Chanara’s Blog

Lately I feel like I’ve been having to stick up for my Wynn all the time. People who have no right to say anything (people who named their daughter Nevaeh Angel Destiny, icK!) are telling me what a horrible name it is…They said Wynn sounds like an old Chinese man’s name (ooookkkkk), and Beatrix just got a horrified face and a throw up sound. *roll eyes* I guess not everyone can name their baby Nevaeh Angel Destiny…

And all this fuss, actually makes me love it more. I’d say I rediscovered my love for it. Wynn. It makes me happy to say, I love how it looks. Everything about it, it just makes me sing.

I started liking this name when I was very young. Has anyone watched the Hallmark TV movie, “Love Comes Softly”? It was based on the book written by Janette Oke. I love her writing. I have every book she’s ever wrote. I devoured them. Well, besides the “Love Comes Softly” series, my other favorite series by her was her Canadian West series. The Canadian West series is quite like the Little House on the Prairie series, except set in the Canadian west. This series (When Calls the Heart, When Comes the Spring, When Breaks the Dawn, When Hope Springs New, Beyond the Gathering Storm, and When Tomorrow Comes) is about a woman named Elizabeth and her husband, a royal Canadian Mountie, named Wynn Delaney. He is a strong officer who is kind and fair and strong and caring. A model citizen, handsome, a devout Christian, and a loving husband. He’s like the perfect man. He is just the kind of man I want my son to grow to be!

Also, Wynn is the surname of the Stephen Alan Wynn. He is an American casino resort developer who is credited with spearheading the dramatic resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Strip in the 1990s. His companies refurbished or built some of the most currently widely recognized resorts in Las Vegas such as the Golden Nugget, The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, Wynn, and Encore. As of 2008, Wynn is the 277th richest man in the world with a wealth of $3.9 billion. The Wynn hotel sets this story: In 2004, Chanara and Erik were working the summer at the Wynn hotel, fell in love, had their first date there, had their first dance there (to Blackbird by the Beatles), and have been together ever since. We go back to the Wynn every year. It’s the most beautiful place ever, and I love it to bits. We someday hope to be married at the Wynn, and I hope to walk down the aisle to Blackbird. Wynn means a lot to us, it means love. Erik loves that it sounds like the word “win” and that if our son ever became a famous football player, he could shout “Win, Wynn!” He’s a nut, but I love him. Also, my father’s great-grandfather’s name was Arthur Wynn, after his father Wynn Charles.

Wynn is Welsh, and the meaning of it is either “friend” or “fair”, it also derived from Welsh gwyn meaning “blessed, white” He would most likely be paired with Alexander Clint. Alexander is Erik’s middle name, and also his fathers, and his great-grandfathers, and a thousand men back in the lineage’s middle name. Sort of a tradition. Clint is the name of my older brother, who was murdered  in 2005. So Wynn Alexander would mean “Fair defender of men”. Nice. If it wasn’t Wynn Alexander, it would probably be Wynn Alasdair Thomas (or just Tam), Wynn Alasdair Cosmo, or I don’t know. Something strong to balance out the delicateness of Wynn. Any suggestions on combos (looking at my favorite names)?

I would love to have a Wynn. I’m completely all about the feminine sounding names on boys, and I love that it feels a bit more feminine than other boy names whose manliness slams you over your head. I think a true man is sensitive and sweet, and Wynn embodies that for me. I even think it sounds quite strong. After all it sounds like the word “Win” how macho is that, the drive to want to win and be the best? Seems quite manly to me.  I could see myself with a Wynn, see myself introducing him. I love how it looks in type, in cursive, on birth announcements, calling him my little Wynnie the pooh, I mean, if people aren’t in love with this name, they must be crazy!

Thanks as always  for putting up with me!