And then there were three: Hazel Grace, Riley Paige, and the baby of the bunch (youngest but tallest, according to TLC), Parker Kate. Both Hazel and Grace were family names coming from Daddy Adam's side, according to Cheat Sheet. Riley, "the rowdy one," has a name that was in the running as far back as Blayke's birth, and a middle name that is shared with one of her cousins. Last-born Parker Kate has a name that was also the last one picked. Originally Danielle wanted her girl's first name to be Parker-Kate, but Adam, possibly unable to think up one more middle name, successfully lobbied to have Parker as a stand-alone first name.
Hazel is the name of a tree, and also a color — think hazel eyes (although this little girl's are blue). Grace is one of the "virtue" names like Faith or Hope, although it could also allude to physical grace — at this point, Hazel Grace will have to grow a little more before we can see how well it fits. Riley is an Irish surname that means either "rye clearing" or "unknown", and Paige means page as in pageboy, not book. Parker means "keeper of the park" (an updated meaning might be parking attendant), while Kate comes from Katherine, a saint's name that has the meaning of "pure."
Whew, that's a lot of naming! Twelve in all, if you're keeping count. And yet, each different name seems perfectly suited to its own very individual little bearer.
