Due to a situation at the weekend we were forced to make a decision on the name of our new baby. It’s about time as we were procrastinating and she could have been called baby.
In the end we got down to a short list of three and after one or two other “signs” we made the selection. We never had this trouble with Phoebe… we just picked it and agreed.
We named her Zoe Maia (pronounced MY-ah). I hope she likes it as we all do. Zoe means life and was the name of several Byzantine empresses. Maia is the godness of spring and the month of May is named after her. In Greek mythology, she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the most beautiful and shyest. She is also the goddess of fields. In a cave of Cyllene, Maia became by Zeus the mother of the god Hermes.
I can now take back all the books to the library and delete all the knowledge of name meanings from my brain hard drive.
Karl Roche 
June 9, 2008 at 1:14 pm
my wife would envy that you had time to choose. Here in the States (at least in Connecticut) we have to choose before the baby leaves the hospital. So, you’ve got 48 hours max. And my wife is never quite sure, so that last hour before we leave is stressful. We’ve named our last 2 in the final 2 minutes before we left the hospital.
June 9, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Yes I heard that happens in many countries, thankfully here we are not so linked up. You have 9 months to think of one but sometimes there are just other things to do at the time.
June 10, 2008 at 1:09 am
beautiful name. Congratulations.
I think we have around 40 days to choose a name in Australia. How hard is it to gave a NAME to a HUMAN BEING!?
Glad you didn’t call her Peep . Ambient Intimacy, Flickr, Tweet or nuttin’! 😉
June 11, 2008 at 4:03 pm
lol @ wonderwebby. Was thinking about calling her Hedgefund Credit Crunch