I was wandering around the web one night and came across another blog. Within this family, was two little girls, one named Kendall and one named Presley. I immediately fell in love with the name Presley and we already have a daughter named Kendall. I was having a really hard time this go around, because names are very important to me. We had also thrown around the name Star, but I just wasn't sure that I wanted to call my daughter Star, but it had a nice ring to it when I put it together with Presley. Mark immediately liked the name also.
I looked up the meaning of Presley and this is what I got:
Its source is preost leah, a Middle English name meaning "Priest's field." Leah is my beautiful sister's name, so that was my sign. I emailed this to my sister on Sept. 16, 2009. Wow, it's been almost one year since we named our daughter.
Starlynn is a REAL family name. Broken down, Star comes from a long, lost relative of Mark's-Belle Starr, a notorious American Outlaw. We have no real evidence that she is a blood relative, but she did attend a family reunion, so that's all we need. I considered Starling for a son's name, if we ever had one. Starling is my great grandfater's name, Starling Kent. And then, there is Lynn. I just did not feel right leaving off Lynn. It is a family name also. My mother, me, Kendall and Presley will all share this name. Not to mention that two of my dogs also share the name-Dixie Lynn and Foxie Lynn. :)
Xin is the part of Presley's chinese name that is specific to her. We believe the nannies call her "XinXin".
昕 xīn [1] dawn; when the sun rises [2] bright. How beautiful is that?
We hope that she will love this name and be as proud of it as we are.
Kendall's name means the valley of the river Kent and Kent is my maiden name.
