And Her Name Is…

Josephine Rose Sock

Nickname: Josie, JoJo, Joey

Middle name from Bobby’s sister Jennifer.  This was the easy part.  We knew the middle name long before we even got pregnant.

Why Josephine?  Why Rose?

When I first found out we were expecting I was in Michigan staying with my mom. Immediately after I took the first pregnancy test I said to myself “oh my gosh, what will we name her?”

Her?

I said her.

I felt it was a “her”.

I knew it was a “her”.

And I knew I loved the name Josephine.

But I feared my husband wouldn’t be so keen on the name so I waited a few days to tell him. I remember finally telling him but feared he wouldn’t agree. I specifically remember exactly where I was when I told him too. Peeing, of course. Duh, it was the first trimester-I lived on the toilet. Sorry, TMI, I know.

He did not immediately say “no”, but he was uneasy about it at first. He was used to the more traditional, common names.

I liked old fashioned, classic, beautiful names with meaning. I liked names that weren’t very common.

I wanted our baby to be the one and only in the classroom. Not the 4^th Emma or the 3^rd Isabella.

For months afterwards I would hear this name everywhere. In movies, in emails, in stories and blogs. Even on the floor I work on there is a Josephine and a Josie that are PCA’s. This still did not stop me from absolutely loving the name.  So with much thought and anxiety about a name, Bobby and I have really both learned to love the name. No matter how many suggestions, we always end up right back at Josephine.  He said he really liked the name Josie. And I love Josephine, Josie and Jojo.

So there you have it…she’s finally got a name.

Baby Girl Sock is officially Josephine Rose Sock.

The meaning of the name Josephine is: God Will Increase.

The origin of the name Josephine is French/Hebrew.