BEHIND THE NAME
I have three names: (1) Raine (2) Jan and (3) Kael.
My first name was given by my Tatay. When I was still inside Nanay's tummy. Tatay would urge her to name me Raine Yuki Yamashita. Nanay didn't want to because it sounded so japanese. No semblance of my Filipino blood was reflected on it. To compromise, Nanay allowed RAINE to be one of my names.
Kael was thought of by my Nanay. She was going to the hospital then with Grandpa when she thought of it. Out of the blue, her brain thought of the name Kael. She tried saying "Raine Kael Yamashita". It sounded nice so she decided to name me just that.
Jan was the "sabit" name. Nanay wanted me to have three names like her but Tatay insisted on two only. However, after I was born, Tatay decided to add Jan. That name was suggested by Nanay's Ninang Asa and my ninang-to-be Fatima.
Before finalizing my birth certificate, Nanay and Tatay researched the meaning of my names (just to be sure that the meanings aren't anything bad or evil). Here are their meanings:
Raine = wise ruler [who knows, maybe I'll become the President of the Philippines one day. hehe]
Jan = In English, it means God has been gracious. It's a variation of John.
In Filipino, it means Reason.
Kael = mighty warrior. It's actually a COINCIDENCE that Kael is also a character in DOTA. In that game, he is the invoker. However, as I've already said, Nanay's the one who named me Kael and not Tatay so Tatay can't really say he named me after a DOTA character.
Sources: http://www.name-meanings.com and CA Justice Magdangal De Leon's compilation of Filipino names and their meanings.
There you go!:)
