May 28th, 2021

I’ve chosen my daughter’s name many moons ago - it came to me. Not exactly sure how, but it stuck and I instantly knew that if I were to birth a baby girl one day, her name would have been ready to greet her long before her arrival upon this earth. I don’t know that I will, or should, or must have a child, I don’t know the answer to any of these questions for with absolute certainty. What I know is that this name will be perfectly suited for my daughter, and whoever she grows up to be, if I do have the opportunity to mother a girl in this lifetime. 

Alaïa is the name:

Alaïa is of Arabic, Hebrew, and Basque origins. It signifies sublime, exalted, in Arabic, joyful in Basque. In Hebrew it means to ascend. A rare name for girls. Alaïa.

~ Alaïa Kali Uribe *

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1. 2 people from Virginia, U.S. agree the name Alaya is of African origin and means “Gift from God”.
2. A submission from Alabama, U.S. says the name Alaya means “To Ascend” and is of Hebrew origin.
3. According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Alaya means “Beautiful”.
4. According to a user from Nigeria, the name Alaya is of Yoruba origin and means “Heart hearted, brave daring. Also is a form of panegyrics common among the Offa people of Yoruba in Kwara. Also the Ijebus of Epe origin in Lagos also use the name”.

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Reading this entry put a smile on my face. I still feel the same. The name Alaïa deeply resonates and is of great significance to me. It is becoming more and more apparent that I am eager to start a family of my own. In my twenties, it was the last of my preoccupations.  I didn’t even want to entertain the idea for long. I wasn’t actively thinking of baring children and parenting styles until I got married and heavily got invested in doing shadow work and reparenting my inner child. It is now a goal of mine to prep myself and heal as much as I possibly can in order to welcome a life into this world. I want to raised emotionally secure children who feel safe in expressing their wants and needs, safe to to explore, safe to fail, safe to take space and connect with the world around them. Occasionally, I catch myself feeling like time is slipping away. I’ve always hoped to have children relatively young so as to avoid replicating the drastic age gap existing between my parents and I. It is one I feel has kept us at a distance, to some degree. I want to be able to relate to my children and openly discuss anything with them. By the time I’m 35 -36, I’d like to have wrapped it up. Perhaps my tendencies to rush into things comes from a subconscious need to control my timeline  - make sure it all happen according to my preferred timeline. Well, life doesn’t work that way, does it? It turns out baby girl will have a different middle and last name. As a matter of fact, baby girl might just be a baby boy and I’ve got to be okay with that too. 

If daughter choses me as her mother, daughter has a name waiting to welcome her in the garden of earthly delights. If there is ever an Alaïa, she will be divinely guided and protected.

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