Looking for names of Inca princesses

In an instant I’m no longer the guy who tells tall tales of flying old airplanes or traveling the world. I’m now the guy who shows baby pictures:

5 months - Thank goodness she looks just like her mommy!!!

2 big tummies

We found out yesterday that everything is going well with nuestra calatita and it’s going to be a girl !!!. Suggestions for girl names are welcome, since everyone told Patricia up to now it was going to be a boy, she was looking mostly for boy names…

Due date is June 14, so we’ll keep up the news on what it’s like to have a baby in Cusco, Peru

Help us out. Patricia speaks Spanish and English. I speak Dutch, English and some Spanglish. My parents speak Dutch but Mama Vicky prefers Quechua… Please vote:

February 12, 2009 - Posted by wwelvaert | Life in Peru | baby, Cusco, Inca princess, Life in Peru | 16 Comments

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You could always opt for a traditional Christian first name and an Incan (Quechua) middle name.

Both my girls have a variation of my own middle name implemented into their middle name. (My middle name is the same as my grandmother’s but different spelling.)

Peruvians also tend to name their children after a relative.

My husband’s middle name is the same as his father’s first name.

My nephew has the same first name as his father and another has a middle name after a grandfather’s first name.

Our second daughter’s middle name is Anamaria. Ana coming from Anne (my middle name) and Maria in honor of my husband’s now deceased grandmother.

There are endless possibilities, but your wife will have the final say in the end.

Comment by rachelinperu | February 13, 2009 | Reply
Thanks Rachel.

I also was thinking of one Western name and one traditional Peruvian name, but like you said, my wife will have the final say!

Comment by wwelvaert | February 14, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for checking out my blog. I was just having a discussion about how strange it is to live in a rainy season having never done it before.

How about Milagros? I always liked the nickname Mila.

Comment by invisibleinkling | February 17, 2009 | Reply
Thanks Liam. I like Milagros, but it also happens to be my sister-in-laws name…

This is my second rainseason, but of course growing up in Belgium I had my share of rain as well

Comment by wwelvaert | February 17, 2009 | Reply
We like the name Olivia. No special reason or attachment to any specific country or language, just a nice name. Nick name could be Liv. (Everybody needs a nickname)

Comment by Carole and Rick | February 18, 2009 | Reply
Thanks guys. I like Olivia… always liked Olivia Newton John in the old John Travolta movie.

Comment by wwelvaert | February 18, 2009 | Reply
Congratulations! What exciting news.

There are so many lovely names in Spanish; hard to pick.

My friend Diana (a Peruvian actress) named her girl “Samikai,” based on a Quechua word for energy or joy.

Comment by americaninlima | February 23, 2009 | Reply
Thanks Barb. I really like the Quechua names, even though I don’t speak a word of Quechua…

Comment by wwelvaert | February 24, 2009 | Reply
A mí me gusta Verónica
Felicitaciones y buena suerte con la nueva niña.

Comment by Daniel | February 25, 2009 | Reply
Gracias Daniel!!

Comment by wwelvaert | February 26, 2009 | Reply
hello!!!! teacher, congratulations…. well why not a quechua name, like IMA SUMAC, a peruvian woman that become a famous singer in Los Angeles. Good luck teacher!!!!

Comment by marcia loaiza | February 26, 2009 | Reply
i know a few olivia’s and i love that name.
liv as a nickname is fantastic. all the olivia’s i know are beautiful.
and i also like olivia newton john…. who doesn’t?

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Congratulations to both of you!!!
That’s a great news. Here is some quechua names that I like: Iñakapalla, Kukuli, Nina, Chaska
here are some more
http://www.tierra-inca.com/es/dico/nombres.html

Comment by Amazilia Alba | March 17, 2009 | Reply
Thanks Amazilia! I’m still trying to convince Patricia to use a Quechua name, she’s kind of apprehensive since neither of us speak Quechua

I also found out people use “Kantu” for a name, and I’m beginning to warm up to that!

Comment by wwelvaert | March 18, 2009 | Reply
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