Today, realistically and naming alone, my boys would be…
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Django[/name_m] [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Django[/name_m] is an important honour for me, having been the name of more than a dozen relatives. For me, the one I most want to honour is my late cousin who was five months older than me and my best friend in the world. [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m] is a less direct honour; [name_m]Eleazar[/name_m], [name_m]Lazar[/name_m], and [name_m]Lash[/name_m] are all family names, so he honours all of them without giving any kids names that are overly matchy.
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Gwydion[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Gwydion[/name_m] was my great-grandfather’s name, and he has yet to be honoured by any of his descendants, despite being a war hero!! [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] is a family name, but my choice is to honour my foremothers, as every [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] on my mother’s side has been the son of a twin, which as a triplet born to a twin, I might continue.
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Patrin[/name_m] [name_m]Merivel[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Patrin[/name_m] is another family name with a looong history of use, but it has additional meaning to me as someone who spends the majority of my free time in the woods. [name_m]Merivel[/name_m], again, is a family name.
[name_f][/name_f]Erasyl [name_m]Shadrack[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- Erasyl was the name of my paternal grandfather. He means noble hero[name_f][/name_f] or precious hero[name_f][/name_f], and also honours my Kazakh heritage, which often goes unrecognised compared to my primary culture. [name_m]Shadrack[/name_m] is another family name, most notably the name of my favourite uncle.
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Django[/name_m], [name_m]Gwydion[/name_m], [name_m]Patrin[/name_m], and Erasyl
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jem[/name_m], [name_m]Gwyn[/name_m], [name_m]Pax[/name_m], and [name_m]Sal[/name_m]