Comments on: The Story Behind My Daughter’s Name

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:41:26 +0000

I love the name Xochitl! Actually, I worked with a woman by that name for several years. She is Mexican-American. Even though it is beautiful, I do see your point for not using it, seeing as everyone who saw it written would get a panicked look before attempting to pronounce it.

By: Santiago – BabyCenter « SpanglishBaby™

Santiago – BabyCenter « SpanglishBaby™ — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:21:39 +0000

[...] Sofía, Isabella and Camila. Again, I have three nieces that bear those names. Not to mention that Camila is the name of Ana’s [...]

By: Marcela

Marcela — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:46:41 +0000

Camila is a beautiful name! Naming after a character in a book…definitely a strong name!

By: Dariela

Dariela — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:03:50 +0000

Very cute story! I love how you read that novel and liked the character that the name had. It left me thinking with our stories and I don’t have such a deep one. We did decide however both of our kids names before the first one was born. We didn’t know the sex of the first so we had boy and girl name prepared. The number one rule was that it would be easily pronounced in both languages and that we both loved it, so Adrian and Maya were the winners. We’re still very much happy with the pics and even happier we didn;t need to pic another boy name if our 2nd was a boy too!

By: CancunCanuck

CancunCanuck — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:38:51 +0000

Haha, I guess in Mayan it might be pronounced “Maxsh” (like “Xcaret”, “Ishcaret”, haha!)

By: Kristin Busse

Kristin Busse — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:59:33 +0000

Oh, or Lola…sorry…you’re not even pregnant yet! I am so annoying! lol

By: Kristin Busse

Kristin Busse — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:59:00 +0000

Chloe! That was my girl’s name Laura! And Papi has cut me off so I will never get to use it!

By: Kristin Busse

Kristin Busse — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:55:23 +0000

Ana, Camila is such a beautiful name.

It does suit him to a tee Kel!

My husband and I decided on Malcolm Alexander for our Cuban-American Mexican boy. Malcolm for Malcolm X and because it sounds the same in English and Spanish (except now we have kind of found that it doesn’t) and because it’s not very common. Alexander because Daddy is Alexander. I also think his name fits him to a tee and I cannot imagine him with any other name on the planet!

By: Tatjana Miloradovic-Lindes

Tatjana Miloradovic-Lindes — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:11:59 +0000

My husband and I went cross-country (before we were even married), and I saw a road sign with the name of a town, Zia. I pointed out the name to my husband and wrote it down. I knew that if we ever had a girl, that would be my first pick. A year later we had a boy, and I had this name in my head, but we couldn’t do anything with it. We knew we wanted our son’s first name to be Slavic (as I am Serbian), and his middle name Irish (my husband is an American of mostly Irish ancestry). So our son’s name is Andrei Liam, and we like it.

By: Beth Ortuno

Beth Ortuno — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:40:35 +0000

My husband really wanted the name Xochitl if it was a girl. Unfortunately I vetoed that, even though it is really beautiful. My (non-hispanic) family is still having a hard time with the name of my stepdaughter Yajaira. We eventually settled on Yasmin with a middle name Xochitl if it was a girl. Yasmin being the Arabic form of Jasmine, a flower, which is related to the meaning of Xochitl, easy to pronounce in both Spanish and English– although with a little different style– and for people coming from other languages as well, since we live in a very diverse community. Also, there is “the” Disney princess, Jasmine. But, we had a boy. That made things easier. Each male in my family is named Mark, at least on the birth certificate (then there are nicknames). So ours is Mark and he goes by Marco — he’s the Spanish-speaking Mark of the family. My husband thought this was fine. He already had a son named after him from his first marriage, and his father already had another grandson as his namesake. So my husband chose Eduardo as our son’s middle name, who was my husband’s grandfather. Our son is Marco to anyone who speaks Spanish, but he’s officially Mark so I hope at school he might not get “Marco” & then the inevitable “POLO!” totally constantly. He’s just started preschool so we shall see how that goes.

It seems to be a Mexican thing but people in the family call him lots of different things, Marco, Marquii, Marcos, Marquis, Marquitos, Marcoiris, and Gordo (he’s kinda skinny). So I guess he may adjust easily to being just plain Mark sometimes.