Name of the week!

Elias

Pronounced: ee-LYE-us

Variants include: Eli, Elijah, and Elliot

Elias is of Greek and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Elias is "the Lord is my God". Biblical name from the Greek form of Elijah. Common in the 17th century and now popular in Spain.

Famous people with the name Elias include:

Walt Elias Disney is the full name of the Disney creator.

Canadian actor Elias Koteas

A baby boy, Story Elias, was born to actors Bodhi and Jenna Elfman in 2007.

Name of the week: Vera

Vera

Pronounced: VEE-rah

Can be used as a nick name for Guinevere or Veronica

Vera is of Latin and Slavic origin and means "faith" or "truth".

Some famous figures with the name Vera include..

Famous designer Vera Wang.

Actress Vera Miles who played Lila Crane and appeared in the movie psycho.

Actress Vera-Ellen, best known for her role in the film "White Christmas"

Name of the week!!

Sawyer

Pronounced: SOY ur

Sawyer is of English origin and means "One who saws wood."

Famous people with this name...

Tom Sawyer

Sawyer from lost

And Sawyer Avery Spielberg, Steven Spielberg's son whom I can not find a decent photo of anywhere.

Name of the week: Eisley

Eisley

Pronounced: EYES-leigh


Eisley is Americanized from the Swiss surname Eisele. As a baby name, Eisley means "cheerful". It is also the name of a port in Star Wars called "Mos Eisley". A band from Texas were fans of SW and named their band "Eisley" so the name is becoming increasingly popular these days.

They are a great, great band and I really love this name. :]

Name of the week

Atticus

Pronounced: AT-a-kuss

Atticus is primarily a male name of Latin origin that means "from Attica". Attica is the region of Greece which contains Athens, the capital city.

Famous figures with this name include...

The character Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Daniel Baldwin and Isabella Hoffmann named their son Atticus (now 13).

 Atticus was also the name of a number of ancient Greek philosophers and writers; it was also the name of an early Archbishop of Constantinople.

Names, names, names

Dear World,
I have a fairly strange obsession. It developed shortly after I gave birth to Rowyn and since then has become a very odd 'collection' of mine. I collect names.

I love searching for the names of Rowyn's future little brother or sister, so much so that I have a whole notepad document filled with over 70 potential names..and those are only the names that made it through my "final cut".
Mostly I collect girl names because 1. I can't seem to find many boy names that speak to me and 2. My husband has only one boy name that he'll ever consider for our child and there is no swaying that man in any other direction.

I know I'm not the only person out there who collects unique and beautiful names, so I thought that I would share the ones I found with you. Every week I'll have the "name of the week" (Clever title, isn't it?) and I'll post a name, what it means, how it's pronounced and if there happens to be one, a famous person with that name. I will try to do boy, girl, boy, girl but I'm not making any promises ;).

I will start our name of the week of with my very own beautiful daughter's name.

Rowyn

Traditionally spelled Rowan

Variants include: Rowin, Rowen, Rowena

Pronounced: Ro-Wan

Rowan is a unisex name of Gaelic origin that means "little red one". It is also the Norse name of a flowering tree with red berries.

The most famous Rowan I know of (and I swear I didn't know this before I named my daughter) is the one and only Mr. Bean!

Yes, it's true, Mr. Bean's real name is Rowan Atkinson.

Brooke Shields also named her first Daughter Rowan.

And, of course, my baby girl Rowyn Daniella!

Sincerely, 

Lea