Daughter

Name:

Layla Royal Boye

Origin:

Layla---"Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes

Royal---"Royal Tennenbaum" from the Royal Tennenbaums

Meaning:

Layla---Night

Royal---Royal

Derek and I are big fans of both music and movie entertainment. We decided long ago we would encorporate our love of both into the love of our children. So we use the equation of Music + Movie for our children's name.

We decided long before Layla was conceived on her name. So before she was born, before she was a being in my belly, she was named. I always knew I'd have a girl first. So in July 2002, it was confirmed I was pregnant. By December 2002, I knew it was a girl for sure. So throughout the pregnancy she was named and we called her by her name. So on the day she arrived, she responded to her name. Layla Royal Boye.