The Story of K.

So, Mandy tagged me to explain the meaning and story behind Konrad's name. So, here it is . . .

While Joel and I were on our delayed honeymoon in Costa Rica we met a man named Conrad. For some reason when I heard his name I said outloud and to him (which is very unlike me), "Conrad? That's a great name!" I remembered thinking it was really strong and masculine.

Well, when we got home from Costa Rica the plan was to begin trying for our little family and next thing you know we're pregnant. Much to everyone chagrin we decided to wait to find out if we were having a boy or girl until baby arrived, so we had to choose both a male and female name. In addition, we did not want to tell anyone the names we were thinking because we didn't want anyone to say, "Oh, I hate that name!" if we really liked it. (We had a friend who really liked the name Axel - no really - and we all kind of dissed on it. I realized after the fact how rude that was!)

We never discussed the name Conrad until we were going through a name book and stumbled across it again. It kept striking me as one of those names you could see a CEO having or a goofy little kid on a playground. It was also traditional without being too common, which was what we both were hoping for. Also, I had a very strong suspicion that we were going to be having a boy and thought it would be nice to honor my dad, since it would be the first grandson. All the siblings in his family have names beginning with the letter "K" and my brother carried on the tradition with hist first daughter. So, while we don't have plans to name all of our children with K's, I thought it would be nice if we had a little boy. As such, I spent a lot of time scanning the "C" names that could be spelled with a "K." So, that is how we came to Konrad spelled with a K. Oh, and it's very German this way.

As to Michael, this is Joel's father's first name. We also wanted to honor Mike and "Konrad Michael", in my opinion, sounds very distinguished. I often use his first and middle name together just because I love the way it sounds. Kind of like Beth Ann.

As to the definition of Konrad, this is according to thinkbabynames.com:

The boy's name Konrad - is pronounced KAHN-rad. It is of Polish and German origin, and its meaning is "bold advisor". Variant of Conrad (Old German) "courageous advice". Anthropologist Konrad Lorenz. Konrad has 3 variant forms: Kord, Kort and Knoz. For more information, see also the related name Curt. Baby names that sound like Konrad are Conrado and Conrade. Konrad is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#9114 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

I can't recall the specifics, but we were later told that a variation of the name Conrad also had a meaning of "roots," which seemed appropriate as well.

And that is the story of K. Your turn, Beth Ann.