This is a post I have been meaning to write for the longest time, especially since some readers have asked about the name we chose for our little baby girl. I just wanted to make sure that my husband was okay with me sharing her name on the blog, as well as a bit of the story behind it.
I wrote about some of our considerations for choosing a name, you can read that story
here.
As we did not know whether we were expecting a boy or a girl, we had a list for both. We (or maybe just I?) were quite sure that the baby would be a boy adn we did not have much difficulty coming up with boy names. For a girl it was much harder. I had a girl name that I liked very much from the beginning, but in the last couple of months I changed my mind completely and that name was off the list!
In accordance with Islamic custom, the baby is given his/her name as quickly as possible. For us it was important to start using the name from the very beginning as we are not fond of nick names (cute as they may be). So as soon as I was out of recovery and pain medication was sorted we started discussing. I think we had three or four girl names on our list, but it was quickly narrowed down to two. My husband found it impossible to choose between the two, so he left the last decision to me.
In the end there was only that one name that fitted our precious little girl that we had been waiting for so long. All our difficulties in the years prior to her birth really tested
our my faith. My husband was always strong (he is stubborn by nature) and always reminded me that we needed to have imaan (Arabic for faith) that one day we too will become parents. Hence our baby girl is called Imaan.
För knappt ett år sedan skrev jag om hur svårt det är att välja namnet för ett barn, ni kan läsa det här. Vi gjorde det inte lättare för oss själva genom att välja att inte ta reda på babyns kön. Därför hade vi en lista med 3-4 namn för både en flicka eller en pojke.
Efter att vår flicka var född satte vi så fort som möjligt igång med att disskutera namn. Vi ville slå fast namnet så fort som möjligt, för vi vilje veta vad vi skulle kalla vårt lilla rosa knytte. Ganska snabbt hade vi uteslutit alla andra alternativ utom två och det visade ej att min man inte kunde välja mellan dem. Så han bad mej göra det slutliga beslutet.
Sist och slutligen var det inte så svårt att välja namnet för vår lilla flicka som var så efterlängtad. Alla svårigheter under årens lopp hade verkligen tärt på mej och min vilja att kunna tro på att vi nånsin skulle få barn. Min man var stark (envis kan man väl också säga), han påminde mej om att vi måste ha imaan (arabiska för tro) och inte ge upp drömmen om att bli föräldrar. Där har vi vi orsaken till att vår älskade lilla baby fick namnet Imaan.
