A lot of people have asked us lately where we got the boys' names so I thought I'd share :)
Our oldest boy is Declan Thomas. Most people think Declan is a family name, but it isn't. Way back before we were even expecting him we saw a movie that had a character named Declan. We loved the name! We looked it up and it was Irish and means "full of goodness." Even better. It had a great meaning. It is pronounced Deck-lin. Recently we have seen the name around a lot, like in the TV shows Revenge and Criminal Minds. His middle name, Thomas, is my hubby's name.
Our twin boys are Miller James and Lucas Rolland. Miller is a family name on my dad's side of the family. My great-grandfather's name was Miller and it is my little brother's middle name. I have always loved the name Miller but it took some convincing on Tom's part. He didn't like it at first (but he loves it now!). His middle name, James, is Tom's dad's middle name. The name Lucas was chosen because it means "light." And our little Luke is a light in our lives. Lucas' middle name is Rolland which is Tom's middle name and Tom's grandfather's name. It is pronounced Ral-land.
So there's a little background to our boys' names :)
I've been reading about the twins and your journey on the Women's Ministry board on FB, and originally heard about it through our mutual friend Sonya. Hearing about Lucas touched me so much. We too have a Lucas, and we chose his name because Lucas means "light." We chose his middle name Nathaniel that means "given by God" because he was a gift, and so needed at the time in our lives, even when we didn't realize it. Our Lucas is a fighter, and it sounds like your Lucas is too! Praying fervently for his upcoming surgery.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your prayers. They mean so much to us. Our little Lucas is a fighter too :)
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