my daughter s name is AWIT...

Yeah, I would definitely name my child a filipino name too. But what dialect is AWIT from? I would never have guessed that it's a filipino name. maybe because many filipinos are into english names is because we were colonized a few times. we have that inferiority complex. and how do you distinguish a filipino name from a spanish name?

Nice name... A lot better than mine. At least your daughter's name is recognizable. I like names with meanings and i do hope your daughter's life will be full of songs and melody.

Dear friend, Nice name, moreover in India where I live these kinds of names are not much common. I feel it would be nice to have a father who love to name his child which is something really for what we have to thank God. I do respect Filipinos and moreover one of my close friend is also a Filipinos.

Nice ardie, love your daughters name. Glad that there are still few among us who can think of this idea of loving our own. We always say we are proud to be filipinos but we love adopting foreign names and feeling we're in top of all by just being a part of any foreign activity or whatever. Of course am not against those who are but am just happy for those who love our country and culture and every little thing that has something to do with it.

why awit? hmm.. i like mine as marikit or mayumi... haha.. alaya is a good name too... anyway.. it's nice that it's not only me who want to name their child in local words...

Nice name although Himig is melody and Awit means song. Anyway, i don't have any questions on using tagalog word for a name. Our neighbor also have been using tagalog words in naming her kids like Bituin which means star and Mutya which means pearl or talisman.

Well I would understand how you feel about that.. hehe but then Others just are born to be like that, with brain the size of a crab, and hands like that of the same just trying to pull themselves along with others down.. just don't mind them.. at least we all know that we could be better than this, and we are actually not as low as others would think of this country - yes even if they are born as Filipinos...

That's a cute name ! I don't have a daughter as much as you do but I have a dog I call him Berdigoles - it doesnt have any meaning but something like a Filipino name right? More of a bisaya name that is. It feels good when you simply be proud of what you are and it doesnt mean that your degraded as person when you are born in this part of the world, in fact you are superb! and by that I must say, thumbs for your daughter's name !

Don't mind them. What's important is you are happy with your chosen name. I'm sure your daughter will be very popular in her school because her name is so unique.

Hi! In my own personal opinion, I don't think there's anything wrong with having foreign sounding names, except when we make fun of it or become judgmental about it. Just like when you said about other people raising eyebrows when you decided to name your daughter AWIT. Personally I think Awit is a very pretty name. It's sounds very exotic and mystical ;) I do agree with your statement about loving our own in its most simplest things. As the famous line says: Great things start from small beginnings. But I guess the reason why most of our fellow countrymen are so attached to western culture is because of our colonial mentality. But I'm not judging them or anything. I can't blame ourselves either for feeling a want to be like the west.

Well, that's your opinion, I don't have anything against Filipinos having local or foreign sounding names. Just like me, my husbands name is Juan, he was born 55 years ago, he wants his first born son to be named after him, but I contest! I don't want my son to be called Juan so we just settled for its English version which is John, so the the topic is closed. Then my daughter came and he want her named after her mother who is Juana , I gave her the name Joanna instead. In this time where in everything has changed, I guess there's nothing wrong if we can modernize our names a bit!

I like her name and the fact its only four letter word is really cool. Children's name now a days are too long. Well I know someone name Philtranca, Kalayaan now Awit. It does show Patriotism.

Cool name. It reminded me of the Buena siblings. They have Filipino names when they have foreign physiques. Their names were Mutya, Bayani, Dalisay, the others I cannot remember any longer. Mutya Buena was a member of the Sugababes.