Choosing the Perfect Name for Our Little Princess
by Laurel
(USA)
Aubrielle - 10 1/2 months
When my husband and I found out we were having a baby (finally!!!!), we were elated.
I was convinced it would be a girl, and spent hours looking through baby name books and searching online for girls' names.
When I was 20 weeks pregnant, my husband and I went to the doctor to find out what the baby's sex was. I was so excited, I took off the whole day of work!
My husband and I had planned to go start our baby registry after the visit.
The moment had finally arrived.
Our doctor looked at the baby on the monitor, explaining that this was the leg, that was a hand, blah, blah, lol. The wait was killing us.
Finally, he says, "well, the baby's not in the right position, so I can't tell you what it is."
We were so disappointed. I went back to work the next day and scheduled an appointment to have an ultrasound done at a professional ultrasound clinic for the very next day.
We make it to the appointment and eagerly await the news. Just a few seconds after the technician started the ultrasound, she said, "Yep, it's a girl!"
After that, I was full swing into finding a name for her.
I wanted it to be something special, something unique; a name that I had never heard before.
I searched through Italian, French, American names and found nothing that I really liked or that we could agree upon.
Some of the names that were a possibility were Ava, Lexi, Alexa, Elle, and Ella.
Finally, a week after finding out the sex, we settled on a name.
My husband and I were sitting in bed when I handed him the laptop and told him to start looking, since everything I proposed he shot down. He came across a page with a few names on it that he was considering - Aubrey was one he liked, and though I liked it, too, I thought it was too short, too boring for our baby.
Gavrielle (Italian form of "Gabrielle") was another, but I wasn't quite sure about him pronouncing it with the proper accent...from that, I came up with "Aubrielle" (I know it's an actual name, but until then, I had never heard of it).
We both agreed that this was our baby's name.
It was unique, it was elegant, classy, and perfect for our little princess-to-be!
I absolutely love her name and know that we couldn't have picked one that was more suitable.
