I haven’t seen many New Year’s baby announcements yet, but one of the announcements I have seen featured a rather distinctive name: Echo Frejya Grey.
Echo Frejya Grey Adams was the first baby of 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She was born to Kayla McEvoy and Jared Adams at 12:02 am on New Year’s Day.
Where did her three given names come from?
- Echo came from the character Echo of the short-lived sci-fi TV series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon. “The couple agreed on the name Echo before she was even conceived, admiring the TV character’s strong personality and “take no prisoners” attitude.”
- Frejya commemorates Iceland, which is where Kayla and Jared got married.
- Grey came from the character Jean Grey of the X-Men comic series.
Frejya has never been in the U.S. baby name data, but Echo and Grey have.
Which of these three names do you like best?
Source: Edmonton’s 2015 New Year’s baby named for Dollhouse character Echo
Echo – I love Echo! And agree with their feelings about the Dollhouse character :)
Did Freyja really fail to appear on those lists? There exists at least one other spelling (Freya — and maybe Freija).
@Pernille – Freya, Freja and Freyja are on the lists, but the J-Y spelling isn’t there.
Thought you might like this nice story about the Minneapolis’ New Years baby, Okatakyie Yaw Afriyie Asare and his name’s origin.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27241998/okatakyie-yaw-afriyie-asare-is-twin-cities-first
Thanks, Julie! I love that they explained what each name means.