Don't worry about being selfish.. you're the one going through the hard work, lol :) Names are important, because they are our identities for the rest of our lives. It's a huge thing. I think deep down inside you should go for what makes you happy, but maybe that's just me, lol. For example, I wouldn't choose a middle name based on something that my parents liked or my in-laws liked, or just because it's in the 'family'. I'd go solely on what appeals to me and my husband. Maybe I am selfish.. lol. I guess I consider is more of a special thing for the parents. Other relatives are there to buy clothes for the baby and spoil it and give their opinions about names, but at the end of the day, their opinions won't affect my choices. And if they don't like it.. well who cares, :P

You've got me worried.. hubby and I found it so easy to pick out names for a girl and a boy that we've even got a list for more children (if we're blessed to have more). Not a lot of time went into them because we just really loved the names, so now I'm thinking that I 'under thought' the names :P lol.

About what gracie said about Jasmine. Yeah.. I can see where she's coming from in that it doesn't actually "fit" together. I do like the name jasmine a lot though. I think that's why, lol. Ann will never grow on me for some odd reason. It's also my mother in-laws and sister-in-law's middle names. Maybe that's why? lol. Just kidding.

Lucia Marie is still a winner for me.. even if she isn't in your final list. I'm quite annoyed that it doesn't have a nice meaning, lol. Meanings are important :)

Which choices are the final ones? I got confused. Ann and Rowan?

Out of your four selected names Vik I like Lucia Rowan as well. I like that it is quite uncommon and I guess that the initials don't cause a problem in either language.

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I am totally for Lucia Rowan. I'm not so into the argument that it Rowan is too masculine a name for a little girl, because Lucia is ULTRA feminine (imo, but beautiful!). I also think that Lucia Marie is almost too rhyme-y but that just might be how I say it in my Canadian accent :)

BUT, you love the name, you like how it sounds and what it's meaning is, and it pays homage to both of your grandmothers without being completely obvious. I think that comprises a winner!

I know I wasn't too fussy about meanings when I was naming Kaspar...but I did check them out slightly. Despite the awful idea behind 'Kaspar' in my original source in finding it (that being an opera character who sold his soul to the devil and dies by the end of the opera), it is a modern name of one of the "three wise men" which is kind of cool. I picked Jude (not for the Beatles song or Jude Law, as I was asked a few times) because I wanted a saint's name and something that only had one syllable (as I have read that names flow better when there are fewer syllables in the middle name)...found Jude, who is the patron saint of "adverse situations" which fit into how things were going for me at the time.

But yeah, it all works out and what is most important of all is that you and your husband love it. She will love it too...I don't think it's one of those kinds of names that a teenager would be embarrassed about. Also, kids of her generation are well beyond making any Mr. Bean associations (I just thought of that, figured I'd point it out!).

And yeah, db's onto something with initials too...always a good thing to think about!

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Thanks guys!

Nerdy - don't worry about under-thinking - I'm definitely over-thinking this whole thing! To be honest I think it's just become a focus of my stress right now - I can avoid thinking about more immediate things like whether we are going to be able to move house before she's born, and the 'L' word which suddenly doesn't seem too far away! The final choices are still Ann, Evie and Rowan.

Thanks DB - you're right, the initials would never be a problem!

Casta - I love the name Kaspar - the wise man association is the first thing I think of when I hear it. Isn't it funny how Lucia is feminine for you? It's not a name that's too well known in the UK apart from Mr. Blackadder (refuse to call him Mr. Bean!!).

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

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Lmao.. you should have seen me sitting here for a few good minutes trying to work out what 'l' word you could possibly be talking about. ha! I'm so stupid >.> But yeah it's good that you've got something to take your mind off of it for now :)

Out of your three final ones, I like Evie most. Rowan is growing on me, but the only thing that makes that a problem (in my opinion) is if you have a girl who will later not like having a middle name that sounds sort of masculine. That's a tough one to judge 'cause we don't know how our children grow up, lol. But then that could go for any sort of name really - masculine or not.

Lol, ignore those last two lines. That was more of me just thinking out loud XD