Girl Name

Our girl name is Maria Kathleen. Maria is for Mary, referenced here. Long ago, when Mike and I were dating, we talked about baby names that we liked and I liked Marie but he liked Maria and then I liked it too. I guess I'm easily led, but it seems like with our one syllable last name, it's no problem to front load the syllables. Kathleen is for my sweet friend Kathy, who died three years ago this month. I talked about her here. This was our girl name for Anthony too. We didn't see any reason to change, and since we didn't use it yet, it's back on the table, as it were.