New Baby Names: lovely October arrivals!
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Once again, there are an exceptionally large number of twin births among the Berries this month, a mix of girl-girl, boy-boy and girl-boy:
Alexander Merlin and Imogen Persephone
Anneliese Luna and Arielle Sofia
Calliope Frances and Iris Mary
Emmeline Samantha and Theodore Alexander
Graham Daniel and Rory Benjamin
Also noted: the preponderance of girl babies, and especially girls whose first initial is a vowel—A, E, I and O!
Most unusual first name: a girl named Rowe; tribute middle name of Kahlo
Here’s the full list of October baby names chosen by our Berries:
Girls
Ada Louise, sister of Audrey Pearl, Jack and Jameson
“Alice was one of my favorite names and luckily DH loved it when I first brought it up. It’s short and sweet and matches our long German last name rather well if I do say so myself.”
Anneliese Luna, twin of Arielle Sofia, sister of Adelaide Erin
Arielle Sofia, twin of Anneliese Luna, sister of Adelaide Erin
Calliope Frances, twin of Iris Mary and sister of Elinor Louisa and Archer Edward
Emmeline Samantha, twin of Theodore Alexander
“We chose Theodore and Emmeline because we adore the names and my husband likes more traditional names I loved the old timey feel they both had. Plus they went together nicely without being matchey, matchey.”
Hunter Belle Glynn, twin of Isobel Lilah Glynn and sister of Innes Glynn and Hollie–Rose
Imogen Persephone, twin of Alexander Merlin
Iona Ruth Ann, sister of Anders Llewellyn and Gregor Angus
“Her middle names are after her great grandmothers and her first was “whispered” into my ear while walking on the beach early in my pregnancy.”
Iris Mary, twin of Calliope Frances and sister of Elinor Louisa and Archer Edward
Isobel Lilah Glynn, twin of Hunter Belle Glynn and sister of Innes Glynn and Hollie–Rose
“Glynn is my mother’s maiden name and all our children have it in their names.”
Ivy Eleanor, sister of Autumn Cecily and Quinn Augustine
Layla Clementine, sister of Raven and Daisy
Lenora Bliss, sister of Delmer, Atticus and June
“She is named after my Great Grandma Nora, and her middle name after my maiden name, Bliss.”
Lucy June, sister of Jasper Kingsley, Felix James and Jack Stuart
“We use Lulu and Lulu-belle as nicknames”
“We chose the first name Melody because it made me smile when I heard it.”
Maysa Delphine, sister of Majken Wren
Mona Margot, sister of Paolo Sanin
Olive Josephine, sister of Maverick Elwood
Oona Beatrice Kahlo, sister of Lola Margaret and Indigo Jack
Her middle name, Beatrice, is after my mother…Kahlo is after my favorite artist and one of my greatest heroes, Frida Kahlo….We’re calling her little Frida between us. My parents-in-law have been referring to her as Oona–Bee and we think it’s adorable.”
Phoebe Ann, sister of Lucy Marie
Rowe Elinore, sister of Willa Magnolia, Wyatt Augustus and Sawyer Michael
“We liked Sophia too, but ultimately Sophie flowed better with our surname and seems to be decreasing in popularity whilst Sophia/Sofia is on the up.”
Tallulah Maeve MiYeon, sister of Desmond Colm TaekYeon
Boys:
Alexander Merlin, twin of Imogen Persephone
Desmond Scot, brother of Gwenevere Marie
Gabriel Calvin Pierce, twin of Miles Henry Graham
“We followed my husband’s family tradition of two middle names. The first middles are after very special people in our lives, and the second are names that we loved.”
Graham Daniel, twin of Rory Benjamin and brother of Elena Rose
“We had Graham’s name picked out for a couple of days before I went into labor, but we were still slightly shaky on it. Mostly, it was due to the fear that people would mispronounce his name, calling him “Gram” rather than “Gray-um.” However we decided it wasn’t that big of a deal. We love to call him Gray! Daniel is the name of my father, who has been wonderfully supportive of me and my family throughout my entire life.”
Miles Henry Graham, twin of Gabriel Calvin Pierce
“As for nicknames, Gabriel has the obvious one of Gabe. Miles, however, has received a different nickname for now. While pregnant, we dubbed them “Chip and Dale” and for some reason, Chip stuck.”
Rory Benjamin, twin of Graham Daniel and brother of Elena Rose
“Rory’s name was much more of a struggle. Our daughter has trouble pronouncing her “r’s,” so we were very concerned about her butchering his name into “Worwy.”
Simon Altair, brother of Julia Aysen and Alice Rhiannon
“At the end of the pregnancy it was down to either Henry or Simon as his first name, while Altair was set as his middle pretty early on. After some great Berry commentary, we had set our minds on Simon.