What's Your Name?

I am pretty sure you have done this also. I was fond of scribbling possible names of my future children when I was in college. I did this randomly. Sometimes my thoughts wander while reviewing for a certain subject and automatically, for a second, I write down different names I prefer when that time comes that I will have my own children. It put a silly smile on my face (remembering it now, it gave me a big grin).

I have always wanted two first names for my children. Maybe because I have a very short name which is really quite generic. I feel like my name is a root word. I wanted some fancy name for my son or daughter. Fancy but not saccharine sweet. I like names that are timeless. There is a pair of names which I really preferred. I wrote them down and held them in my heart. I know that when I bring a daughter to this world, that will be her name.

Of course I also have connected my favorite names to the surname of my boyfriend then (who became my husband, good to note) and see if they sounded good. They did, they do! :) Everything was settled. That will be my daughter's name.

Her names taken together mean "a noble man", or woman in this case. Here she is, my lovely daughter, Andrea.


Let me brag a little and congratulate my daughter and her group for bagging the winning corkboard they created during their summer stint at Club Orange Juice. I have shared about it in my previous post, My Daughter's "First Job".

Picture below is from the Club OJ site.


***Read more about what's behind the names of the kids of mommy participants at Mommy Journey.