This is a great thread!

Ruby was going to be Gaia - but she was all red and squishy and didn't look like an Earth Goddess...

Finnian was always going to be Finnian - Finnians rainbow my fair warrior for peace...

Lucy was always Lucy after her Great Grandmother that died at her conception...

Eva was going to be either Eva or Anna... DH wanted Anna and I wanted Eva - of course once he saw me labour and birth - he would have agreed to Bertha! (no offence to any Berthas....:wink

Imogen was going to be Mabel or Dorothy - but I knew DH would just hate those names - so I chose Imogen for a number of reasons. It means "in the image of her mother" - "blessed strength"- and "last born". Depending on the book.