Fellow name blogger Rowan from Eponymia welcomed her second child on March 25. She and her husband now have a gorgeous daughter named Cosima Kindred, a sister for Ottilie Valentine; Cosima will have the nickname Cosy.

Cosima is a name that was on their original name list for their first baby, and Rowan still loved it. Kindred is the middle name of sci fi writer Philip K. Dick – a link with Ottilie’s name, as Valentine is the middle name of author Henry Miller. Both Valentine and Kindred are names connected with love, as we send cards to our kindred spirits on St Valentine’s Day.

Congratulations to Rowan and her family! A beautifully named baby girl, and a lovely sibset.