Boys:

• Scott: The HS teacher who got me talking, as well as Kevin SCOTT Richardson who was my idol and hero growing up.
• Millard: My best friend
• Dorian: My best friend/mom figure, Doreen
• Mattias/Mateo: My good friend/CKO dad, Matt
• Michael: My favorite HS teacher/friend/dad figure
• James: My grandfather, and by coming from the same root word - my younger sister, Jackie.
• August/Augustine: Honors my step mom, my sisters, and my grandfather who all have August birthdays
• Julian: My cousin, Julie
• Luca/Lucan: My 3rd grade teacher
• Ellis: My step mom's father
• Sylvan: My boyfriend’s mother
• Cole: An indirect honor of my best friend/mom figure through the meaning of her last name

Girls:

• Michaela: My favorite HS teacher/friend/dad figure
• Doreen: My best friend/mom figure
• Lynn: My older sister
• Mae: My aunt
• Koda: My best friend, Cody
• Alice: My step mom
• Lenore: An aunt on my nana's side
• Ronnie: My 2nd grade teacher
• Marilynn: My nana's name for my mom, honors them both
• Juliet: My cousin, Julie
• Valerie: My nana and my younger sister
• Louise: My aunt