Solomon's Name

When we found out that we were expecting a boy, Gavin and I began looking for good boy names. We established some criteria when choosing Eleanor's name, so we wanted to stick with that as much as possible. First of all, Gavin has always wanted our kids to be named after kings or queens, so they would be our little princes or princesses. And second, I would like their name to be in a song so we could sing that to them.
After receiving the news of Solomon's heart defect, we spent a considerable amount of time in the scriptures looking for wisdom in how to deal with this situation and what path to choose for our baby's future. Searching the Topical Guide for "wisdom" naturally led us to King Solomon (1st criteria) and this scripture:
1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. Our wish for Solomon is that God will bless him with "largeness of heart." The answer to our 2nd criteria was also found in the same chapter verse 32 "And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five." So, although we might need to be a little creative to sing those songs to him, we felt good about the meaning behind this name. And after rejecting all of our other proposed names, this is the first name Eleanor accepted.
Solomon's middle name is Reed, which is the same as his dad, grandfather, and great grandfather.