I had a Sex and the City Charlotte moment today. I went to visit a friend who's due to deliver a girl on Saturday. I casually asked her whether they've picked out a name. They had three names in the running. One of them was Clara (or Klara). My eyes fell out and my jaw dropped because that was my name!
When I got pregnant with Ivan, I was convinced it would be a girl--I always thought I'd have a girl, I always wanted a girl (never, ever considered the possibility of having a boy, actually) and I was convinced I was pregnant with a girl (because of a dream I had early on, during the wacky pregnancy dream phase).
As soon as I got pregnant, Andy and I drew up a list of girls name, which we winnowed down to three-Klara, Silva and Emma. (For boys, we couldn't come up with a top list we both agreed on. We finally settled on Ivan's name when I had to fill out the birth certificate documents before I was leaving the hospital, two days after his birth.)
But I never gave up on the name Klara. If I do have a girl (when I get pregnant again hopefully this month, keep my fingers crossed), Klara is THE top contender.
So when my friend said Clara today, I was shocked. It's not a common and popular name right now, like Emma or Sophia is, so where did she come up with it? They said they were looking for older names......but what are the odds that off all the girls names in the world (and there are much more cooler names to pick from for girls than boys) that they would pick Clara!
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