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Blessing

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 12:58

Is it the hormones or is it just a lovely name to be called? I'd not be brave enough to use it but I just think it's a gorgeous sentiment.

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squoosh · 08/07/2014 13:29

Cameron and Osborne sounds very distinguished.

TheReluctantCountess · 08/07/2014 13:28

You can't call twins David and Cameron!

TheReluctantCountess · 08/07/2014 13:26

I teach a boy with that name and he is lovely, as is the name. He is Nigerian.

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:25

Thank you so much My face did that too when they told us!

That's interesting about Beata- any relation to Beatrice?

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squoosh · 08/07/2014 13:21

Congratulations.

In that case it HAS to be little Alex and little Nicola.

Wee Eck and Nic.

BikeRunSki · 08/07/2014 13:19

"Beata" is a more European name which means "blessed".

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:17

Well, I'm having twins (I still laugh every time I tell someone ) so slightly torn between David and Cameron and Alex and Nicola.

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squoosh · 08/07/2014 13:15

What about Nicola after La Sturgeon?

I know you're a fan.

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:14

Definitely fail that one, squoosh. Maybe it is just the hormones

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:14

I think it would be quite a burden if you wanted to be a teenage Goth

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squoosh · 08/07/2014 13:13

I'd also assume your were a God mega-fan.

exexpat · 08/07/2014 13:11

I would also assume African or possibly Filipino. It's quite sweet, but I think for me it would fail the 'shouting across the playground' test.

Pangaea · 08/07/2014 13:11

That was it! Nigeria! I'm fairly sure its a unisex name in Nigeria.

If you search Blessing in the people category on Facebook, they are both genders.

ShovettyMcShovetty · 08/07/2014 13:10

Oh funny - I know a Blessing who is female and Nigerian.

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:09

That's even odder, I think it is quite feminine.

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squoosh · 08/07/2014 13:08

I'd assume you were Nigerian too. And I'd wonder if your other children had names like Precious or God's Gift.

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SantanaLopez · 08/07/2014 13:06

Scottish/Irish

Weirdly, I would put it in a different category to Rainbow and Sunshine. Hmmm. That's funny, isn't it?

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TheBookofRuth · 08/07/2014 13:05

I'd assume your child was a Nigerian male, as all the Blessings I've met had been.

Locketjuice · 08/07/2014 13:04

I don't like it..
Think its up there with rainbow,sunshine etc

Pangaea · 08/07/2014 13:03

I've met a Blessing. Did strike me as strange to my boring English ears, but as soon as I understood her heritage her name made sense.

She came from a culture where it is common to name your children a noun name, to describe what you think of them, or what you hope them to be.

I don't really know how to better articulate this without seeming culturally insensitive (and for the life of my I can't remember which country she was from) so I hope this makes sense.

What is your heritage OP?

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