Today, realistically, and naming alone, they would be…
[name_f][/name_f]Grimalda [name_f]Laureline[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- Grimalda is a direct honour for several family members, most notably my late auntie who was an activist in the 70s and 80s while also working as a nurse. I just recently met some of her old friends including the woman she loved, so I’ve grown much closer to the idea of her and want her to be honoured, despite having been disowned by our family in her lifetime for loving the same way I do. [name_f]Laureline[/name_f] honours my two best friends, [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] and [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], while also (without the final e) referencing the works of [name_m]Tolkien[/name_m], which are such an important part of my life and have shaped me as a person.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Kestrel[/name_f] [name_f]Selbea[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Kestrel[/name_f] honours my grandfather and many other relatives, who kept birds of prey. [name_f]Selbea[/name_f] is a family name with several uses throughout my family tree, but most notably to me, my great-great grandmother, who overcame massive hardship to become the first in the family to be literate, and passed literacy onto her children.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Celandine[/name_f] Jadyra [name_f][/name_f]- Celandines are my close friend/father figure’s favourite flower and as he has no kids of his own, I would like to honour him in one of my children’s names. Celandines also feature in a favourite childhood song of mine. Jadyra honours my late brother [name_m]Asher[/name_m], through their shared meaning, as well as being a nod to my Kazakh heritage.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alafair[/name_f] Lierka [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Alafair[/name_f] is a family name that has been used at least a dozen times that I know of, but has been gathering dust up on a shelf on memory since her last bearer passed in the 40s, so I think she’s long past due for a revival! Lierka is the variant spelling of [name_f]Ljerka[/name_f], meaning lily, that has been used a couple of times in my family. I would be using her to honour my late sister [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]Grimalda, [name_f]Kestrel[/name_f], [name_f]Celandine[/name_f], and [name_f]Alafair[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maudie[/name_f], [name_m]Kit[/name_m], [name_f]Cela[/name_f], and [name_f]Affie[/name_f]