One of my favourite stories of all time is [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m] - I love just about everything about it, and the story has a lot of meaning to me, and in a way, so does J.M. [name_u]Barrie[/name_u]. [name_u]Ever[/name_u] since I was a little girl, I’ve loved the story of [name_m]Peter[/name_m] and [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] and Tinkerbell, and have always been in love with the idea of fairies and magic and everything else (“[name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_m]Trust[/name_m] and [name_f]Pixie[/name_f] Dust.”), but the story and connections run deeper than that for me.
I’ll start from the beginning - my grandmother was born in [name_f]England[/name_f], in 1936, and was born without hip sockets, and as a result, spent the majority of her childhood in Great [name_m]Ormond[/name_m] [name_m]Street[/name_m] Hospital (GOSH). She was often getting into mischief, despite being in a full body cast until she was 6, and despite being told she would never walk - she did eventually walk, was able to play lacrosse as a schoolgirl, married, and had 4 daughters and 7 grandchildren. Her story is absolutely amazing in my eyes, but J.M. [name_u]Barrie[/name_u] plays a big part in this too.
In 1929, J.M. [name_u]Barrie[/name_u] gave the rights to [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m] to GOSH, so that they would continuously be able to collect funds via royalties, which has ‘provided significant income to the hospital’. In short, that hospital provided a safe home and protection for my grandmother during the war, and gave her the necessary surgeries and treatments to allow her to walk, have children, etc.
Because of his donations to GOSH, my grandmother, and millions of other children have been able to receive care from GOSH, and have been able to make recoveries from various illnesses and disabilities. Honestly, I feel as though honouring the story of [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m] in a name (as a first or middle) would be a brilliant tribute to the story that I love, and the children’s hospital that has really, made it possible for my family to exist.
So, here is my list of [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m] related girls names ([name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]John[/name_m] and [name_u]Michael[/name_u] are already on my boys list, as well as [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] (JM [name_u]Barrie[/name_u]'s birth name is [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] [name_u]Barrie[/name_u]):
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
[name_f]Pixie[/name_f]
Darling - MN only
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
Would any of these names fit into my lists? What are your opinions on these names as firsts/middles? ([name_f]Faith[/name_f] and [name_f]Verity[/name_f] come from [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_m]Trust[/name_m] and [name_f]Pixie[/name_f] Dust).
Thank you.
I’d definitely like to do it, but I feel like right now, the star names ([name_f]Stella[/name_f] also is a family name through my grandfather), [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Pixie[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (after the little girl that [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] was created after) and [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] are likely my closest choices - I love Darling as a middle name, but it’s more of a pet name I’ve always used, so I’m not sure about that, because I’d likely call them Darling anyways - and for boys, [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] are all higher up on my list.