What's in a name?

By now, my 2nd child would be approximately 11 days old. He was released from the hospital on the 5th day after being lightbathed from the jaundice attack. One of the most difficult thing to do when you have a new child is choosing a name. A name you choose today will be used by him from this life and on to the next one. It's your identity and it reflects who you are.

Some parents go for some superb fancy name. Others just choose the common name that is easy to pronounce and have good meaning. Whatever the reason be, i'm sure it is in the best interest of both parties. Before giving a name to our new baby, there were a few suggestion from other people. Those included Adrian Sofian and many more. Though Adrian Sofian would be suitable if we had a pair of twins last time, we decided not to go for it.

The name Adif came cross to our mind a long time ago, i think it was sometime in the early stage of pregnancy if it was a boy. The only thing missing was the second part of the name, which is the hard part. So until the baby was born, people kept asking us what's his name and i will always answer, just wait. For now, just call him baby or adik. Well, it's probably because we have not decided on the finalise version. Hey, it took month for Proton to name their MPV Exora right?

On that morning on the baby's 2nd day, it was time to name this baby. Luckily there's thing thing called the internet and the rest was history. A few list was listed down and it came down between Syazwi or Shafiy. The name Syazwi meant keharumanku while the Shafiy meant yang menyembuhkan. We couldn't actually find the actual meaning of adief though there was someone quoted that it was okay to name it adief. So in the end it was Adief Shafiy coz Syazwi sounded like a bit hangging.

It had 12 letters on it. The same as his big sister. So in the end it was Adief Shafiy. And so it was written in the form, and so it was printed on the birth certificate.

To Adief, maybe if you're reading this someday, we hope you like your name. It's a very unique name and hopefully the meaning will really reflect you. We love you.