Blessing

[SantanaLopez]

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.

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?

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

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

Scottish/Irish

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

What about Nicola after La Sturgeon?

I know you're a fan.

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

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

Congratulations.

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

Wee Eck and Nic.

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

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

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

You can't call twins David and Cameron!

Cameron and Osborne sounds very distinguished.

i know a blessing-she is also from nigeria

I believe both (and possibly Beatrix) all stem from the Latin beati which means blessed.

The significance of David and Cameron together will be irrelevant by the end of May next year.

I actually like Beatrice/ Beatrix

David and Cameron was just a wee joke. Dead serious about Sturgeon and Salmond though

Some Nigerian names are similar to names that zealous Puritans gave to their children in 16th c England where names like Fear-God, Repentance, and Obedience weren't uncommon.

Blessing has a much sunnier vibe than Obedience though!