Day Five

Names... Names... Names... In the original story there were no names, and each character was referred to by "Father"; "Mother"; "Daughter", etc. I feel in my story that there's a necessity to give the characters name. I've done some research on Filipino names, and I like what I've seen so far. I definitely like the Filipino names; although some of them are hard to pronounce, but they still sound pretty cool. I figured since the Philippines are so closely related to countries like the United States, Asia; that I could also pull names from there.

To quote Shakespeare "What is in a name" IDENTITY... IDENTITY... IDENTITY. I believe the most important thing is the Identity a name gives a person. I think that's why it's one of the most important components to the story. I'm not sure if I wanted to just translate "Father, Mother, Daughter" into various names, or if that was even possible. All I know is... I want some great names for each of my characters, because you can't have a great story without great character names. Right?

Boy names:
Benjie- "Son of my right" (Philppines.)
Bayani- "The hero" (Philippines.)
Igme- "Strong" (Philippines.)
David- (American.)
Francisco- (Spanish.)

Father names:
Datu- "Chief" (Philippines.)
I'm not really sure what other names to give the Father, but I think this is a pretty good start.

Mother names:
Diwata- "Goddess" (Philippines.)
Dalisay- "Pure" (Philippines.)
I like these names because they fit the type of mother that I will have in my story!

I'm not entirely sure which names to use in the story, but I like the ones I've picked out so far. Tell me what you think? I think maybe I should try and use some American names too; as well as Spanish/Asian names too. I guess I have a lot to think about when picking these names out. Well you'll have to wait until I pick those names... Even I'm not sure yet :)

Filipino Names