• rainy
  • i love the rain
• eirlys
  • snowdrops are my favourite flowers
• noelle
  • i love christmas
• dusty
  • my favourite singer, dusty springfield
• lyra
  • from one of my favourite childhood books/films (his dark materials)
  • also a constellation so a nod to my study of astronomy
• clara
  • the name of a porcelain doll i had as a child
• fauna
  • a nod to my study of zoology
• audra
  • means storm, my favourite weather

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• aster
  • aster is my birth flower
• franklin
  • reminds me of a little toy turtle i had as a kid
• fletcher / fisher / thatcher
  • i have an occupational surname that i likely won't want to pass on, but i like the idea of my child having an occupational name as a nod to me and my heritage
• caspian
  • from one of my favourite childhood book series (the chronicles of narnia)
• freddy
  • my first cat's name, my protector as a baby
• edmund
  • from one of my favourite childhood book series (the chronicles of narnia)

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• sailor
  • i spent a lot of time near the seaside as a child