Thursday, November 24, 2011

DIANE PAULA "The Making" (History of my name)

It was the dawn of December 27,1993 when  a perky, cunning, little girl was born, having her in the arms of her mother surrounded by smiles and laughter with an overwhelming love from her family. Everyone was so excited to know how would they be calling the baby. Then the woman said I want her to be called "DIANE PAULA", and yes it was me.

The name DIANE derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly divine" reaated to Zeus. The origin of the name Diane came from Diana who is the goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth. The name PAULA derived from the name of the 4th century Roman saint who was the companion of Saint Jero "Paulus".


Anyway let's go back to the story, my parents already knew what name should they give to me before I was born and my mom said that she got Diane from the gorgeous and famous princess Diana of Wales and decided to change the last letter "a" to "e" for a single word pronunciation. My dad is the one who suggested the name Paula, he said that he got it from an English film that he would be watching supposedly the day I was born and he decided to copy the name of the lead role actress. Then both of them agreed and said that DIANE PAULA is a great and unique combination.


I am very grateful that they gave me a wonderful name with no doubts and questions.