[AKP81]

DH and I think we have decided on a name for our baby girl that is on the way.

The name is Eliana. Pronounced: Ele-auna

It means the Lord/God has answered or answers, and we really like it. We have had some strange responses from people that we have mentioned it to, but I hope that they realize that we have really thought about this.

Anyway, I was just wondering what you all thought and if anyone had any good suggestions for a middle name. We are looking for a 2 syllable middle name since our last name is 1 syllable and needs the extra syllable to sound right. Also (super picky, huh?) we like a name with a good meaning like the first name we picked.

Eliana ????????? Payne

Any suggestions?

[kazbar73]

What a great idea. I love the name you have picked. Do you want another biblical name? My only suggestion is Naomi but Im rather biased about it as it is my DD's name. Happy name hunting.

[mbc72]

I don't have any suggestions, but I think Eliana is beautiful.

[MaryJo]

Hmm lets see, its been a while since I've had to do this. We always enjoyed picking out names.. I like Marie, Rebecca, Ashley and of course Grace. Now I know that Grace is only 1 syllable, but I just love that name for a middle name. Maybe because its mine and I gave it to my daughter Kathryn. Oh wait there's a really nice sounding name. Eliana Kathryn no. Eliana Grace, ? Eliana Marie, Eliana Rebecca and lastly Eliana Ashley So there are some ideas from me. HTH, it was fun toyiing with the names... Thanks for asking us to help..

[Shari PV Mom]

I love that name Angela! Our last name is Payne also so we needed the extra syllables too.

Here's a few I liked when naming our daughter (meaning meant a lot to us too so we went with the first one)
Catherine - Pure
Michelle - who is like God
Mercy - Compassion
Sophia - Wisdom

Those are just a few. We had a list a mile long! So glad I'm not going through all that again. Naming a child is hard! They have to live with what you choose for their whole life. Too much pressure!

[KellyChron]

OHHHH Shari!! Love Sophia!

[Zaz]

I just got a thank you note today from an Aliana. She just married my cousin. When I saw your last name was Payne, I thought you might be related to Shari.

I love the whole naming thing. I'll think about it and get back to you. Just had to blather on here for some reason first.

~Zaz

[ManiakMama]

Oooh, what a gorgeous name, I love it and the meaning behind it!

[B&K Mom]

I think Eliana is a beautiful name. I think Elizabeth (though traditional) sounds nice with it (and no one in my family has this name...smile).

When we were naming our girls (finding 2 first and middle names at the same time is a trick...can't imagine naming triplets!!LOL!), we didn't tell anyone the names we were considering or that we chose. Not even our family. It seems that no matter what name you choose, someone knew someone with that name that was a bully in their class, or stole their boyfriend, or was generally just not nice, or something. My mom actually recommended we keep the names to ourselves...even from her (pretty cool of her, I thought). It was so fun for DH and I to have this secret. Everyone knew (eventually) that we were having twin girls. If we'd spilled their names too, there wouldn't have been any surprise for anyone. It was so exciting for us to be able to give them their names in the delivery room. The OB and the delivery/surgical staff were the first to hear their names. LOL! And we decided as we were heading to the OR for the delivery which girls would get which name.

Whatever you choose, I'm sure it will be lovely. And our general take on names...as long as Mom & Dad love it, it doesn't rhyme with any body part/bodily function/foul interjection, and you still like it after screaming it at the top of your lungs 50 times a day -- IT'S A KEEPER!!! LOL!

Enjoy this part of pregnancy too. And be sure to do a LO re: how/why you picked her name. Those stories are priceless.

Debbie

[AKP81]

PV Mom of 2, on Feb 25 2008, 10:20 PM, said:

I love that name Angela! Our last name is Payne also so we needed the extra syllables too.

Here's a few I liked when naming our daughter (meaning meant a lot to us too so we went with the first one)
Catherine - Pure
Michelle - who is like God
Mercy - Compassion
Sophia - Wisdom

Those are just a few. We had a list a mile long! So glad I'm not going through all that again. Naming a child is hard! They have to live with what you choose for their whole life. Too much pressure!

How neat that your last name is Payne too!

Yes, naming is SUCH a big deal because once you choose the name then that's it!

We had actually thought about naming this baby girl Sophia, and we really liked the meaning. It has just become so poplar that I didn't want to use it for a first name, but a middle name would be great! We were also considering Catherine which is my younger sister's name except spelled with a K. I love that meaning too.

I was so shocked to see the names you had listed.....2 of them were names we had considered and the other two are also very pretty with great meanings.

I know what you mean about the list.....mine is getting shorter since we have decided on the first name, but we have to make the decision on the middle.

Thanks so much for these suggestions. It is always nice to get other's opinions and you Scrap Sisters are so special to me that I had to ask you what you thought.

[Sherry Lynn]

I'm going to chime in here with I love Sophia!

Eliana Sophia Payne - that would be very nice!

[ginaMO]

When I read your first post I was going to say Elizabeth, but I like Sophia better. It sounds very nice. Good luck narrowing it down and choosing. Be sure to let us know what you decide on.

[bthornton17]

How about Marie - it flowed when I said it. Good luck naming her. Can't wait to hear the final choice. Kids names are hard!! I have forever complicated my life - I chose Matthew and Michael. What was I thinking? LOL

[Sarah in VA]

I thought of Marie too! I especially like it because it is a 2 syllable. So you would have 3 - 2 - 1. Very musical, I think. Whatever you select, it will be beautiful. Thanks for asking though!

[MelJohnson]

How about Charis? It's the Greek word for "grace," which would be lovely with Eliana: Eliana Charis Payne?

Good luck with deciding. Names are tough!

Mel

[AKP81]

What great suggestions you all are giving....I am writting them all down and will go over them with hubby. He is very involved in the naming process, and I think he will like some of these names.

Keep the suggestions comming....we still have 10 weeks before our due date!

[DDecker]

They are all beautiful suggestions. I can't wait to hear what you decide.

[CRS]

How exciting! All I thought about during my whole pregnancy was what to name the baby. We had a boy's name, but not a girl's. We didn't decide until 2 weeks before she was born! And since we didn't know the gender ahead of time, I was really glad to have a name.

Good luck deciding!

[JenW]

I don't have any suggests as yet. I love the first name you chose. It is very beautiful. Everyone has given so many wonderful suggestions, it is going to be hard to pick. I do like Sophia. Good luck. Getting the right name is exciting and stressful.

[KBT]

My dd had a friend in preschool named Eliana. She was a beautiful, caring child- so I think it is a great name! Do you have any family names that would go nicely? (First or middle?) Naming is so hard!!!

[Shari PV Mom]

When I was think about names for you I considered Marie because I think it flows nicely. But when I looked up the meaning it said that it's a form of Mary which means "bitter." When I think of Mary I think of the Virgin Mary and "bitter" really doesn't seem to fit. Whatever ... I don't make up the meanings.

When we were thinking up boys names my husband cleaverly came up with "Royal." Can you imagine going through life with the name "Royal Payne?" I quickly nixed that idea! LOL!

I can't wait to hear what you decide!

PS ... I would LOVE to see a recent belly shot! - You too Kim! And Ang!

[Shari PV Mom]

And Jenn ... and ... and ... (you know who you are ... there are too many to list!)

[Shelbi]

I kinda like grace as the middle name.
I think the name you have picked is beautiful.

We had an interesting time picking names. Girl names were easy we agreed on lots of them, but we never had a girl. LOL.
Boy names were so hard to agree on. With our youngest we picked out a few and then waited to see him to pick his name.
He was born we both looked at him and said yep he's devin.
Our Dr. didn't think it went well with our last name. But didn't really like him so we didn't bother to answer him. LOL.

Michelle

[AKP81]

PV Mom of 2, on Feb 26 2008, 01:09 PM, said:

When I was think about names for you I considered Marie because I think it flows nicely. But when I looked up the meaning it said that it's a form of Mary which means "bitter." When I think of Mary I think of the Virgin Mary and "bitter" really doesn't seem to fit. Whatever ... I don't make up the meanings.

When we were thinking up boys names my husband cleaverly came up with "Royal." Can you imagine going through life with the name "Royal Payne?" I quickly nixed that idea! LOL!

I can't wait to hear what you decide!

PS ... I would LOVE to see a recent belly shot! - You too Kim! And Ang!

OH MY GOODNESS, Shari, you had me in stitches about the name Royal! That would be terrible. My husband's mom didn't even think about the name she picked for him. She named him Kary Duane Payne......it really sounds terrible together....she was young and stupid, what can I say. Anyway, when I married Kary I was determined to have names that sounded good with our last name.

I am so glad you all like Eliana.....I have received some funny reactions to it, but I just shrug it off. I am really glad that you all like it though.

Oh.....Belly shots.....I don't have a single one yet! It's just terrible......I always have the camera and forget to have someone snap a shot.....plus I HATE being this big.....but I know I will loose the weight after my girl gets here.

I do really need to work on getting some pictures before Eliana gets here and I can't get one then! I so want to do a LO with at least one picture for her to be able to see when she is older of how I looked pregnant with her.

[AKP81]

KBT, on Feb 26 2008, 12:25 PM, said:

My dd had a friend in preschool named Eliana. She was a beautiful, caring child- so I think it is a great name! Do you have any family names that would go nicely? (First or middle?) Naming is so hard!!!

That is so great to know. I haven't heard of many Eliana's and to know that the one you knew was caring is so nice to know.

My sister's name is Kathryn and Shari suggested Catherine which I really liked. Hubby wasn't to sure about it because of it ending in N and our last name ending in N, but I think it sounds fine.


Naming.....it is just the begining of the hard to do parenting thing...........

[KBT]

PV Mom of 2, on Feb 26 2008, 01:09 PM, said:

When I was think about names for you I considered Marie because I think it flows nicely. But when I looked up the meaning it said that it's a form of Mary which means "bitter." When I think of Mary I think of the Virgin Mary and "bitter" really doesn't seem to fit. Whatever ... I don't make up the meanings.

When we were thinking up boys names my husband cleaverly came up with "Royal." Can you imagine going through life with the name "Royal Payne?" I quickly nixed that idea! LOL!

I can't wait to hear what you decide!

PS ... I would LOVE to see a recent belly shot! - You too Kim! And Ang!

I am working on the belly shot Shari!

And as an aside of Mary- it actually means "bitterly wished for" if you look all the way into it. My dd is Molly (a derivative of Mary) and Mary was my grandmother's first name (hence the Molly ) - bitter wasn't going to work for me either!

Its funny bacause all of the middle names I thought of are here- Marie, Elizabeth, Grace, Katherine... all good ones

[jennymoomeow]

I'm not great at picking out names but it just struck me. If you're comfortable using your own name as her middle name Eliana Angela has a nice ring to it.

[SewKitty]

My first thought was Grace, but then someone else mentioned Elizabeth. I am kind of partial to that one:-) I tried to convince my sister in law that she should name her baby Olivia Elizabeth. Well, they did not want her name that long. It would have been Olivia Elizabeth Schneider. I tried to make the case, how often do you write out your middle name????
They went with Marie instead which personally I don't think has the same ring to it. LOL
The name Eliana is beautiful and I am so glad it has meaning for you:-)
Hugs,

[J9Buckles]

I love the name you have chosen - it's beautiful and very musical. So many of the pretty names the other SG's have mentioned sound great with it but I really liked the way Eliana Sophia sounds. ..... so soft and sweet but if you yell it out loud, like she's just left her shoes in the middle of the hallway again it still works! Try it!

"Eliana Sophia, how many times have I told you to put your shoes in the closet!"

And yet when she's being perfect it sounds so nice....

"Oh, Eliana Sophia, you are such a smart little girl. Look at all those A's on your report card!"

Have fun and know that whatever name you choose it will be the perfect one!

[Shari PV Mom]

KBT, on Feb 26 2008, 12:07 PM, said:

PV Mom of 2, on Feb 26 2008, 01:09 PM, said:

When I was think about names for you I considered Marie because I think it flows nicely. But when I looked up the meaning it said that it's a form of Mary which means "bitter." When I think of Mary I think of the Virgin Mary and "bitter" really doesn't seem to fit. Whatever ... I don't make up the meanings.

When we were thinking up boys names my husband cleaverly came up with "Royal." Can you imagine going through life with the name "Royal Payne?" I quickly nixed that idea! LOL!

I can't wait to hear what you decide!

PS ... I would LOVE to see a recent belly shot! - You too Kim! And Ang!

I am working on the belly shot Shari!

And as an aside of Mary- it actually means "bitterly wished for" if you look all the way into it. My dd is Molly (a derivative of Mary) and Mary was my grandmother's first name (hence the Molly ) - bitter wasn't going to work for me either!

Its funny bacause all of the middle names I thought of are here- Marie, Elizabeth, Grace, Katherine... all good ones

Oh ... bitterly wish for is MUCH better!

Still waiting for all those belly shots! Do I have to plan a trip around the country to take pictures of all you ladies??? I charge mileage ya know!