10th of April 2011 was a memorable day for me, my wife, our parents, our siblings, uncles, aunts and cousins. Noah Ambia Putra Bin Khairus Ambia Putra was born. The date 10 April 2011 was not just only the birth of my son but it was me and Ninie’s 1st wedding anniversary. Noah’s due date was supposed to be on the 23rd of April. We thought he could be coming out late since what they say, normally the girl will follow her mother. My mother in-law was late when she had Ninie. So we were planning to force Noah out on the 25th of April to match my birthday if he came out late. However, God has his plan for Noah to be fair to both his parents. Subhanallah. The Almighty God gave us the best anniversary present in the entire world, alhamdulillah. How did we come out with the name? We had a long talk until we finally agreed. I wanted to keep Ambia Putra to make it a family name (we both agreed), so it left us with only his first name to find.
We wanted a simple name which doesn’t confuse people. For every name that crossed our mind, besides the name having a good meaning, we would also take into considerations:-
1) Will people know how to pronounce?
2) Will the teacher at school know how to pronounce?
3) Is the name going to be pronounced wrongly if we go to different states or countries?
eg: Hakim to Aking in Terengganu.
4) Will the name be shorten, later on, when he grows up?
eg : Baharuddin to Din
5) Will his friends make fun of him in school?
6) The name doesn’t remind people to relate it with bad people.
7) The meaning of the name doesn’t sound weird and funny in other places.
8) We want a name that people will call and not give a nick name. Take myself as an example, people
call me KAP. Well................it sounds cooler. Hehe. I don’t know whether one day he wants people
to call him NAP. Hahah....It sounds weird. Naaaaahhhhh...I think he’ll love the name Noah just fine.
At first we wanted to name him Naqib which is an arabic word that means Leader. But we know the name will be pronounced Nakek when we go back to Terengganu, so the name was rejected. Then, my wife thought of the name Fahim. We considered the name but later I came up with the name Noah. The best part was, a long time before that, Ninie was watching a movie and one of the character’s name was Noah. She loved the name but didn’t mention it to me. When she first heard the name Noah coming out of my mouth, she agreed straight away. The spelling is Noah because we wanted the name to be universal and international. In English, people spell and pronounce it as Noah. It can be used in Malaysia and also in countries that speaks English. His name also has two pronunciations and either of it is correct. People can call him Noh or Noah. In Malaysia, when people ask, I address him as Noh even though the spelling is Noah. For those who is unfamiliar with the name Noah, Noh is the name of one of the Rasul of Allah SWT. He was the one who build an arc a long time ago. Ambia means The Prophets, while Putra is just a name to show that he is Malay.
When he grows up, he can just use the name Noah Ambia Putra Bin Khairus. It should be sufficient unless he’s filling up formal forms or things that requires a full name. About him having two ICs, hmmm....we thought about that but we put it aside. Hehehe. We haven’t received his MyKid yet. So I don’t actually know whether his name requires two MyKids. It might be just only one.
InshaAllah, we will try to be good parents. The feeling is unexplainable. I think this is the feeling that my father had. Now as I think through it, now I know, as a father, it is hard to let go. Now I know how my parents felt when they first sent me away to boarding school. Will I have the strength to let go when the time comes? We’ll see. I love Noah so much. Thanx to my wife for taking care of Noah and carrying him in her belly for nine months. To those out there who’s not married, when your wife is pregnant one day, then you’ll see and understand the pain and suffer that your mom experienced when she carried you and you’ll regret all the times you hurt your mom. Sometimes, you will never understand until you experience it yourself.
We wanted a simple name which doesn’t confuse people. For every name that crossed our mind, besides the name having a good meaning, we would also take into considerations:-
1) Will people know how to pronounce?
2) Will the teacher at school know how to pronounce?
3) Is the name going to be pronounced wrongly if we go to different states or countries?
eg: Hakim to Aking in Terengganu.
4) Will the name be shorten, later on, when he grows up?
eg : Baharuddin to Din
5) Will his friends make fun of him in school?
6) The name doesn’t remind people to relate it with bad people.
7) The meaning of the name doesn’t sound weird and funny in other places.
8) We want a name that people will call and not give a nick name. Take myself as an example, people
call me KAP. Well................it sounds cooler. Hehe. I don’t know whether one day he wants people
to call him NAP. Hahah....It sounds weird. Naaaaahhhhh...I think he’ll love the name Noah just fine.
At first we wanted to name him Naqib which is an arabic word that means Leader. But we know the name will be pronounced Nakek when we go back to Terengganu, so the name was rejected. Then, my wife thought of the name Fahim. We considered the name but later I came up with the name Noah. The best part was, a long time before that, Ninie was watching a movie and one of the character’s name was Noah. She loved the name but didn’t mention it to me. When she first heard the name Noah coming out of my mouth, she agreed straight away. The spelling is Noah because we wanted the name to be universal and international. In English, people spell and pronounce it as Noah. It can be used in Malaysia and also in countries that speaks English. His name also has two pronunciations and either of it is correct. People can call him Noh or Noah. In Malaysia, when people ask, I address him as Noh even though the spelling is Noah. For those who is unfamiliar with the name Noah, Noh is the name of one of the Rasul of Allah SWT. He was the one who build an arc a long time ago. Ambia means The Prophets, while Putra is just a name to show that he is Malay.
When he grows up, he can just use the name Noah Ambia Putra Bin Khairus. It should be sufficient unless he’s filling up formal forms or things that requires a full name. About him having two ICs, hmmm....we thought about that but we put it aside. Hehehe. We haven’t received his MyKid yet. So I don’t actually know whether his name requires two MyKids. It might be just only one.
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