Our son arrived on May 5th and his name is Obi Axel. I was induced to have him on the 4th, but he just didn’t want to be born on Star Wars Day. We did give him a Star Wars name though, so I hope he’ll grow up to love the franchise as much as we do.
Other names that were close contenders were Hazel, Dante, Bruce, Timothy, Reuben and Emerson.
Before his birth, I was weighing between Dante and Bruce. But when we finally met him, he looked like neither of those names.
Reuben was a last minute addition to our list, so we didn’t have much connection to it. Maybe if he has a brother one day…
It came down to Hazel or Obi in the end. I always said that if his eyes were hazel, that would be his name. Well, that’s not how newborn eye colour work, apparently. He’s 10 days old and we still can’t tell what colour his eyes are.
In the end, he really looked like an Obi, so that’s what we went for. I was very sceptical to the name in the beginning, but now I can’t imagine him being named anything else. It suits him perfectly.
Congratulations!! [name_f]May[/name_f] the force be with you and your family
I absolutely love the name [name_m]Obi[/name_m]- it sounds so kind yet futuristic and rogue (one). Almost like he could own either a [name_u]Bentley[/name_u] or a toYODA. With such a handsome name, I’ll bet he’ll get a lot of stares as Ewoks down the street.
Sorry, I’ll stop with the awful [name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars jokes now…
It’s just- After a rough day, reading this- it just brought me back from the [name_u]Dark[/name_u] Side!