Hmm... I'm not sure what, I think that Ellie Grissom has a nice ring to it, I also think Max Grissom would be a cute name for a little boy... :lol: Not sure they'd be Gil and/or Cath's choices though... :lol:
Those are cute names... wait, what about middle names?
By the way, I looked up the meanings of Gil and Cath's names. Here's what I found...
Gil is short for Gilbert, which means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements
gisel "pledge, hostage" and
beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to England, where it was common during the Middle Ages. It was borne by a 12th-century British saint, the founder of the religious order known as the Gilbertines. The name is English, French, Dutch and German.
Catherine is the French of Katherine, and is also a common English variant. There's a whole complicated history involved with the name. It's from the Greek name
?ικατερινη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name
‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from
‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate; it could be related to Greek
?ικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek
?αθαρος (katharos) "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from
Katerina to
Katharina to reflect this.
The name was borne a semi-legendary 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on a spiked wheel. The saint was initially venerated in Syria, and the name was introduced to Western Europe by returning crusaders. It has been common in England since the 12th century in many different spellings, with
Katherine and
Catherine becoming standard in the later Middle Ages.
Famous bearers of the name include Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic, and Catherine de' Medici, a 16th-century French queen. It was also borne by three of Henry VIII's wives, including Katherine of Aragon, and by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great.
Oh wow, that's a lot for a name origin. I think those names totally suit them, don't you?
