I’ve just found out I’m 8wks pregnant (yay).so of course it’s far to early to know the sex but I would love to get some help with boys middles.
My daughter is [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Alba[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]. My husband was born in scotland so her middle honors this. ([name_f]Alba[/name_f] being one of the older names for [name_f]Scotland[/name_f])
I was born in [name_m]New[/name_m] Zealand. (We live in Australia) so was hoping we could maybe use our 2nd child’s middle name to honnor my origens.
If this babies a girl I’m leaning towards [name_f]Anika[/name_f], [name_f]Pania[/name_f], Aotea or [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] as middle names.
[name_f]Anika[/name_f] and [name_f]Pania[/name_f] link to my grandparents farm panikau (which means house/place of nikau palms) aurora is sort of influenced by Aotearoa (kinda pronouced like ow-tee-a-row-a) the Maori name for [name_m]New[/name_m] Zealand. Aotearoa roughly translates as ‘land of the long white cloud’. Another place of significance is my childhood home Bushmere.
Any suggestions for boys names influences by these would be amazing!
Thank you
What first names are you considering for boys? That would help us come up with middle name ideas. Having never been to [name_m]New[/name_m] Zealand, I’m afraid I can’t help you come up with ideas honoring your origins, but I’m sure many others on here can!
our top contenders (those we can agree on) so far are
[name_m]Boden[/name_m]
[name_m]Jove[/name_m] / [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Saxon[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
Some ideas are:
Crux
[name_m]Seal[/name_m]
Zealand
Inferno
[name_f]Silva[/name_f]/ [name_u]Silver[/name_u]
I never thought of silver! That’s an idea. [name_u]Sterling[/name_u] would also relate to that. So would words meaning black (as in all blacks). Thanks hanbow that’s opened up a few potential avenues!
What about Manaia?
Oh and a few more Maori names:
[name_m]Manu[/name_m]
Atutahi
Hoani
Mahu
Hemi/Hemiora
Maahaki
Ariki
No worries! [name_u]Sterling[/name_u] sounds good! Other ideas with meanings containing ‘black’ are quite original and may not be up your street but these are what I found:
[name_m]Tucson[/name_m]
Shyam
Shachor
[name_m]Jett[/name_m] ([name_f]Love[/name_f] this one!)
Aswad
Branduff
[name_u]Duff[/name_u]
Cerny
Chogan
[name_m]Duane[/name_m]
Jedda
[name_m]Black[/name_m] in other languages:
Locha
Sev
[name_f]Arza[/name_f]
Kuro
Thanks for your help everyone… Hopefully at the 20 week scan I can really start playing!!