I actually had no preference as to what my babies’ name should be. Well, that is impartially incorrect. I always wanted them to have two names. And we always made sure one of the names would be a Christian name. We didn’t plan to have the kids’ names start with the initials M and B but after Matthew was born, it just kind of followed all of our kids would have the initials M and B as well. It was hard because baby names for girls starting with B were hard for me.
A little bit of history:
I have always wanted to have my son named Matthew. No special weird reason except that I fell in love with Matthew’ Farrell’s character in Judith McNaught’s book, Paradise.
Benedict, well because Edil chose it. He was supposed to be Matthew Allen (exactly like Matt in the book) but right after we saw Matthew when he came, Edil wanted Benedict.
According to Gurgle.com, here are the meanings of Matthew’s names:
Description: Blessed
Description: Gift of Jehovah. In the bible Mathew was one of the 12 apostles. He wrote the first gospel account of the life of Jesus.
Origin: Hebrew
Pregnancy details with the first baby had always been special. I even kept details of my Pregnancy week by week!
With the second baby it was somehow different. I was working full time and was just too tired. Finding her name was also difficult.
When I found out I was having a girl, I know she would be a spitfire. I just knew 
So I knew she needed nice, funky but somehow charming name. I tried Marguerite, Margaret – all those names that aren’t too sweet. I tried matching Bernadette. Somehow, Bernadette was the only “B” name that stood out to me.
I decided on Martha because not so many girls have that name. As Edil told me, it sounded like an old maid’s name But it was really just “her.” It was completely coincidental that my complete name is somehow an a mix of hers (MARy + AgaTHA).
Blythe just came together when Edil surfed the net. No kidding! The “B” names were always his decision so there
Description: Bitter
Origin: Hebrew
Description: Happy
What’s your baby’s name history?
by amore
23 Oct 2008 at 22:26
I really like Martha’s name.. Bitter and Happy pala meaning nun:)
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by doll me up
24 Oct 2008 at 03:04
ayan na aggie, magstart na ako mag spam comment
anyhow, i like the name martha and pareho tayo gusto ko din may Christian name :0
by toni
24 Oct 2008 at 14:02
hi aggie! i also like martha’s name. pati yung blythe kakaiba. kami din gusto namin may christian name names ng mga kids.
tonis last blog post..Christmas Gifts
by Gracie
26 Oct 2008 at 00:32
martha’s name is so lovely! bagay na bagay sa kanya.
i like matthew farrell, too. kaka-in love ang character nya.
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