still thinking of a name...

did you know how your name came to be??

did you know who gave it to you??

wait..i'm puzzled here..i don't know neither..i don't exactly know but i have a guess it would be all my parents responsibility..if my memory serves me right..my mom said it was my "lolo" or my grandfather who thought of mine..

"A name is a label for a noun, normally used to distinguish one from another. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is a proper noun."(wikipedia)

i don't know in other places..but here in the philippines..we have no choice but to grow up with the name that is given to us by our parents upon registering us for our birth certificate and in some chances upon our baptism..that would be our first name to be coined with our parents surname..and that equals our complete name..

going back to names..there are many ways how parents name their child..

some names are based on their parents names..the juniors, the seconds and the thirds are the most examples..fathers name their son by their name..maybe to make the name eternal..or if the father is famous, the child could probably use that fame some time in the future..or can't think of a name that instant so why not give the father's.. and another version of this is coining the name of the father and the mother..or from their gradparents..

most parents also prefer naming their child in honor of saints..that is in the case of catholics like us..maybe expecting their child to get the traits of these holy people and grow up as prudent citizens..there is this calendar of saints where most based the names of their child..

there are also names based on famous people..scientist..artists..philisophers..singers..actors..maybe hoping their child could be in line with their "tokayo's" expertise..many parents would admit that they would like to name their children with their idol's or the leading roles at that time's telenovelas..

the inventive ones think of unique names..the problem is that it might create difficulty in pronouncing such names and determining accordingly the gender of the name holder upon reading..

naming options are endless..from flowers..fruits..birth month..places..hospitals..occassion..product brands..colors..book/film characters..even maybe to an ex-lover..harhar..

and now it's my time to give a name to a newborn in this world..my wife actually had some series of research over the net and gave me her recommendations..it's quite a difficult task indeed..giving an identity is crucial..i dont want my child say to me one day the lines "why this name Dad!?"

and i am still thinking of a name..