Lindie ~ beneath a moon that glows so bright, is a soul who fills your heart with delight, for each and every time she speaks to you, it is your soul that she speaks so warmly to, for all the goodness that lives in this world, Lindie came down from the stars to be your little girl, to hold and to cherish all the days of her life, like a free and gentle spirit she brings magic with her light ✨ original intuitive name meaning and artwork by Tara Sea ©, the name nest®. This name is Spanish in origin and means ‘pretty and beautiful’. Inspirational pairings: Lindie Paige ~ Lindie Love ~ Lindie Darling ~ Lindie Boh ~ Lindie Clementine ~ Lindie Pia ~ Lindie Rose I hope to inspire you and that this name Lindie, is one you will love and cherish for a lifetime! #thenamenestl Do you have a special Lindie, in your life? Tag them and share the love 🤎 #thenamenestl Want to purchase this name an an artwork? It is available to buy from just $14.99 AUD (as an instant A4 download) or starting at just $28 AUD as a printed artwork on our website www.thenamenest.com/lindie

Clover ~ among the fields of clover this gentle spirit plays, singing soft tunes of summer under blue skies and country haze, your little Clover so unique to behold, they have a wonderfully kind heart, made of pure gold ✨ original intuitive name meaning and artwork by Tara Sea ©, the name nest®. This name is Germanic in origin and is from the little clover plant that is a symbol of good luck. Inspirational pairings: Clover Neve ~ Clover June ~ Clover Indi ~ Clover Prairie ~ Clover Moon ~ Clover Hali ~ Clover Mabel I hope to inspire you and that this name Clover, is one you will love and cherish for a lifetime! #thenamenestc Do you have a special Clover, in your life? Tag them and share the love 🤎 #thenamenestc Want to purchase this name an an artwork? It is available to buy from just $14.99 AUD (as an instant A4 download) or starting at just $28 AUD as a printed artwork on our website www.thenamenest.com/clover

Northern Rivers, New South Wales , Australia my children's forever names - Lucia (lulu) Belle 12y Daisy Darling 10y Fern Honey 6y Rumi Sunday 3y A little bit about me - Wife to Josh, mother to 4 daughters, one fur baby Rocky dog, co-founder and creative director at The Beach People and massive sea lover. Simple things make me really happy. Surfing/Sup’ing or swimming in the sea, snorkelling with my daughters, dinner with my girlfriends, holding my husband's hand while driving. Tea on the back deck in the sunshine. That’s the kind of girl I am. my name journey stories - Lucia Belle . Meaning Light and beautiful. We loved Lulu but wanted to have a formal option for later on in life. We call Lucia so many short names Lu, Louie or Lulu. Lulu is sweet, thoughtful, creative and kind true to her name. Daisy Darling. Meaning cheerful flower, embraces the sweetest elements of daylight. I intended to call her DeeDee for short but it didn’t stick. We call we Daisy mostly. Daisy sees the funny side to life, she is a bit wild, quirky and adventurous. She brings joy to all around her. Fern Honey. Meaning the plant. We call her Fernie for short. Turns out she is a lot like the plant. Fine and wispy but fiercely strong. I recently tried to remove some ferns from our back garden and they keep coming back. Fern is creative, musical, a baby whisperer, affectionate and feisty. Rumi Sunday. Meaning beauty flows & she was born on a Sunday. We call her Ru for short. Rumi is affectionate, dreamy, quiet, thoughtful and obsessed with animals. names I loved and did not use - Boy – Jones, Franco, Jimi, Jethro, Jonny, Mathi, Haro, Ed, Gus, Flinders, Orlando, Blue, Moe, Moses, Ranger, True, Brown, Jiro Girl – Everly, Baya, Palmer, Fin, Mila, Hilli, Peaches, Blossom, Darla, Mayla, Sylvie, Cedar, Clover, Quincey, Petal, Joni, Hanna, Anais, Deia Love the name game! Wish I had 10 more to name. But not really… how I found the name nest - While pregnant I would often scroll through the name nest for inspiration. my advice for mothers who are on their own naming journey Go with your gut and don’t ask advise from to many people. Don’t worry what other people think. When we named Rumi my mother in law (who is the sweetest lady) asked if Rumi’s name meant spacious, as in ‘this room is roomie’. Haha. I do wonder if the next gen are going to call their children names like Barbra, Greg, Barry or Carol. ______ to follow Emma's story and to find out more about her, you can find her on Instagram @emmahenderson @thebeachpeople I hope you enjoyed reading Emma's name journey's and I can not wait to bring you more stories, from women around the world in this new journal series 'behind the name'.

Melbourne, Australia My name is Brittany Elyse-May Martin, I am 28 years old, I was 27 when I fell pregnant with Rosie in the year of 2022. I grew up on the Gold Coast, Queensland, with a very full family, so I always knew I wanted kids of my own. I grew up very sporty, running in marathons, doing triathlons and in 2011 I graduated Year 12 and went on to study a Bachelor of Nursing. I worked as a Mental Health Nurse at both the Gold Coast University and Robina Hospital on the inpatient wards of both Adults & Children's Mental Health. I absolutely loved my time on the Children’s ward, I learned lots and experienced the highs and lows of recovery and relapse. Unfortunately I am no stranger to mental illness, I myself suffer and am treated for an Anxiety Disorder and felt a lot of this towards the end of my career in nursing. I hope to go back to it one day, but for now I am taking a break from the hospital scene. I went on to dipping my toes into Primary School Teaching. I was a Teacher’s Support at a little Catholic primary school when I moved to Melbourne. I moved to Melbourne in 2020 to support my Husband’s career. He is an AFL football player. He was playing for the Gold Coast Sun’s when we met 8 years ago and now plays for Carlton Football Club. We eloped in the summer of 2022 in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. It was perfect. Just myself, my now Husband, Celebrant, witnesses and photographer. That probably sums us up as a couple. We’re very private and enjoy our time together so we felt no need to host a huge wedding. Then came the positive pregnancy test a few months later. We’d talked about trying for a baby once we were married. It took a few cycles... and it was Rosie all along. Perfect just as she is. Motherhood is wild! Nothing can prepare you for it. So hard and all consuming. I have never felt so overstimulated, yet so proud of what my body has created in Rosie . I still don’t have the words for it 6.5 months in… maybe I never will. It is everything. my name journey story - Rosie Elsie The name Rosie came to me very early on during my pregnancy. I remember discussing is with my own Mum in the car one day. It was just so feminine and sweet. What I imagined my little girl to be. We found out the gender and it was always Rosie for me. I knew nobody personally with the name. I wanted a traditional yet uncommon name. Nothing too out of the ordinary or completely outrageous ha ha. I always looked at the model Rosie Huntington-Whitely as fashion references or hair styles for events and she just oozed elegance, class and I’ve seen interviews with her where she was cheeky as well. The name just resonated with me with what I imagined my own daughter to be one day. It literally took 9 months to convince my Husband, but we got there especially after he watched me push our daughter out. I think he would’ve given me anything at that point let alone a forever name, was the least he could do ha ha. Rosie’s middle name, Elsie , is after my Husbands Great Grandmother. He is Aboriginal and they call them their Jalbi. She is still alive at 90+ years old and is Rosie’s Great Great Grandmother (Jalbi). Rosie also has a bush name that was given to her at birth, her bush name is Yilybiri (pronounced like “ill-bree”). She was gifted a gold bracelet that she wears with her forever name on the front and her bush name on the back. names I loved and did not use - My husband loved - Siena. I wasn’t totally against it, but it just didn’t compare to Rosie for me. He also googled it to find it when I was 8.5 months pregnant so the thought behind it didn’t do it for me sentimentally. Are all husbands like that? Ha ha Other names I loved and didn’t use - Rain & Winter I still have my dream boy name if we were ever to be lucky enough to have one - I'll keep that one to myself until the time. how I found the name nest - I found Rosie’s first and middle name on your page during my pregnancy! Rosie and Elsie are both beautifully featured. my advice for mothers who are on their own naming journey The best advice would be not to second guess your instinct with your favourite name. It will come to you during your pregnancy and you will just know its perfect. Don’t tell anymore before the baby is born because you don’t need anyone else’s opinions or reactions to impact your decision. I am so glad I stuck with Rosie . She became her name instantly. ______ to follow Brittany's story and to find out more about her, you can find her on Instagram @__brittmartin I hope you enjoyed reading Brittany's name journey's and I can not wait to bring you more stories, from women around the world in this new journal series 'behind the name'.

Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA Hi Everyone! My name is Ciera. I am a mother of 2 little ones, Demi & Durban , with baby number 3 on the way! I am a work from home mom, small biz owner & wife to an incredible father & husband, Quinton. From the time I was a little girl I knew I wanted to grow up to be a mama & I can honestly say that it has been God’s greatest gift to me. I love homeschooling our children, traveling with the family, riding our e-bikes down to the local beach, playing pickle-ball with my hubby & growing our small business. my name journey stories - Demi Ray. I was 20 weeks pregnant when we found out that our new baby was going to be a little girl. We spent the first 3 months of my pregnancy traveling across the US in our van that we made into a little home on wheels. This time away from “reality” was the perfect time for us to go through name after name. We made a list & I would write the names down to pair them with our last name. Although, I always knew the name was Demi . I just had to get over the fact that it was also the name of my family dog (that was still alive) & living with my parents at the time. I named Demi (the dog) when I was in high school knowing that one day I would love to have a daughter named Demi . I just really didn't think how fast time flies until there I was– pregnant with a little girl, my Demi . As you can imagine, when we started to tell people we loved the name Demi we got a TON of people telling us we just couldn't name our child the same name as a dog. HA! There were also a handful that said “who cares, use the name you love” & for those people, I am thankful. We went with Demi . We were not going to give her a middle name. It was going to be Demi Gower-Winter . Until the day she was born, it was a sad day in our town. There had been a mass shooting & it was a tragic day for the community. On the day I was given my baby, there were parents that had just lost theirs. It shook me. I decided to give her the middle name Ray , she was a Ray of Sunshine on a very sad day. To this day Demi Ray is still our Ray of Sunshine, lighting up the hearts of everyone she meets. Demi has the sweetest soul and most kind little heart. An incredible little human. Durban Quinton I don’t remember how far along I was in my pregnancy but I think I was around halfway when I started to get serious about finding a name for our son. I was sitting on the couch looking through boy names & texting them back & forth with a friend. I spotted a name on the name nest (not sharing because we may use it) that I loved and I wrote it down along with our last name. I liked it, alot. I was waiting for my husband to come home from a surf & I was going to ask him his thoughts. When he walked in the door, before I could say anything, he said “I have the name”. I was SHOCKED. He didn’t have many opinions on names for our daughter & I was surprised when he was so sure of the name he had thought of. He said he was sitting in the lineup waiting for a wave and it just came to him. Durban . It was the name of the beach town in South Africa that he grew up surfing in. We got engaged in Durban three years prior. Demi & Durban . I said it out loud and it was one of those names that I just knew was the one. OF COURSE! WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT! It was meaningful. It was perfect! We both knew that was the name and we honestly never looked back. We kept the name secret until our son was born & it was really special telling our family from South Africa that we chose the name Durban . Durban got his middle name from his daddy, Quinton . names I loved and did not use - We also loved Kira for a girl & D’Artagnon for a boy. We have a few other names from The Name Nest that we love & may use for the baby that’s on the way! how I found the name nest - I was first introduced to the name nest when my best friend saw the name Demi . She was always supportive of us naming our daughter Demi & she shared the IG page with me. I loved seeing the name written out in such a beautiful way and I often looked through the name nest names while I was pregnant with both of my babies. I would also send names that I loved to my husband & here I am with baby 3 on the way & still doing the same thing! my advice for mothers who are on their own naming journey Don’t listen too much to others opinions on the names you love. We had quite a bit of negative feedback about naming our child the same name as our dog. We ended up ignoring most of the negativity and went with the name we loved. When we had Durban we decided to keep the name a secret. By that point we didn't care for what people thought and we knew that was the name for our son. ______ to follow Ciera's story and to find out more about her, you can find her on Instagram @gypsy_2 I hope you enjoyed reading Ciera's name journey's and I can not wait to bring you more stories, from women around the world in this new journal series 'behind the name'.

Gold Coast, Australia my name is Tara Sea (Sea is my artist name) and I am the mother, wife and artist behind the name nest. it all started with a name journey, the journey of naming my own daughters, that grew and bloomed into what is now the name nest. over the years I have shared my name journey in candid interviews and Podcast interviews. Today I had a strong feeling that came over me, I need to create my own space to share not only my name journey's, but those of other mothers from around the world. To help inspire and encourage other women. I want to create a space that is nurturing, uplifting, raw, real and honest, where we can be vulnerable, creative and most importantly, ourselves. To share our 'behind the name' journey when deciding on our child's forever name and how they came to be. My own journey started with my first daughter, Isla May , who was born in 2014. For me, a name was a very special and sacred decision and one that I felt very connected too. I had very strong feelings about Isla coming even before she was conceived. I had a dream about finding out I was pregnant with her only days after her conception, where she told me the month she would be born. During my pregnancy she would come to me in dreams, as a beautiful brown horse. She was born in the year of the Horse and the element for her year was wood. Naming her was a process and when looking at names during my pregnancy the meanings were very important. I decided early on that I would like a 4 letter name as my husband and I both have 4 letter names. I came across the name Isla on a few occasions during my pregnancy, at the time the name was very uncommon and I had not heard of it being used before, except for actress Isla Fisher . I had seen her name on a magazine and remember feeling like it resonated with me. Upon researching the name meaning I saw that it was Gaelic and Scottish in origin and meant 'Island'. As a girl and growing up, I was so in love with all this tropical and Islands, my bedroom was an oasis, even with a mural I had painted on my wall of a big window opening out onto an island. It felt perfect for her and I had fallen in love with it. Her middle name May was something I wanted to use from the beginning, as she had told me in my dream about being pregnant she would be born in May. It was also a family name on my husband's side and so I felt it would be perfect for her. She is her name completely and I am still in love with it. When it came to naming my second daughter in 2017, there was a completely different naming journey that took place. For me, it became a very important decision that I placed on myself and my husband, for having loved my first name choice for Isla, I wanted a name that felt the same way. Throughout my whole pregnancy, I researched so many names. I would hire books on my lunch break from the local library and scour the pages. I would stay up late at night googling and looking through Pinterest and Instagram for ideas. I had thought I would like a 4 letter name as well and once we found out it was another girl, my naming journey became even more uphill. I just could not find a name that spoke to me, gave me feelings as though I knew it was her name. I felt that there was a huge gap in the naming market for a place that would show me all the unique and rare names all in one place. That I would easily find all of the common, popular and traditional names, however struggled to find ones that had not been as readily used. During my pregnancy my daughter had began calling my bump Rosie , which was a name option for her, however it was not something that my husband and I agreed on. I also loved the name Imey for her, deciding that if we did not use the name Rosie or Rosy , we could use the middle name Rose so that she would always have a part of the special name gifted to her by her big sister Isla . Imey Rose was a name I had started to fall in love with at the end of my pregnancy. However it did not resonate with my husband as much. As I had such a strong say in the naming of Isla , I wanted to also ensure we both chose a name to gift to our second daughter. After she was born we had a list of names but nothing seemed to feel right, or there was not a name that we could agree on. After day 3 without a name, and much pressure to choose something, my husband came across the name Aubrey . I thought it sounded pretty and we decided to gift this name to her. Aubrey Rose was her name and after only a few weeks I was really struggling. I look back now and can see that for me it was name regret, however at the time it was such a huge range of emotions. I also felt at the time so much guilt for feeling the way that I did, and also feeling ashamed and wanting to hide my emotions. I found that name regret was not something anyone talked about and this made it very difficult for me at the time. I would not call her by her name, instead referring to her as baby. I felt a deep emotional wound for a name that I have gifted to her when I was not completely connected to it. I had not imagined that I would ever have a daughter named Aubrey , that it was also not 4 letters and that it was not a name that I had loved the way it had felt with Isla. months and months passed and I had spoken to my husband about changing her name, but he really liked it and people were used to her name by that point. I think for me the turning point was when I finally looked up the meaning for her name (after all the research I had done on names, I had actually never searched up Aubrey's meaning) and it was Norman and Viking in origin and meant 'Elf leader'. I had a thought then that perhaps she had chosen her name, that although it was not the name journey I had imagined I would have with her name, that maybe she and the universe had other plans. I had began to accept her name, which she also affectionately was gifted the nickname ' Aubrey Strawberry' by her big sister and was now being called this instead. She was her name in every way, she looked like an Aubrey Rose and I had to allow my feelings to wash away and trust in this. She was now around 8 months of age and I was only just starting to accept her forever name. It was during this transition time that I was out on a walk in the later afternoon summer sun with my daughters that an idea came to me while thinking back on my name journey with Aubrey . If only I had somewhere to go while I was pregnant with her that had unique, rare and special names all in one place. a place to go for inspiration where a name was not defined by gender, alphabetical order or on a page with a mass of names and letters. very shortly after this thought a word came into my mind 'name nest' and the name nest was conceived. I now know that my name journey with Aubrey Rose happened exactly the way it was meant to happen. Not all name journeys are joyful, fun and easy. Sometimes we can experience a huge range of emotions, we can become obsessive at times, we can lose sleep, we can cry and mourn names that we did not get to choose, we can have feelings of uncertainty and also regret. But as with all journeys in life, sometimes the most beautiful are not the easy ones. Sometimes the beauty comes from the hard times, making them all the more special and meaningful. For me, it was Aubrey who inspired the name nest journey, leading me to my souls work and also allowing me to become the artist I always knew i would be. and as they say the rest is history. I hope you enjoyed reading my name journey and I can not wait to bring you more stories, from women around the world in my new Blog post series 'behind the name'. much love, Tara Sea x (owner, artist and creator of the name nest)

Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA My name is Ariana. As an adult, I’ve grown to love being called Ari. I was born and raised by the sea and have always been happiest barefoot. I am privileged to have the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom because of our amazing provider and father of my children Cody. We share a love for the sea that truly draws us together. Cody has been surfing for 20+ years and has introduced me to surfing over the last few years. Now as a family we’re introducing it to our children. We love to be outdoors exploring whether we’re picking flowers, on a walk, in the ocean, chasing birds or puddle jumping. I have always been very creative and artistic as well. I find a lot of joy in creating things like macrame, party decorations, painting or just simply drawing. I’ve always had a feeling that in another life I’d be a fashion stylist or rockstar. my name journey stories - Teagan Jade. When I found out I was pregnant I was only 18 years old and I had moved to another state 3 months prior with only a suitcase full of clothes. I was confused and very scared. I never knew whether I wanted a child or not and I was still a child myself. I felt an instant connection and I just knew this baby was going to impact my life for the better. At 20 weeks we found out she was a girl and I just knew her middle name needed to be Jade . I was so drawn to the color and name and when I read that the Jade stone was “protector of generations, living and dead”, I just knew it was meant for her. I knew as a first generation American woman that I needed to break tradition and it was going to start with my little girl. When it came to her first name I was so stumped. Nothing seemed to fit. Nothing was truly sticking out. I’ll never forget being 32 weeks pregnant and getting closer and closer to the end of my pregnancy when her father said “what about Teagan ?” At first, I hated it. I said absolutely not, I just don’t like it. I even remember distinctly saying “My hispanic family won’t even be able to pronounce it. They would be so upset.” Then, I started to dream of holding her and calling her “TJ”. I had dreams every night for weeks where I was with my baby girl calling her Teagan , TJ, and even Tea. My mother even threw me a Tea party themed baby shower before even knowing any names we had in mind. Everything just started clicking. “My little Teacup. My little Teagan Jade .” It just felt so right. I ended up looking up the meaning behind the name Teagan after giving birth and I remember reading “little poet” and thinking I couldn’t be more in love. She looked like poetry. Tillie Jae & Evie Rae A few years later and a split from Tea’s biological father I met the love of my life Cody. Cody and I had suffered a loss of a baby early on in our relationship that brought us extremely close. We weren’t planning on growing our family by any means but, the universe had different plans for us. We were shocked to find out at just six weeks pregnant we were expecting twins! It was overwhelming. We had so many emotions and in a way we felt like we were getting a second chance with our first baby, our baby came back. Before finding out the sexes we agreed to think of one boy name and one girl name. I remembered watching some cooking show and hearing Gordon Ramsey say something about his daughter Tilly and I fell in love immediately. I googled the name Tilly Ramsey and learned quickly her name was really Matilda. I wasn’t too fond of Matilda and I felt like Tilly was fun and very beach-like. I could almost already envision her just from the name. Once I mentioned it to Cody he also fell in love and we knew if one of them was a girl, Tilly was her name absolutely no doubt. We realized we had Teagan and Tilly now. It was time to think of a middle name and it came pretty easily. Cody was raised by a single father and his middle name was just the letter J. So we gave her the middle name Jae to make it more feminine and to honor him. Now we find out we’re having two girls. So we have Teagan Jade and Tilly Jae . We thought we may want another TJ but, we could not find a good match. I searched long and hard all over the name nest. Then I thought maybe we could do the initials JT and that idea didn’t last long either. We just couldn’t find something that suited both of us as parents. I finally decided to take a break from name searching. I was so exhausted trying to make something stick but, nothing felt right. When I began to start nesting in my home I felt nostalgic when I saw Pokémon indigo league on Netflix and decided to turn it on when I found it. I found her name. It’s a long shot but, I began to cry. I saw the Pokémon named Eevee. She’s this adorable fox-like animal. Big brown eyes, brown fur and just flat out adorable. She reminded me of Cody in a way. When I started to google the name, I fell even more in love. Evie also tends to be used as a nickname for Evelyn but, I wanted just Evie . When I expressed this to Cody, I was so scared he would think I was being hormonal and just odd that an anime sparked her name but to my surprised he loved it. I wanted the twins to be individuals as well as have names that fit together. Which is when we decided to change the spelling on “ Tilly ” to “ Tillie ” so we would have Tillie Jae and Evie . When it came to her middle name I wanted something similar and I came across Rue on the name nest. Rue didn’t quite flow the way I wanted it too but, when we thought of Rae it was almost instantly we knew that was her middle name. Evie Rae. I knew already that Baby A would be Evie Rae and Baby B would be Tillie Jae and I never expressed it to Cody. So when we delivered and spent some time with them he ended up coming to the same conclusion on his own. Their names suited them so well I couldn’t believe it. They still do. names I loved and did not use - I ended up really enjoying putting names together and have helped some friends with sparking interest in unique names. I really thought I would be raising a boy or two but, I was meant to raise women. Our top boy names were Jack, Tyde, Henry and Rocky. I also knew that I wanted the middle name Ace to honor my brother who’s name is Anthony. I also loved the name Azul and Sol for a boy. As for girl names when I was pregnant with Teagan I really loved Penelope to call her Penny for short and Delilah. As for the twins, I really really loved Rumi and Rori but, I wasn’t willing to give up Tillie. Another few I really love were Blythe, Nora, Venus and Goldie. I tried to convince Cody for MONTHS to name one of our girls Goldie. I love that name with all my being. I don’t think we will have anymore children so this is an open list of names I truly considered. how I found the name nest - I was so truly inspired by the name nest. I was on the page every other day for the last 8 years. I would even send names to my expecting friends while I was single. The names and artwork just spoke to me. Almost every boy name we thought of was inspired from this page. There were days I wish I could have one more baby just to name her Goldie. There were multiple times that some of the art had brought me to tears. From the feeding journey art to your angel baby art. Thank you for your page. my advice for mothers who are on their own naming journey When going into naming your children there feels like there’s a lot of outside pressure. Well, at least for me it was. As a first generation American I was always so worried about my family being able to pronounce their names and even though many names spoke to me and my partner I would talk myself out of it. My advice is to name your child whatever speaks to YOU. Everyone will conform to their name whether they like it or not. I had one of my grandmothers tell me when Teagan was first born why would I give my child an ugly name and I just had to remind myself that she is MY child and no one else’s. That same grandmother is head over heels with Teagan and ask her to come over all the time, and has never mentioned her name again. Whether I was 19 or whether I was 40 my decision to give my child her forever name was MY choice. When you find their name, it will feel like a weight off your shoulders. It’s also okay to wait until you see them to give them their name. Everything feels right when you see your child and it’ll just come to you. Don’t stress mama, take your time. It’ll come to you as a feeling not as a name. ______ to follow Ari's story and to find out more about her, you can find her on Instagram @ariariarii I hope you enjoyed reading Ari's name journey's and I can not wait to bring you more stories, from women around the world in this new journal series 'behind the name'.