After joining Nameberry in 2011 (at the age of 17 and after lurking without an account for several years), I get to finally announce my own little one!
We were team green, so I also get to say - it’s a boy!
[name_m]Basil[/name_m] [name_m]Colin[/name_m] was born on [name_f]Tuesday[/name_f] 26th [name_f]November[/name_f] after a 17 hour labour.
*We are [name_f]British[/name_f], [name_m]Basil[/name_m] is pronounced bazzle - rhymes with razzle.
[name_m]Basil[/name_m] was chosen because we just love it.
It also happens to fit the criteria of what we were looking for in a name - unusual but known, easy to spell/one spelling, no immediate/automatic nicknames, we also do quite like the plant.
[name_m]Colin[/name_m] is after my late paternal grandfather, I’m honestly surprised I’m the first of the grandchildren to use it! He was loving and absolutely beloved. It was a source of deep joy for him that he had a big family, he would be so pleased to have a great grandchild named in his honour.
Many thanks to this community for helping me puzzle out feelings and middle name option!
We are home and well, and enjoying getting to know each other!