Tuesday, November 30, 2010

What's in it again?

I have been browsing the net the other night when I stumbled upon an ad about baby diapers and sign up their diaper CLUB to include me in their mailing list. I registered online and fill out my children's profile and there was a question about "my name was suggested by" and "what's the meaning of the name?" then it made me think, what's in it (baby name) again?

I remember I wrote it somewhere and so I started to look for their respective time capsule boxes (I'm preparing it when they turned 18/21) and here's what I have found:
Name: Luis Antonio Alhambra
Nickname: Luis
Birth Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Age: 4 years old
Name Origin: Spanish and Italian Origin
Meaning of the Name:

The boy's name Luis
\luis\ is pronounced loo-EECE. It is of Spanish origin. Variant of Louis (Old German) "famous warrior".

The boy's name Antonio
\a-nto-nio, an-tonio\ is pronounced an-TOH-nee-oh. It is of Spanish and Italian origin. Variant of Anthony. "priceless"



Name: Safia Ayanna Alhambra
Nickname: Yani
Birth Date: Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Age: 7 months old
Name Origin: Arabic and African Origin
Meaning of the Name:

The girl's name Safia
\s(a)-fia\ is a variant of Safiyah (Arabic, Hindi, Swahili), and the meaning of Safia is "friend; pure".

The girl's name Ayanna
\a-yanna, aya(n)-na\ is pronounced ay-AHN-ah. It is of Kiswahili origin, and the meaning of Ayanna is "beautiful flower". Also an invented name based on Anna.