My first Baby

I am 6 months Preg. with a girl and my husband and I are still working on a name… please let me know what you think. We were trying to have some biblical names worked in it in some fashion…

[name]Amelia[/name]-(Hebrew) work of the [name]Lord[/name], [name]Jada[/name]-(Hebrew) meaning wise, [name]Elizabeth[/name] - my God is a vow , [name]Sara[/name] (Hebrew) [name]Princess[/name]… So far this is what we have.
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jada[/name] - this is my fav.
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Jada[/name]

[name]Amelia[/name]-(Hebrew) work of the [name]Lord[/name], [name]Jada[/name]-(Hebrew) meaning wise, [name]Elizabeth[/name] - my God is a vow , [name]Sara[/name] (Hebrew) [name]Princess[/name]… So far this is what we have.
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jada[/name] - [name]Amelia[/name] is lovely, but popular. I am not too fond of the repeating A endings, or [name]Jada[/name], if I am honest.
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] - both of these are such lovely classics, but I almost feel that together they lack pizazz.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Jada[/name] - a lovely classic in first place, with lots of good nickname options, but as I mentioned, [name]Jada[/name] doesn’t thrill me.

Other religious names you might like :
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Zipporah[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Hepzibah[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Keziah[/name]
Madgalen/a
[name]Sapphira[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Salome[/name] (sal-oh-may)
[name]Rafaella[/name] (feminisation of the archangel [name]Raphael[/name]'s name)
[name]Gabriella[/name] (ditto for [name]Gabriel[/name], but popular)
[name]Angelina[/name] (angel connection)
[name]Angelica[/name] (ditto)
[name]Seraphina[/name]/e (ditto - seraphim)
[name]Evangeline[/name]/a (ditto)
[name]Theodora[/name] (‘love of God’)
[name]Dorothea[/name]/[name]Dorothy[/name] (ditto)
[name]Noah[/name] (feminine form of [name]Noah[/name]).

There are many lovely saints’ names, too, such as [name]Cecelia[/name], [name]Zita[/name], [name]Julia[/name] and [name]Alice[/name].

There are some names which come from titles for the Virgin [name]Mary[/name], too, such as [name]Carmel[/name], [name]Delores[/name] and [name]Nieves[/name] (nee-ev-ez).

Good luck! [name]Auburn[/name]

Thanks for the advice [name]Auburn[/name] I’ll tell my husband about the some of the names you suggested.

I think that [name]Amelia[/name] is really pretty but I agree that [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jada[/name], with the double “a” ending, doesn’t flow very well. When I first looked at your post I accidentally read it as [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jade[/name] and thought, “Ooo! Pretty.” So maybe you like that together? Good luck.

You’re welcome! I hope he likes some :slight_smile:

my favorite Hebrew names:

[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Zaylia[/name], see also [name]Zillah[/name], [name]Zahara[/name]
[name]Samara[/name]
[name]Sharai[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Davina[/name]
[name]Alisa[/name]
[name]Adah[/name]/Ayda
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Bella[/name]

I can’t use them all, so I may as well share them. Take care and happy baby naming.

Have you thought about saints’ names?

[name]Veronica[/name] - a saint’s name and a variant [name]Berenice[/name] occurs in the Bible

[name]Selah[/name] - From a Hebrew musical term which occurs many times in the Old Testament Psalms. It was probably meant to indicate a musical pause.

[name]Adah[/name]

[name]Dinah[/name]

If [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jade[/name] is your favorite, I think you should go with that one. It’s tasteful, not super-popular and you love it–what could be better?

Thanks everyone for the Ideas. Its much appreciated

[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], classy & beautiful!

my aunt dreamed of having a daughter named [name]Sara[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] (said she’d call her [name]Sara[/name] [name]Beth[/name]). She had four boys though :frowning:

[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Jada[/name] is pretty and different. I think [name]Amelia[/name] is going to get popular. But I love the name [name]Amelia[/name] anyway.