Walking With You ~ Naming Our Babies

Walking With You was created by Kelly at The Beauty of Sufficient Grace to help support those who have lost a child. Together we share our stories, helpful information, scriptures, encouraging words, prayer requests, and more.

This week, we are sharing how we chose the names for our babies and any special meaning behind them.

Mike and I have always taken very seriously our responsibility of naming our children. We usually go through a lengthy process before a name is ever settled. Our first child was named quicker than most of the rest of our children. I remember calling him Jeremy while still in my womb. Many of the rest were not officially named until a few days after their birth.

Mike and I would usually make a separate list of names that we liked and eventually came together to compare lists. There were some names we could automatically cross off of each others list and then some we could take into consideration. We always write down the meaning of each name because that is important to us also.

Before I was pregnant with Faith, I just knew that I would have a daughter named Faith someday. I just loved the name and I really believed that God gave her this name. So I was pretty set on naming her Faith when I found out that she was a girl. Mike wanted to spend more time making a decision. About the same time we found out she was a girl, we also found out that she had a heart defect.It became increasingly more important for me to give her a name. Mike finally agreed we could name her Faith. I loved how everyone, including the doctors started calling her Faith.

Faith means: Belief in God and acceptance of God's will. How appropriate is that? We truly believed in God, and we also felt that God was going to heal her. We also were prepared to accept his will no matter what happened. We sure were not ready for what did happen, but we accept what God has chosen. Someone shared with me that her life and death is going to strengthen our Faith as her parents. I know God is strengthening our marriage and pulling us closer to each other and closer to him.

Evangeline means: Good news; bearer of good news. I originally thought that after we chose this name that Faith was going to be healed and that her healing was going to help spread the Good News of God. Well, after she died I was a little confused. Now I believe her story is going to help spread God's Good News anyway!

Here are the names of my other children and their meanings.

Jeremy: Raised up or appointed by God.

Timothy: Honoring God.

Joshua: God is my salvation.

Rebekah: Captivating, beautiful.

Victoria: Conqueror; victory.

Matthew: Gift of God.

Samuel: God hears.

Anna: Grace.

Luke: Bringer of light, morning.

Micah: Who is like God.

Blessings,