Our “little” guy finally arrived on [name_u]June[/name_u] 10 and tipped the scales at 11 lbs 1 oz. He obviously needs a big name to match his big self. We had a short list, but hadn’t settled on one yet. Good thing, because we didn’t have any clue that he would be such a giant. When we saw him, his name was clear: [name_m]Augusten[/name_m] [name_u]Emery[/name_u] [name_m]AxEl[/name_m]
[name_m]Augusten[/name_m]: There are several variations of [name_u]August[/name_u] on both sides of our family tree. We liked the [name_m]German[/name_m] version the best. And it means “great” which certainly fits our guy. We also like that there are several nickname options. We will call him [name_m]Augusten[/name_m] for now and see which nn sticks later.
[name_u]Emery[/name_u]: We really would have liked to use this as a first name, but at 80% female in 2012 we couldn’t quite bring ourselves to give it to our son. This is also a name on both sides of the family. It’s my grandmother’s maiden name. It was his great-grandfather’s first name.
[name_m]AxEl[/name_m]: Another we considered as a first but couldn’t imagine using daily. This was his great-grandfather’s first name. The capital E in the middle is the way he always spelled it. We love the meaning “bringer of peace” and thought we could use more of that in the world.
We are so excited to have our big, little guy here!
