On the name “Jonah”
Michelangelo's Jonah from the Sistine Chapel
Well its been a while since the last post, but I assure you its not because my blogging enthusiasm is waning. Our son Jonah was born last Saturday, and that combined with an unusually packed school schedule has left me with less free time than usual. Not that I’m complaining though. Jonah is happy, healthy, incredibly cute, and just about the most amiable baby anyone could ask for. You can see videos and pictures of him at our family blog GayLynnAndRyan.Blogspot.Com. Now I said when I started this blog that it wouldn’t be one of those “online diary” kind of blogs and I’m still committed to that idea. But I can’t let something as life-changing as the birth of our first child go by without some kind of acknowledgement on this website. And I thought a good way to approach this would be to provide a little bit of insight into our choice of the name “Jonah” for our son, since we’ve had a few questions about it.
Of course there’s a lot that goes into choosing a name for a child. Its got to sound nice when paired with the last name, its got to be something that isn’t too easy for kids to make fun of, it needs to be a name that won’t be considered a “grandpa name” or something like that when he’s still in high school, and of course there’s also the meaning of the name to consider. The sound of a name is a subjective judgement and we personally think its got a nice ring to it, and we liked it because its unique while not being unpronounceable or difficult to spell. The meaning of the name initially gave us pause but after much contemplation its become one of my favorite aspects of his name. Let me explain… Continue reading
