Hi guys and welcome to the Family Fudge. Today I'm sharing Thanksgiving inspired baby names. Now these are names that I absolutely love but probably will never use. So stay tuned and I will share them all with you. Okay guys so before I jump right in here I do feel like I need some disclaimers because I've done baby name videos before and each time I do I get the same questions and comments. So let's get those out of the way first. Number one, no I'm not currently pregnant. I do have four kids that are seven and under so right now we're good but I'm not closing the door to the possibility of another child in the future. So I always have names in my head possibly for the future maybe not. Now unfortunately every time I do one of these videos I get some not so nice comments as well. Like it's silly for me to do a video like this if I'm not currently pregnant. But to me I feel like that's like saying I'm not allowed to like piano music if I'm not an actual piano player which I think is that's pretty silly to me. I think to each their own when it comes to what you like right now to tell you the truth I'm kind of a name nerd a secret animatologist if you will. Now animatology is a study of names their origins and their meetings and I'm totally into that. I love to know all of that kind of stuff. So to me it's more than just baby names it's the history and the culture that comes along with names. And now with all of my disclaimers out of the way we can go ahead and get started. I'm going to be sharing five girl names and five boy names that are somehow inspired or make me think of Thanksgiving and these are in no particular order. So as I'm going through this list I'm going to share with you the name, it's origin, how popular it is and why it makes me think of Thanksgiving. And I found all of this information on babyscenter.com so you can go ahead and check out that website if you want more information. Now first on my list I have a girl name and it is Teresa or Teresa depending on how you pronounce it. Now I do have my little cheat sheet here just because I don't want to get anything wrong. So I may be looking at that just a bit. The name Teresa actually means to harvest and it is of Spanish origin and right now it's number 667 on the popularity list. So it's really not obscure it's kind of an old world name but it's also not super popular either and I really think the nickname Tess or Tessa for a little girl would be so sweet. And obviously with the meaning of to harvest it definitely makes me think of Thanksgiving. Now before I move on to my first boy name I forgot to tell you why I like these names but we'll probably never use them and that's because if we do ever have any more kids in this family I already have two names in mind and it's not any of these ones so like them I probably will never use them. Now first in the boy category I have the name Jaden. Now Jaden actually means thankful and is of Hebrew origin and right now it's number 27 on the popularity list so it's pretty popular but not the top 10 either so I like that. With the meaning of thankful I definitely think of Thanksgiving. Now the next baby girl name that I love but probably will never use is Dorothy. Now I know you might think of the Wizard of Oz when I say the name Dorothy but come to find out it was popular way before that movie. Now the name Dorothy is actually an English variation of the Greek name Dorothya and it means gift of God and it's actually number 652 on the popularity list this year so it's actually gaining a popularity but still not super popular so I like that and I really think the nickname Dottie would be really cute for little girl these days. I love those old old names with the charm. Yeah I really like that but come to find out the name Dorothy was actually really popular amongst pilgrims on the Mayflower. There was actually two women on the Mayflower named Dorothy. Did you guys know that? Pretty interesting. The next baby boy name that I love but definitely will never use is Sedrick. Now this name did actually make it onto the short list when we were naming Griffin because if you don't already know all of my kids have Harry Potter inspired names so Sedrick would have worked along with that but we would Griffin instead. Now the name Sedrick actually is of Celtic origin and it's number 914 on the popularity list and it actually means bounty so when I think of Thanksgiving and the Bountiful Harvest I think Sedrick definitely goes along with that. The next baby girl name that I love is Eleanor. Eleanor is actually a Greek origin and it means a bright shining one and it's actually really popular this year. It's number 41 which is why it's pretty surprised to find the name Eleanor on the list of passengers on the Mayflower so Eleanor was a pilgrim name although it was spelled a little bit differently on that list. It was spelled with an eye I believe but yes I love the name Eleanor. I feel like you could shorten it to Ellie that would be so cute. Moving back to the boy category the next name that I really love is Miles. Now this is usually spelled with an eye these days but if you spell it with a Y it might make you think of Miles' standish. Now Miles' standish was one of the most famous Mayflower pilgrims and was one of the leaders on that ship and it actually means soldier or merciful. The name Miles is of English origin and it's a form of the name Milo and this year it's number 105 on the popularity list so if I was going to use the name Miles I'd probably spell it with an eye. The next baby girl name that I love is Elizabeth. I feel like Elizabeth is a classic name for all times. It was popular way back then and it's still popular today unlike the name Jennifer which it seems like nobody names their baby Jennifer anymore. Why is that? Anyway the name Elizabeth actually means pledged to God and it's of Hebrew origin and it's actually number 13 on the popularity list this year so it's pretty high up there but apparently there were several ladies named Elizabeth on the Mayflower. Isn't that interesting? And I also think the name Elizabeth can be shortened to so many cute nicknames. We have Eliza and Lizzie and Beth. Yeah so many cute nicknames with Elizabeth. Now just like the name Elizabeth the next baby boy name I have was popular way back in the time of the Mayflower and it's still popular today and it is Thomas. Now Thomas is of Greek origin and it actually means twin and right now according to the nameberry.com it's number four on the popularity list so it's pretty popular. Now personally I would never use the name Thomas although I really like it and I like the nickname Tommy I think that would be really sweet but I would never use it because my brother in law's name is Thomas and we call him Tom. Good old Uncle Tom so I feel like that name is already taken in our family. Okay guys so the last Thanksgiving inspired baby girl name that I love is Grace. Now Grace is one of those names that was popular then and is still popular today. It's been popular the whole time but there are some names on this list that were popular way back then that have made sort of a comeback so it's interesting how that happens. But the name Grace is one of those virtue names. The names like charity and patience and faith were really popular amongst women of the Mayflower era and out of all those names I think my favorite virtue name is Grace. I think it's really cute and there are several little girls with the name Grace and they're really cute. And Grace is number 19 on the popularity list this year. Now the last baby boy name on my list is Elias. Now Elias actually means Yahweh is God and according to babycenter.com it's the Greek variation of the Hebrew name Elijah which I also really like the name Elijah as well. Now when I think of Elias I automatically think of Walt Disney because Walt Disney's middle name was Elias so I definitely like that connection there. But Elias is another one of those names that was popular amongst passengers on the Mayflower. Now just so you guys know when I was going through this list the most popular name for men on the Mayflower was John. There were 15 people on that ship named John and for women the most popular name was Mary. There were six ladies named Mary on the Mayflower. Okay friends if you liked this video please give it a big thumbs up and let me know in the comments down below if you can think of any more Thanksgiving inspired names so let's love to check them out. If you'd like to see my last baby names video you can click on the link right up here and if you'd like to see my last video you can click on the link down there and don't forget to subscribe because I am planning to make a Christmas baby name video next month. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.