people ask us all the time where we got the name Gemma from.
for months, perhaps years, jesse and i discussed names for our future children. once we got pregnant though and really had to actually come up with a name, we soon discovered this was no easy task.
we both agreed on one thing though. nothing uber-popular. we didn't want her to be "something K" in her class.
when we got pregnant and found out it was a girl, we went through so many names. there were a few that we both liked, few that only one of us liked, and many that neither of us would even consider.
so how did we come up with Gemma?
it was the name of one of the patients i was typing about. an old lady. i had NEVER in my life heard this name and loved it instantly. i called jesse right away and told him. he wasn't sure. he had never heard of it either and thought it was "kinda weird".
but a weird thing - months before, jesse had come to me and told me of this name idea he had for our baby's middle name. "Gem". we were still unsure what to do with her middle name at the time, so i put it in the back of my mind.
so when jesse said this was "kinda weird", all i had to say was he could call her "Gem" and he was sold. well, it still took a few weeks to convince him fully, but obviously he came around.
this is how "Gemma" came to be.
according to babynames.com, it means "precious stone" (like gem) and is of Italian origin.
for months, perhaps years, jesse and i discussed names for our future children. once we got pregnant though and really had to actually come up with a name, we soon discovered this was no easy task.
we both agreed on one thing though. nothing uber-popular. we didn't want her to be "something K" in her class.
when we got pregnant and found out it was a girl, we went through so many names. there were a few that we both liked, few that only one of us liked, and many that neither of us would even consider.
so how did we come up with Gemma?
it was the name of one of the patients i was typing about. an old lady. i had NEVER in my life heard this name and loved it instantly. i called jesse right away and told him. he wasn't sure. he had never heard of it either and thought it was "kinda weird".
but a weird thing - months before, jesse had come to me and told me of this name idea he had for our baby's middle name. "Gem". we were still unsure what to do with her middle name at the time, so i put it in the back of my mind.
so when jesse said this was "kinda weird", all i had to say was he could call her "Gem" and he was sold. well, it still took a few weeks to convince him fully, but obviously he came around.
this is how "Gemma" came to be.
according to babynames.com, it means "precious stone" (like gem) and is of Italian origin.
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