[nmh]

We named our daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. She knows that Sarah means "princess" and knows her name sake. Now that's a woman I wouldn't mind her living up to. As for Elizabeth that is the mother of John the Baptist and a cousin to Jesus. I'd have liked to call her Elizbeth but people love to mutilate names and gave her Sarah as her first name. She just loves inmagining she is a "princess". I prefer the more traditional names. Pretentious names leave me cold.

[It's me]

One of my daughter's is named Sara. She was named after my husband's mother.

The other kids are named after saints. AND, none of our kids have names that can be shortened. With a long last name it was better to give them one or two syllable names to go with a three syllable last name.