Hello!
I’m sure everyone who read
this post has their own name or nickname.
My first name is Chinthia, and
the middle name is Regina.
At first, I really curious
who gave that name for me. Were my parents really creative till they give me
those names? What inspired them to give me the name?
Me : Where did you get inspiration to name
me?
Mom : There is this foreign Doctor who help mom
gave birth. The doctor name’s Randy Gonzales. He said that if the born child is
a boy, I should name him Randy Gonzales, as his name. But if the born child is
a girl, I should name him Regina. As for the Chinthia, your cousin who lived
with mom at the moment gave you. (At the moment, my cousin name’s Vonny, and
she’s the one who gave me the Chinthia as my first name).
Me : So, actually you didn’t give me any
specific name, did you? I mean, the name from you and dad.
Mom : Actually, we never even imagined that you
will have Indonesian/English name. We just called you with your Chinese name,
which is Ing (read: ing), and we didn’t
know anything else. Since we’re raised in Chinese traditional way, we thought
you would be the same too. After giving sometime, and also reconsider about our
past when we had difficult times at school because of our Chinese name in
Indonesia (they used to call Chinese people as “tiga huruf” (three letters),
since most Chinese named with only three letters), we decided to name you in
Indonesian way.
As a Catholic, we believe
that the name we gave to our children is our prayer for the children future. For
example, if we give the children name “Caecilia” (read: sesilia), we pray that the children will have beautiful voice, and
the voice may be use to glorify our God, Jesus Christ, only, as Saint Caecilia
who did service with her beautiful voice, and being recognized as our church
choir protector.
All this long post might make
you wonder, “So, what is the meaning of your name? The prologue took to long to
read.”
Chinthia (or with other spelling “Cynthia”)
came from Greece, which means “THE MOON”. Regina
came from Romania, which means “THE QUEEN”. It’s not actually continued one
another, but if we have to pull my name together, it could be “The Queen of the
Moon”. In other words, it’s not much different with the shape of my face. Since
the moon symbolize the perfect round shape, so do my face, which..... TT___________________________TT
COL *CRY OUT LOUD*
So one day I went to the
spiritual bookstore to buy weekly books about daily devotion, I got this
beautiful wooden decoration with my name and its meaning on it. I love it to
the point I feel grateful about my own name. HAHAHA without realize, I already
in front of the cashier, pay for this beauty wooden decoration along with the
key chain that has the same text on it. Unfortunately, I didn’t took a photo
for the key chain, because I use it for my room key right after I bought it,
and it’s worn out already. Not too good to be photographed. HEHEHE
REGINA
CROWNED WITH HONOR
For You have made him a little lower than the angels. And you have crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8 : 5)
What is the meaning of your
name? And where did your parents inspired from?
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