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About My Girl's Name

So I thought Calla was a totally original name, I don't know anyone named Calla.  I always liked the name Lily, but a couple of our friends have used it.  Being that Calla Lillies are my favorite flower I thought it was a great alternative and a special name. 

I get this facebook message from my uncle the other day:  "Congrats on the baby, mom (my Grandma) wants to know if you named your baby Calla after her grandmother."

I was completely surprised!  I called my mom and dad right away and had them look in the family ancestry book for my paternal great great grandmother.  Sure enough, her name was Calla Lilly Robinson.  How strange is that?

You might be thinking I am awful for not knowing my great great grandma's name.  I may be, but that side of our family is huge.  Calla is my grandmother's 43rd great grandbaby.  Yes, we are all numbered :)

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  • Wow. That will be a great story for your daughter when she is older. How fun.
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  • First - that name reminds me of the book "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder" by Rebecca Wells - she wrote the "Ya Ya Sisters" books. 

    Second - oh my gosh 43rd GREAT grandbaby?!  Yeah, I'd say that side is pretty huge!  I think it's cool the name is a family name even though you weren't aware of it before.  

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  • That's really pretty! And it's pretty awesome that the name is also in your family. I think it's meant to be.

    I don't know my great great grandparents' names either. I can't remember anyways.

  • That's actually a cool story.  Do you think you maybe heard it at some point in your life and just don't remember it?  It's such a unique name (although in a good way) that it's a crazy coincidence.
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  • Aww!  What a great story!
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  • what a cute story!
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  • That's awesome!  What a great story to tell Calla :)
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  • Thats a neat story!  I've never heard the name before, I think it is really pretty :)
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  • That's a cool story! 

    I don't know my great grandparents names either.  I got them from my mom to put in the baby book, but I have no clue what they are off the top of my head.

     

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    How sweet!
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  • What a sweet story!

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  • Such a cool story! Maybe I should go digging back a few decades to find a good family name. Smile
  • What a great story! I love the name Calla. It is so unique! I know one of my great-grandmother's names. It was Lorna and I would love to do the whole naming a child after a family member, but that name is NMS.
  • What a cute story!  I only know one great grandparent's name and it was because she was the only one that I knew.
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  • By the way- we named her Calla Ann, not Cally Lilly (but with my love of Calla Lillies in mind).  I guess I could have heard the name somehow, but being that my parents didn't even know the name I kinda doubt it.  I was excited to find that out that it is a family name though!
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  • Very cute story!!
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  • what a cute story!
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