Jude -- Jonah's Middle Name

Just a thought, since you said you hadn't come up with his middle name yet:

St. Francis of Assisi's christened name was Giovanni Francesco Bernardone. Maybe there is something there to be adapted to Jonah's middle name -- a bond with Francis

For example, follow Giovanni (meaning "God is Gracious") back: Giovanni | Name Meaning & Origin | Boy Name Giovanni | Baby Names World

Awww, that would be so special to have Francis' name somehow intertwined with Jonah's.

Giovanni is beautiful, and actually "Jonah Francis" doesn't sound too bad.

I like these suggestions and put them on my list! Altho I just spent the last hour going thru the list of final contenders- Jonah Giovanni being one of them- but actually narrowed it down to what I am going to go with:

Jonah Samuel

I think Jude Nathaniel, Francis Gabriel, and Jonah Samuel sound great together- and my lab that passed away almost 2 years ago was named Sammy (Samantha) so I thought it would be a bit of a tribute to her.

Hope you guys like it! Thanks for the suggestions- makes it fun! That's the only fun part of all of this so I'm trying to at least enjoy the naming of the next pup to cheer myself up.