muchachacristiana's list "The Name Behind the Name" of 6 great name ideas: Abitha - Maxfield!

The Name Behind the Name

Not so normal names with familiar nicknames, for those of us who don't like to be normal but know going against the flow isn't always easy. 

If Abigail's too popular and Tabitha is too...."Bewitched."

Abitha

Alabama is a hot southern place-name, picking up from Georgia and Savannah. This is not a geographical name come lately, though--there have been girls named Alabama dating back well over a century.
<br/><br/>Hip couple Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings named their daughter Alabama Gypsy Rose, and rocker Travis Barker has an Alabama Louella.

Alabama

Casseopeia

Galatia

Saraphina

This name may be related to the Latin Maximus, which means "the greatest," or to a British landowner's name, but for most modern parents, it's one of several ways to get to short form Max.

<br/><br/>Probably its most noted bearers is influential twentieth century painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish, who was born Frederick but later adopted the maiden name of his maternal grandmother.
