What's in a Name?

I think one of the hardest parts of being a parent is picking out a name and the more kids you have, the harder it is. Before you get pregnant you think you have all the name stuff figured out and know EXACTLY what you want to name your child. For example, I said my first son would be named "Nicholas Anthony", which was apparently a lie because my first son, who I miscarried, was named "Nolan Anthony". My second son was also not named Nicholas and now Nicholas isn't even on the list of possible names we want to use. So here is the problem we're having, we want a name that means something to us. When we named Ryker it was a combination of a lot of stuff, it was simply a name I saw on Etsy at first. Then Jason pointed out it was from "Star Trek" a show we love watching as a family. It became very clear to us that we needed to use this name and it went well with what I wanted the middle name to be, Lucas. Lucas was after a man who was like a second father to me so this name meant a lot to me. I want the same feeling for our next two children(in case you didn't know we're having twins!). We thought we had all the name stuff figured out and we were fine, until Jason's sister announced she was having a little boy due before us, naming him Killian Donovan-the exact name we had picked out for our son. I was extremely upset seeing as this name meant A LOT to me- Killian after my favorite Once Upon a Time character and Donovan for my mom's side of the family. It was perfect! Once she took it, we decided to be mature(ish) about it and just pick out all new names. So back to the drawing board. We were up until about one am picking out names-because you know I'm due in September and don't even know the genders yet so why not?! I am very proud to say though, we have two names for boys and two for girls. We aren't picky about them being matchy so it made it a little easier, but we did want them to be easy to say together. Once all was said and done we were pleased with our name selection, even if our family and friends end up hating these names the names we picked mean something to us and at the end of the day that's all that matters. I can't wait until we find out the genders and we can tell you guys the names and the stories behind them because it's going to be quiet the story for them!