what's in a name?

well blogs are cool and i should really spend more time making mine more interesting. one day i'll put up some pictures, which will be great. for today, though, i'm just going to make a list. yes, i'm a list-maker. and my newest obsession has been thinking of babies. no, i'm not pregnant but yes, i do some day want to be a mommy. i love little kiddies. so...baby names. most of my favorites are of hebrew origin - i'm traditional like that. but then again, they are unusual names, so chris thinks they're weird. chris is about as traditional as i am liberal in baby names, so we'll see what we come up with.

boy:
asher (heb. "lucky, blessed, happy")
ethan (heb. "strong, firm")
gabriel (heb. "God is my strength")
gideon (heb. "great warrior")
jacob (heb. "the supplanter")
james (heb. "one who supplants") - what does supplant even mean?!
jon (heb. "God has given")
jonas (heb. "gift from God")
jude (heb. "praise")
lincoln (latin "Lithe")
malachi
noah (heb. "rest, comfort")
thomas (heb. "a twin")
wyatt (fr. "Water")
zachary (heb. "remembered by God")
zane (heb. "god's gracious gift")
zion (heb. "a sign, excellent")


girl:
anna (heb. "gracious")
abigail (heb. "my father's joy")
cambria (Latin for the country of "Wales," derived from cymry meaning "the people." also the name of a period of prehistoric time (part of the Paleozoic era)
clair (fr. "clear")
emily rose
esther (heb. "star")
eve (heb. "life")
gwen (welsh "fair, white")
hannah (heb. "grace of God")
ilana (heb. "tree)
iris (heb. "flower")
jane (heb. "God is gracious")
joan (heb. "God's gracious gift")
lael (heb. "of God")
lydia (gr. "beauty")
miriam (heb. "longed-for-child")
naomi (heb. "sweet, pleasant")
salome (heb. "peace")
shiri (heb. "song of my soul")

i really like nature names like the name forrest or river for a boy, but i realized that we can't name our children any nature names because it will turn out to be something like, "forrest savage." i'm pretty sure he'd hate us forever if we named a child forrest savage or river savage. :D alas, one day we'll find something good.