Hi guys, it's Melissa.
A couple of moms have reached out asking about my children's names, how I found them and
what they are.
So, in this video I'm just gonna walk through my kids' names and how we came up with them
and why they're so meaningful for us.
What we've done with all the names is pick a name that's kind of original and new to
our family but that represents another family member for the first name and the second name
is usually a more traditional or family name.
And my thinking has been, if ever they really dislike their first name, they could opt for
their middle name although I hope that doesn't happen.
So, my first child Hedley, his name is Hedley James, and Hedley was actually a man who worked
in my husband's company and he mentioned the name to me while we were trying to pick out
a name for Hedley.
We were very close to naming him Oliver which is a name I love and one day he just said,
"What about the name Hedley?"
and it just stuck with me, I just loved it.
And we debated, and we debated and we debated and then finally the baby was born and I just
knew he was Hedley and we worried about him being teased but I just thought it was such
a cool and different name that we decided to go for it.
We also like the "H" because it honored Mark's dad whose name was Herbert.
And James is my father's middle name, was also was my grandfather's middle name on my
dad's side of the family.
So that's Hedley.
And next up is Lachlan.
He was born 13 months after Hedley.
We love that name.
It means, land of lakes, which I thought was pretty.
We have a lot of relatives from Ireland and from Scotland.
So, I liked picking a Scottish name.
The "L" is for Leah, who is Mark's grandmother on his mother's side, lovely woman, so we
loved honoring her, and Lachlan's middle name is Jack.
Jack was my grandfather, my father's father.
His name is John but we called him Jack.
So that's Lachlan Jack.
And then next up is Beckett.
Beckett is Beckett Liam.
Beckett was a name we just fell in love with, who we thought it was sort of cute and smart,
and the "B" honors Mark's mom whose name is Beatrice and Liam is the Scottish form of
James.
So more James.
We have a lot of James' in my family.
And then the girls, it was really hard to find a name for the girls.
We had a couple that we were debating and I fell in love with the name Annaliese.
I actually have a very close friend whose name is Melissa, who's daughter is named Annaliese
and I liked it because my grandmother on my father's side was named Ann and Mark's grandmother
on his mother side was Leah.
So I thought Annaliese was sort of a combination of Ann and Leah, the two grandmother's.
And then her middle name is Rose who is Mark's, my husband's grandmother on his father's side.
And it was kind of a hard thing because I fell in love with this name but it was my
friend's daughter's name and I didn't know if I was taking her name or whatever.
We ended up waiting and waiting in the hospital and finally I called her and I was like, "Melissa,
would you be okay if I named my daughter Annaliese?"
And she was so lovely about it and it just made me love her so much and I'm so glad we
picked this name for our little girl, it suits her so well.
And finally, Marielle, who was again really hard for us to find a name.
The "M" honors Mark's two grandfathers on both sides, both of them were named Morris
and I just thought it was a pretty and feminine name and I really liked it and the "F" is
for Fleur, who is my mother.
My mother's name is Fleur which means flower in French.
So that's Marielle.
So, those are my kids' names.
I think picking baby names is always so difficult.
I spent a lot of time on mine.
In the end I really like them, but I think that they're probably less important than
I thought they were.
Now, I just love my kids for who they are and I think, had I gone with another name,
that would've been great too.
So, anyway, best of luck choosing your baby names for your babies and please comment on
this video, tell me what you guys are thinking about or how you chose the names that you
chose, I would love to hear from you.
Thanks for watching CloudMom and see you next time.