the original idea was to give her a filipino name. from several filipino names, we came down with two favorites -- marikita (pretty) and maya (sparrow). matej liked marikita and even thought of the nickname riki. yes, a boy sounding name which goes perfectly with the ongoing theme of our children's names. on the other hand, i favored maya attributing to the fact that she seemed small in her ultrasound for her gestational age.
then, there was the matter of the second name. me and my sibblings, we all have saint names based on the calendar. this tradition was continued with alex and karol; neri (st. phillip neri) and andrej (st. andrew) respectively. for andy, we only have to choose names among three dates/feast days:
* 11 november st. martin of tours - martie
* 12 november st. josaphat - josie
* 13 november st. frances xavier cabrini - frances (our favorite ;)
we also considered georgina for a first name. matej liked the sound of it and i liked the nick that goes with it -- george! :D but then, we remembered the very first name we thought of a long time ago -- andrea (andy for short)!
luckily, i didn't give birth before the scheduled date. so there you go... we ended up naming our baby frances andrea! definitely a winning combination! :)
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