I love the story of how Alec got his name. His full name is Alec David Levi Brayko. This sounds like a name of distinction. It's the name of someone who had great expectations upon his shoulders. That really wasn't the intent at all.
Alec's first name was written in stone long long before when I was about nine years old. It was at that time I read The Black Stallion. In it, the very likable young boy who tames a wild horse and wins repeatedly on the racecourse is named Alec. I'd never heard the name before and loved the sound and look of it. It was so exotic. Not quite Alex. Better because it was unique. And I loved that boy in the story. I decided then that if I ever had a boy I would name him Alec.
Fast forward to marriage and adoption of a baby boy and the birthmom's offer to name her son whatever we chose. I didn't even open a baby book. I just said to Brent, "I've always loved the name Alec." He said," Me too!" And that was that.
As that was so easy, we began musing about middle names. That, too, was almost laughably easy. Brent's deceased father's name was David. My father had always gone by David or Dave. Alec David seemed to roll off the tongue!
Soon after I received an email from Cindy. "Have you decided on a middle name yet?" "Actually, yes." I replied, wincing that there could be a problem ahead. "Oh. I was hoping we could collaborate on the middle name. I have some ideas." I thought quickly. How do we solve this so everyone is happy? "Well," I replied. "Why don't we give him two middle names?"
Cindy liked that and in short order sent a small list with names and meanings. Among them was "Levi: joined in Harmony." We loved it immediately! It was a name of Christian origin and the meaning fit our situation completely.
Alec David Levi. It has a lovely ring to it, don't you think?
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