance. (Oh yeah and our last name is pronounced KREE-ger):

William Anthony Krieger: We like the meaning of William: “determined protector.” We like that it’s traditional and strong and would consider calling him Will. Short and sweet like our son John. Anthony is Jeremiah’s middle name, named after his grandfather.

Luke Daniel Krieger: Biblically, Luke means “bearer of light.” It’s a cool-yet-strong New Testament name. We also like that it’s short. We like Daniel because it flows well as a middle name and would rhyme with our son John Samuel. Daniel means “God is my judge.” We aren’t sure though if Luke sounds good with our last name Krieger- since they both have the hard “k” at the end and beginning. Not sure if that’s a big deal though.

Jeremiah David (J.D.) Krieger: My husband Jeremiah prefers not naming our son after him but we figured we’d throw it in here anyway with the option of calling him J.D. We aren’t sure if we are sold on having his name be an initial though.

David Jeremiah Krieger: David is Hebrew for “Beloved” and most of you know about David in the Bible. It’s a strong, masculine name that seems to flow well with our other kids’ names. And we could have Jeremiah as the middle name.

Above is a recent photo of our kids: John (4 1/2), Rebekah (2 1/2), and Hannah (1). Which name do you think would fit well into our family? If you have any suggestions other than the names in the poll, please share your thoughts in the comments above. It’s not guaranteed we will use one of these names but for now it’s what we have and hopefully it will get us closer, if not to the one.

Thank you so much!

Now, it’s your turn to vote:

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Poll: What Should Our Baby’s Middle Name Be?

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I thought having you participate in a little poll on my blog would be fun! Our baby girl is due to arrive at the end of the month and we’d like to have her middle name decided on before the delivery room.

We are 99.9% set on her first name being Hannah. It flows well with our other children’s names: John & Rebekah (biblical, traditional names, named after Jeremiah’s dad and my mom). We love the meaning of Hannah: Grace; favor in Hebrew. I’ve always loved the softness of the name and how feminine it sounds.

Now, to the middle name. There are 4 options below that are our favorite as of now:

Kate– Jeremiah likes the name a lot. I do too. I think it’s cute/sophisticated and might be fun to call her by both names: “Hannah Kate.” There would be a hard “k” on the middle and last name however, but that might not matter so much?

Elisabeth– Significant for author Elisabeth Elliot. Her writing has greatly impacted my mom’s life and my own. We also think it flows well.

Grace- It seems like every girl’s name sounds good with grace in the middle, right? It is a popular one.

Madison– just because.

If you have any other ideas, feel free to share them in the Comments. Thank you!

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