A sweet peer of mine yesterday at BSF said, “I wanted to ask you something. How did you come up with the name Maisie?”
I’m going to stop right there before I even answer that question within this post too. Because my main reason for posting this is - how nice of her to think to ask me this question!! It is so, so meaningful to me when people aren’t afraid to say Maisie’s name, or ask a truly genuine question about her & her life. I cherish these moments more than the person may know, though I try to always show my appreciation & thanks for their kind thought. I love naming my kids. I take it very seriously & do a lot of research. Isla June Lachlan Leon Maisie Martha To start explaining any of my kids names I must start at the beginning with Isla. I didn’t have a goal or set of requirements in mind when I started the naming process for my first child. But Isla was the forerunner on the list of names my husband agreed to & when all was said and done, it is what we went with! Isla is of Scottish origin. It references a river in Scotland, as well as a Scottish island called Islay. Isla also means island in Spanish. Her middle name is June, after my great-grandma and the month Isla was born. When we found out we were having a boy for #2, I knew I was drawn to Scottish names, so I started there. I also liked that Isla’s name had a tie to water, as my own name (Chelsie) does too. So I thought it would be cool if my son’s name would tie to water as well. My husband got on board with the name Lachlan, meaning “from the land of lakes.” Which is also what the Scottish called the Vikings invaders in Scotland. We are #MNVikings football fans. Lachlan’s middle name is Leon after my husbands great-grandpa. (I also like alliteration.) So clearly I had a pattern now of 2 syllable, Scottish, water meaning names that I needed to stick to. Since Maisie was a surprise gender… we had 2 names picked out for if it was a girl or boy, though Maisie was our girl frontrunner. We stuck with our guns once she was born. Maisie is the Scottish diminutive/nickname of Margaret, meaning pearl. Obviously pearls have a home in water. So my names have all been perfect so far (in my mind & opinion for my kids). But I’m backed into a little corner here now needing to find yet another girl’s name that is Scottish, has a tie to water, and is 2 syllables. A post in the future may come asking if anyone has any name recommendations that fit those criteria!
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