Duggars Expecting 19th Child

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of 18 Kids and Counting is Pregnant with Number 19

Heather K. Adams
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, made famous by their show 18 Kids and Counting on TLC, announced on the Today show they are expecting their 19th child. The newest Duggar baby is expected to arrive this spring, a few months after the birth of their first grandchild to son Joshua and wife Anna, according to People.com.

Possible J-Names for the Newest Duggar Baby

The Duggars have the tradition of naming their children (all 18 of them) with names that begin with the letter J.

With Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johanna, Jennifer, and Jordyn-Grace already taken, what J-names are left for the Duggars to choose from?

For a girl, the Duggars could choose the name "Jaala", which means 'little doe or goat.' There's also the more traditional names "Jacqueline" or "Jaime", which mean 'one who supplants'. Hmm, on the other hand, do the Duggars really want their 19th child to be named for someone who supplants (meaning 'to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery')?

"Jolene", which means 'he will increase', "Janine", which means 'God is gracious', or even "Janelle", which is my middle name, might be better choices.

For boy names that start with the letter J, the Duggars could go with "Jadon", which means 'thankful' in Hebrew. Another idea for a J-name would be "Jasper", which means 'treasurer'. "Jared" and "Jarrett" both mean 'to rule'. All these J-names have honorable definitions for the Duggar family.

Fun Duggar Pregnancy Trivia

Did you realize that by the time Michelle Duggar gives birth to her 19th child, she will have spent 153 months or 12.75 years pregnant? (Remember, she had two sets of twins in there!)

If Michelle Duggar gained an average of 35 pounds per pregnancy (taking into consideration she had two sets of twins), she will have gained (and presumably lost) a total of 595 pounds during her pregnancies.

If Michelle Duggar stops having children with this 19th child, she will be in her 60s by the time the youngest child leaves her home, and her eldest child will be almost 40.

Sources:

Duggars Official Web site

"Duggars Expecting Their 19th Child!" People Magazine

"Pregnancy and Weight Gain", WebMD.com

"Baby Names Starting with the Letter J", WeddingVendors.com

"Duggar Family New Addition: Jordyn-Grace Makes 18 Children," AssociatedContent.com

Published by Heather K. Adams

Heather K. Adams is an award-winning journalist with the North Dakota Newspaper Association. While she can write on many topics, she specializes in personalized national and state news reports, music, and pa...  View profile

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  • T. Hillukka12/10/2009

    Amazing. There's a whole lot of J names out there!

  • No name9/6/2009

    wow this people are freaks... they need to get fixed and stop having babies...

  • Heather K. Adams9/2/2009

    K... they live debt-free. He makes money on the TV show, sure, but that's not taking money out of my pocket. His business is real estate, and he makes darn good money. Plus, I don't think, from watching the show, that they live beyond their means. If they were, they wouldn't be eating casseroles like Tator Tot Hotdish all the time.

  • k9/2/2009

    ....I too think this is ridiculous. They are making money off of the children they have/are having. Guess who is paying their bills, new clothes, that big wonderful house...those of us who choose to live within our means and pay for our own by working our tails off...

  • What names are left?9/1/2009

    jamal, jerome, j-money, jayz

  • saul relative9/1/2009

    Ridiculous. But, hey, if they can afford it and everybody's happy and nobody's getting abused or neglected, then more power to them...

  • Carly Hart9/1/2009

    Those are some great J names. Who knows, maybe Duggar baby 19 will be named one of these that you have suggested!

  • Michael Segers9/1/2009

    According to journalist Kathryn Joyce, writing in The Nation: Population is a preoccupation for many Quiverfull believers, who trade statistics on the falling white birthrate in European countries like Germany and France. Every ethnic conflict becomes evidence for their worldview... The motivations aren't always racist, but the subtext of "race suicide" is often there. | Remember Andrea & Rusty Yates, who were also Quiverfull believers.

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