what’s in a name?
only 3 more weeks and i’m in my 3rd trimester! they say my uterus is about the size of a soccer ball now. fun.
i mentioned last time that the doctor said for the 2nd time he thought the baby was a girl so we’ve been trying to iron out the name thing – the verdict so far is Bijou (that’s the English/French spelling/pronunciation) and to make it as close as possible in Japanese, 美珠; (Biju). In French, it means “jewel”. In Japanese, the first character means “beautiful” and the 2nd “pearl or a term to describe a beautiful, round thing”…so the name will retain basically the same meaning in either language.
we decided to not bother with a middle name as 1. they aren’t used in Japan anyway and 2. the only use that i can recall mine having in life was for my parents to use should they need to convey an elevated level of frustration with me. the latter i’m fairly sure i won’t have any trouble doing sans the name 😉
what do you think? how did you come up with your baby’s name (if you have one)?
it is getting hotter and more humid by the day…wondering if i’ll survive the summer…
hxoxo
We think that it’s a beautiful name! Very unique, and very cool. :o)
Apparently, Patrick’s mom picked Madison’s name, and Patrick picked Gwen’s. So… that means, if we have a baby, I get to pick! Yay! LOL (JK)
Although, our family has that whole middle name thing going… you know – the first girl gets the mom’s name as her middle name (which is why mine is “Jeanne”) and the first boy get’s dad’s name as his middle (Eric Martin). So, you’re kind of breaking tradition on that one.
thank you!
yay! as if you two could have picked a name without consulting each other…there are so many beautiful names out there!
yep – i’ll be breaking the tradition in our family but i don’t mind…it would be too weird in japan if we named our son ~ Isseki anyway 😉
i WAS just reminded of ANOTHER use for middle names though – anagrams! hear the army couldn’t exist w/out my middle name! ha!
xoxoxoxo
Bijou is so unique. I like your reasons — and I am a little partial to the French. There used to be a movie theater in Woonsocket by that name. Was it a jewel of a theater? Can’t say I ever noticed. The Stadium and the Park Theater were the “better” ones.
Much love, xoxoxo
i know i have a strong french heritage – partially by blood and partially because both my parents were raised in woonsocket so i was happy to find a name i though was beautiful and “worked” in japanese and english.
sometimes i lament that i choose to study spanish in school over french…maybe someday after i “master” (whatever that means) japanese….
a friend found something named bijou outside of graceland recently – maybe a theater too?
our bijou will be a jewel to us for sure! 🙂
love to you too a. d!
WOW, I am French, did I tell you, oh.. what a beautiful name.. just beautiful and the kanji meshes so well…