Round 2

Conference Standings

Queen Bee Conference:  6 teams, Nora, Eliza, Annabel, Addison, Elsie and Charlotte
Big Daddy Conference:  5 teams, Ellie, Grace, Madison, Madelyn and Natalie

Her Royal Highness Conference:  5 teams, Sophia, Evelyn, Isabella, Lucy, and Olivia

Da Rams! Conference: 4 teams, Bridget, Hailey, Nicole and Courtney

Spoil ‘em, Send ‘em Home Conference:  4 teams, Amelia, Addelyn, Molly and Abigail

Dear God! Mother Conference: 3 teams, Lillian, Rebecca and Caroline

Cards Fan Conference: 2 teams, Sydney and Mia

Sander Family Blog Conference: 2 teams, Evie and Adeline

The Unofficial First Uncle Conference: 1 team, Violet

And again, in case you didn't catch the original post  http://jjsander.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-name-draft.html

Round 2 (Voting Ends 3/24 at 11:45PM)
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Match up #1

Battle of the E names!  Ellie from the Big Daddy Conference is taking on Eliza from the Queen Bee Conference.  Both names are personal favorites of Mommy and Daddy so this match up should be good.

Ellie (Big Daddy Conference) is short for Eleanor.  It is a Greek name meaning “Light”.  In 2012, it was ranked #114.  This name is Daddy’s #1 choice ;)

Eliza (Queen Bee Conference) is Hebrew meaning “Consecrated to God”.  In 2012, it was ranked #255.

Match up #2

Both Lucy and Olivia won by a land slide but are both representatives from the Her Royale Highness Conference.  One of them has to lose this round… L

Lucy (Her Royal Highness Conference) is Latin meaning “Light”.  This is the second name meaning “Light” so far in our list!  In 2012, it was ranked #72

Olivia (Her Royal Highness Conference) is Latin meaning “Olive Tree”. In 2012, it was ranked #4.

Match up #3

Both of these names had a close race in round 1; let’s see how they match up against each other!

Grace (Big Daddy Conference) is Latin meaning “Favor, Blessing”.  In 2012, it was ranked #16.

Courtney (Da Rams! Conference) is French meaning “Court Dweller”. In 2012, it was ranked #418.  One of Mommy’s best friends from college is named Courtney!

Match up #4

Addison won by the largest margin in round 1 and is one of mommy’s favorites.  Violet had a tough time.  To give Violet some momentum going into this round, this name was inspired by Viola.  Viola happens to be Jon’s deceased Grandmother’s name as well as Amanda’s deceased Great Grandma.  How sweet!

Addison (Queen Bee Conference) is English meaning “Son of Adam”, unique for a girl’s name.  In 2012, it was ranked #13. 

Violet (The Unofficial First Uncle Conference) is Latin meaning “Purple”.  In 2012, it was ranked #101. 

Match up #5

One of the play-in games is upsetting like crazy.  Let’s see if Evie can take on Lillian.

Lillian (Dear God! Mother Conference) is Latin meaning “Lily”.  In 2012, it was ranked #22.  Daddy has a Great Aunt Lillian already.

Evie (Sander Family Blog Conference) is Latin meaning Life.  In 2012, it was ranked #1559.

Match up #6

Religious match up!

Isabella (Her Royal Highness Conference) is Hebrew meaning “God is my vow”.  In 2012, it was ranked #2.  Daddy has a cousin named Isabella already.

Elsie (Queen Bee Conference) is Hebrew meaning “God’s Promise”.  In 2012, it was ranked #198.

Match up #7

The experts don’t expect this one to be close, but we’ll see!

Rebecca (Dear God! Mother Conference) is Hebrew meaning “Tied”. In 2012, it was ranked #148.  Mommy has an Aunt named Rebecca already.

Madelyn (Big Daddy Conference) is Hebrew meaning “of Magdala”.  In 2012, it was ranked #79.

Match up #8

One of mommy’s favorites fell in round 1 so let’s see Bridget take on Sophia.

Bridget (Da Rams! Conference) is Gaelic meaning “Exalted One”.  In 2012, it was ranked #472.

Sophia (Her Royal Highness Conference) is Greek meaning “Wisdom”.  In 2012, it was ranked #1.

Match up #9

I feel like this matchup is battle of the “cute”.  Nora takes on Molly, GO!

Nora (Queen Bee Conference) is English meaning “Honor, Light”.  In 2012, it was ranked #137.  This is Mommy’s #1 pick.

Molly (Spoil ‘em, Send ‘em Home Conference) is Hebrew meaning “Bitter”. In 2012, it was ranked #78.

Match up #10

Can you say “M”?  Madison takes on Mia.  Maud vs Mine.

Madison (Big Daddy Conference) is English meaning “Son of Maud”. In 2012, it was ranked #8.

Mia (Cards Fan Conference) is Latin meaning “Mine”. In 2012, it was ranked #9.

Match up #11

We’re so sad to see the Greek Goddess and Cat go.  Well, maybe not so much.

Annabel (Queen Bee Conference) is Scottish meaning “Grace, Loveable”.  In 2012, it was ranked #536.

Caroline (Dear God! Mother Conference) is German meaning “Free Man”. In 2012, it was ranked #248. 

Match up #12

Tessa happened to be from a TV show that mommy and daddy watch just like Emmalyn.  But, Adeline and Nicole are cute names too, could call her Addie or Nikki for short.

Adeline (Sander Family Blog Conference) is German meaning “Noble”. In 2012, it was ranked #634.

Nicole (Da Rams! Conference) is Greek mean “Victory of the people”. In 2012, it was ranked #116.

Match up #13

A battle interconference!  This one should be close!

Amelia (Spoil ‘em, Send ‘em Home Conference) is Latin meaning “Industrious”.  In 2012, it was ranked #30.

Addelyn (Spoil ‘em, Send ‘em Home Conference) is German meaning “Noble”. It is not ranked.

Match up #14

“Petite and Feminine” or “Natural”, what best describes baby sander #2?

Charlotte (Queen Bee Conference) is French meaning “Petite and Feminine”. In 2012, it was ranked #27.

Hailey (Da Rams! Conference) is English meaning “Natural”. In 2012, it was ranked #159.

Match up #15

Evelyn and Emmalyn, now that’s a tongue twister!  Let’s see how she matched us against Abigail!

Evelyn (Her Royal Highness Conference) is Irish meaning “Life”. In 2012, it was ranked #24.  Daddy has a Great Aunt Evelyn already.

Abigail (Spoil ‘em, Send ‘em Home Conference) is Hebrew meaning “My Father’s joy”. In 2012, it was ranked #7.

Match up #16

Christmas vacation or Australian get away?  Wait, these are baby names, gotcha!

Natalie (Big Daddy Conference) is Latin meaning “Born on Christmas”. In 2012, it was ranked #14.  We doubt this baby girl will be born on Christmas.

Sydney (Cards Fan Conference) is French meaning “Wide meadow”.  In 2012, it was ranked #65.