This is my daughter,
Calla Grace. The middle name is after her great-great-grandmum.
You say: Hello,
Calla!
You think: What a sweet name!
This is my daughter,
Janice Vina. Her first name is after a friend of mine, and the middle name is after her great-grandmum,
Ann LoVene.
You say: Hi,
Janice!
You think: It's sweet that she named her after her friend, but I still don't like
Janice.
These are my twin daughters, Vienna
Carolyn and Lumina
Rebecca. Vienna's middle name is after her great-grandmum, and Lumina's is after her mother.
You say: What pretty names!
You think: Vienna & Lumina are lovely names!
This is my daughter,
Ivy Elizabeth. The middle name is after her ancestor.
You say:
Ivy, what a sweet name!
You think: I love it.
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This is my son,
Thomas Clair. I know that the middle name is usually for a girl, but it's after his great-granddad.
You say:
Thomas is such a handsome name.
You think: The combo
Thomas Clair sounds great. I love
Thomas, and although I wouldn't like it if
Clair was the first name (neither would little boy
Clair, I suspect),
Thomas Claire has a great ring to it!
These are my twin sons,
Gabriel Joseph and
Zavier Nicholas. Both middle names are after their uncles. We sometimes affectionately call them
Gabe and Zave, but not usually.
You say: Hi guys!
You think:
Love Gabriel and
Zavier! (although I prefer
Xavier, prn. the same way)
This is my son,
Dominick Roger. The middle name is after his great-granddad. Ocassionally we call him
Nick, but his usual name is
Dominick.
You say: Hi,
Dominick!
You think: Don't really like
Dominick, especially that spelling.
This is my son,
Eliakim William. The middle name is after his great-great-granddad. He goes by
Eli.
You say: Hi,
Eli!
You think: Wow, when you put
Eliakim William is quite a mouthful. It does not flow well at all.