Name Calling | 2005

Even before Jakjak was born, Judy and I have already been thinking about what name to give him. Of course, at the time, we did not even have a clue on what gender the baby would be. So she had her list of names and I had my list of names. In the end though, none of it mattered because when Jakjak was born, we still had no idea what name to give him. This was the case until the birth certificate had to be filed. We would not have wanted his birth certificate to read "Dad and Mum's Baby", and I don't think he would have liked it at all as well. In the end, Jakjak kind of gave us what name he wanted. A blessing.

Matthew Jaeger.
Matthew meant gift of God. And Jaeger meant, well, it's complicated.
Here was my short list of possible names.

If it's a boy: 

• Malakas (strong) - very Filipino, although I doubt if my son would consider it. 
• Makoto - very Japanese, although fellow Pinoys might refer to him as ma-"kuto" (lice). 
• Wolfgang Zachary - cool sounding name - I just hope he doesn't turn out to be gay. 

If it's a girl: 

• Maganda (beautiful) - naturally, the opposite gender of Malakas, though she might dis-own me in the future. 
• Maho - Japanese name I picked up in an Anime, sounds too much like "mabaho" (foul smell) though so it might not work. 
• Michael - I like a boy's name for a girl ... of course, it might be different for her though.