What's In A Name?
Jynna Eleanore Jyn Erso I am blessed to be dad now to five daughters. Our latest addition was born this past Friday, weighing in at 9 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long. We named her Jynna Eleanore Cooke . The responses have pretty much been universal. “She’s beautiful!” “She’s precious.” “She’s perfect!” This is followed by some combination of “Where did you come up with her name?” followed by, “How do you pronounce her name?” I am a bit of a nerd, so I will admit the truth. I named my daughter after the character Jyn Erso from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. You read that right. I named my daughter after a fictional character from a movie. Then, we added an extra “na” to continue a family tradition we have carried where each of our children’s names end with “nna.” My starting five now consists of Brianna, Donna, McKenna, Alaynna, and Jynna. Jynna is not a common name. I cannot help but smile when I realize that the name is unusual enou