My dear friend (and Sancta Nomina reader!) Joanna and her husband Lowell have welcomed their sixth baby — fourth girl! — and given her the gooorrrgeous name … Anastasia Marri!
I asked Joanna for the name details and this is what she said,
“We switched our girl name choice 2 weeks before we had her! Anastasia has been on the potential name list since Phillip. Lowell decided one Sunday morning that he preferred it to our original choice, Rita. I found myself immediately agreeing with the choice. It just felt so right. As a bonus, Anastasia means resurrection which we felt was perfect nod to still being in the Easter tide. Her middle name was going to be Pilar or Marri. I preferred Marri as one of the definitions of Mari is “the month of May”, which is our Lady’s month, and Mari is a cognate of Mary in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_(given_name)) We pronounce it “mah-ree” and chose the double R because it looked prettier. 🙂 My maternal grandmother’s middle name was Mae and she had some Danish blood. So, in a far stretched way, the name is also family related in addition to our “holy name connections” :).”
How beautiful, all of it!! Of course, I didn’t expect any less — all of Joanna’s kiddos have amazing names! Anastasia joins big sibs:
Faith Immaculata
Felicity Rose
George Patrick
Phillip Christopher
Karolina Mercy
Finding out Faith’s middle name when I first met Joanna — and swooning over the full first+middle combo — really helped inspire me in regards to Catholic baby names in general and Marian names in particular. So I’m extra delighted to share the great names of this family with you all!
Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Anastasia!! (Joanna says you can feel free to check out her blog as well!)
Anastasia Marri
Gorgeous name, and beautiful sibset! I’m swooning too!
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Thanks for the sweet write up, Kate!! And thank you for this blog; I’ve learned a lot of great information from it! 😊😘
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My pleasure!! ❤
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I love the name Anastasia. It always reminds me of the Betsy-Tacy books and of the Romanovs. She and all her family are now saints in the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Congrats!
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Welcome Anastasia Marri! Sacred Heart of Jesus, please bless you!
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