  Baring My Soul, Part 4: Children's Naming Rights urlLink Erica inquires about the names we give our children, why we chose them, and so on.
We have only one child: our daughter Keisha Renee. No one in our family has that name. My maternal grandmother's name was Loraine, but we thought - especially after consulting my wife - that Keisha Loraine was not a good idea - punny , but not the best choice (Ever heard of Quiche Lorraine?).
Actually, the name Keisha Renee just came to me one day. It sounded beautiful. Some time after she was born I looked both names up in a baby name book. "Keisha" is derived from the same African-American word that means "newly created. " "Renee" is French for "reborn. " Hence, we've considered her name an inspiration from God: She was our "newly-created" child, and our desire is for her, when she gets old enough to make the decision to follow God for the rest of her life, that she will be "reborn.
" God has not yet allowed us to have any more children, but if we could have a son, we would name him Caleb William. We like "Caleb" because it means "faithful," after urlLink the man in the Old Testament with the same name . William was my father-in-law's name. 
