Conferring a Name Upon Our Little Princess

Mummy and Daddy can't seem to agree on a name for Baby Junior. We remember it was a job of less than five minutes when we decided on "Matthias" for Matty. Not the case this time round.

Well... we had actually decided on a pair of name ("Shervahn" for a girl and "Matthias" for a boy) when we were expecting Matty but wasn't sure if it was going to be a boy or a girl. We have now decided that "Shervahn" was a bad choice... not because it didn't sound nice anymore but rather people will have problem pronouncing the name just by the spelling. As it is... the name "Matthias" is giving a lot of tongue twisting issues to family and friends. Though a fairly uncommon name to be given... Mummy had always thought that it shouldn't look unfamiliar to fellow Singaporeans with a Mr Matthias Yao as a Member of Parliament. I guess I was wrong.

So what did we put on our plate this time? Here's what we have...

Natasha - Born at Christmas (Russian)
Renee - Reborn (French)
Lindsay - Old Scottish Surname
Elena - Light of the Sun (Spanish)
Adara - Beauty (Greek) or Virgin (Arabic)
Elaina - Variation of Helen which means bright one (Greek)
Leyna - Little angel (German)
Sharlene - From the name Charles (French)
Selene - Moon

Daddy's first choice was actually "Selene".... but Mummy can't help but associate the name with "Celine Dion". Her face just keeps appearing each time. And as much as I like the French name "Renee" I can just imagine people calling her "Re-ni" basing it on the spelling. French names are harder to pronounce since we don't live in a French speaking community. "Elena" is nice too but the name seems to give more meaning if the baby is born in the morning... and that is something which we do not have a control over.

After much elimination, Mummy has decided that "Adara" and "Leyna" appears to be the best of the lot on the account that they should be easier to pronounce but still unique and uncommon. Daddy is all for "Adara" though. Not sure why... but sometimes I find "Adara" nice sounding and sometimes not. It is so hard to just make a decision and get it over knowing that it is a name that will follow our little princess for the rest of her life or until she gets a deed poll done... whichever comes first.

Now Mummy is toying with the idea of re-spelling the name "Shervahn" just to make it easier to pronounce... but which means the name loses it authenticity in a way.

Simply in a fix!