Princess of Peace (the meaning of Sara's name)

Since my sweet little girl was born, I've wanted to take the time to write down the special meaning behind her name.

 

SARA IRENE HUNSAKER

Sara means PRINCESS

I have loved the name Sara for as long as I can remember. My first childhood best friend was Sara Engman. I don't know why, but ever since knowing her, I've wanted that name for my first baby girl. Growing up, every doll I played with was named Sara. When I'd play "house", the baby was always Sara. And, then as I continued to get older, I've just always been in love with that name. I told Rob when we were dating and he wasn't fond of it. And that hasn't changed. It took some major convincing, but when he realized how important it was to me, he gave in and he likes it now. We did try to come up with other girl names that we both liked and as most of you know, we didn't have a name for Sara until a day after she was born. We couldn't decide on anything that we both loved and my heart was so set on this name that it was hard for me to imagine her being anything else. From the minute I saw her, I wanted her to be Sara so badly. I'm really thankful to Rob for giving me that gift. She is such a Sara to me and I adore her name. I know to most everyone, it is a plain, common name, but it is extremely special to me and I can't even explain why.

Maybe it's the meaning behind it. Princess. I'm scared to raise a girl in this scary world that is only increasing in evil. But, one thing I will try to instill in my daughter with all that I can, is for her to know and understand who she is and how special she is. That she is a princess to me and to her dad and to her Heavenly Father. She truly is a princess.

Irene means PEACE

We knew we wanted Sara to have a middle name and we knew that we wanted it to be a family name. We want all of our kids to be named after someone. Someone they can look up to and follow as an example. We looked into names on both sides or our families. Tons and tons of names. We also tried combining 2 or more names into 1, in an effort to name her after both grandmas. But, ultimately, we just kept coming back to my Grandma Payne, my dad's mom who's first name is Irene. In talking with my aunt, I discovered that my Grandma Payne hadn't had anyone named after her. My Grandma Payne is probably the most gentle, kind person I've ever known.  I'm sure she isn't perfect, but in my eyes, I can't recall anything she ever did that was unkind in any way. If there is something, I don't care to know it. I love the image and memory of have of her in my mind. So, in giving Sara a middle name, I couldn't think of a greater honor than naming her after Grandma. Robert completely agreed and has always loved Grandma so much.

And so, Sara was given her wonderful great-grandmothers name. My hope for Sara is that she will always cherish being named after Grandma Irene and live a life that Grandma would be proud of. When Grandma met her, she oohed and aaahed over, held her, kissed her, and rocked her. She passed away a week later. I know that Grandma has stayed close to us. I've felt it. And I like to think that she will be watching over her great-granddaughter, her namesake throughout her life.

 

(*My Grandma Rose is also perfect in my eyes. My 2 grandmas are truly my ultimate examples)

 

So....my sweet first girl is named

Sara Irene.

 

What's pretty special is that when you combine the meaning of these two names you get

PRINCESS OF PEACE

 

That wasn't done done on purpose, but pretty neat huh.

 

We love you sweetie!

You truly are our little Princess.

And you have most definitely brought a special Peace to our home.

 

Now, you'll always know the meaning behind your name.