We have decided to name our second born son Ivan Harrison Kelso. He has been running around nameless for far to long and on Monday night Kris and I made a decision and we’re sticking to it.
There were about 10 names we were tossing around so I decided to write them all down, look up the popularity of each name as well as the meaning and start crossing off the ones in the top 10, the ones only one of us likes, the names that meant something silly and the ones that just didn’t go well. I am pretty partial to the name Harrison but we both feel it is too long for a first name, especially when Owen has such a short first name…we wanted a name that would sound good with Owen and also be easy to say and spell in the future. We like Harrison as a middle name and it is something of a family name on my side (My dad is Harry and my brother is Joel Harrison). Kris isn’t crazy about Ivan and Harrison together but it doesn’t bother him enough to keep him from liking the name. I had forgotten, until recently when my sister reminded me, that I also have a second cousin named Ivan but he is Amish, goes by Ivan Lee and lives in Michigan where he runs his mom and dad’s herbal medicine store. He wouldn’t even know me if I walked in the store, so that’s not a significant connection or anything.
Anyway…after careful consideration and a little impatience we made our choice and we like it. Yes, it has it’s negative connotations…Ivan The Terrible & Ivan the hurricane but we aren’t worrying about that. From what I understand Ivan the Terrible repented in his old age. Too bad he had to kill so many people before he got his life right. Our Ivan will be a good boy…a nice boy…the name means God is Good and that’s what we’ll remind him of as often as possible.
Wooooo Hooooo! I bet it feels so good to be settled. Not that you can’t still change your mind at the last minute like Travis and Amy did (poor little Hailey just disappeared into thin air)…but now we have something to call him. Can’t wait to meet you, Ivan.
Aww Ivan. We had some v. good friends in northern Kentucky who had a son named Ivan. Makes me think of them. 🙂
P.S. LOL @ “Ivan the Hurricane.” You can give him cool nicknames that he will never understand, and he’s already got a professional boxing name. Wheeeee! 😀 V. CUTE!
I like Ivan. It’s different but not weird different. And, Tisra, Hailey didn’t totally disappear, Chloe still says that Halle is Hailey now since we’ve moved back to TN.