Subtle word names

Pretty much all my guilty pleasure names are words: [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Wade[/name_u], [name_m]Penn[/name_m], [name_m]Abel[/name_m], [name_u]Penny[/name_u], etc.

We won’t start TTC our second for another year, but I like the idea of using a word name for his or her middle name. Problem is I’d like the middle to have a religious connection, but be subtle word-wise and religious-wise… if that make sense :slight_smile:

So far I’ve got [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] and [name_m]Abel[/name_m] for boys and nothing for girls.

Berries are always crazy clever… got any subtle religious word names???

Maybe [name_f]Olive[/name_f] or [name_u]Dove[/name_u] for a girl? I love [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] as a boys name!

Can’t do [name_f]Olive[/name_f] because big brother is [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] (so you hit the nail on the head :)). I like the idea of [name_u]Dove[/name_u], maybe I could use [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] since my spouse is Spanish and we usually try for an english-spanish mix in our naming?? Potential baby girl could be [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] “[name_f]Nora[/name_f].”

I love [name_f]Paloma[/name_f]!!! [name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was [name_f]Selah[/name_f], so I thought I’d mention it.

[name_u]Reed[/name_u], [name_u]Cruz[/name_u], [name_m]Ransom[/name_m],and [name_u]Jordan[/name_u] ([name_u]River[/name_u]) also just came to mind.

[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] is nice. [name_u]Eden[/name_u] for a girl’s MN would be lovely. Technically, [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is a thing. [name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] are also things associated with Christianity.