karol andrej

karol is a form of charles which has germanic, english, french and polish origin. it means "free man" or simply "man", and in polish means "strong"

andrej is a form of andreas which is of greek origin. it means "man, warrior"

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many people are wondering why we chose these names. some even mistake him for a girl. the truth is, we also had a hard time choosing his name.

karol was one of the last names we thought of. at first the choices were derek/derrick (as in mcdreamy, grey's anatomy), ira (irish villain, 24) and aaron (loyal secret service agent, 24). yes, we were watching too many late night tv series i guess :))

still undecided, i kept searching. i have come upon the name karol before. i knew it was the late pope john paul the second's birth name. but it was also more commonly knownn as a girl's name in most parts of the world, including my own beloved country. so i didn't bring it up until the last trimester and daddy liked it at once.

by july, we already told most people that he would be called karol. then i had second thoughts about it afterwards. i couldn't think of a nice nick for karol.

up to the very last minute, i still wasn't sure. but when he was born, daddy asked, "so, is it karol?" i could only nod and say yes. i was so happy, he is so perfect, that it didn't matter how he will be called.

andrej is after st. andrew the scot, whose feast day falls on karol's birthday.