The Significance of a Rose

Coming up with a name for our daughter was a pretty arduous process. It was our revolving dinner conversation for the past months. While eating breakfast in Campbell, we compared lists one last time and zeroed in on Rosa. When we arrived to the hospital within ten minutes we met a women whose last name was "De Rosa" and another named Rose. Alas the universe spoke and when asked if we had a name, we both were able to answer with confidence- "Rosa!".

We have three specific reasons for naming our baby girl "Rosa". We realized that you all may have your own reflections about the name. We would like to invite all of you out there reading to share your thoughts about the name Rosa. To get you started, we will share our reasons. Feel free to use our reasons if you would like a starting point. We hope to use your comments to eventually create an anthology and/or mural to share with Rosa in a few years.

Our Reasons for "Rosa"
-Reason #1
Vi's name, "Tuong Vi" means "little rose" in Vietnamese. (Keep in mind in Vietnamese names are written Surname, Middle Name, Given Name).

Vi's Ba Noi (paternal grandmother) was initially named Tuong Vi. Later, her family realized there was a great grandmother who was named Tuong Vi, so in respect changed her name. (In Vietnamese tradition, naming children after relatives is not a sign of respect.)

-Reason #2
Rosa Parks- enough said.

-Reason #3
We really like the nickname Rosie. We like the spunkiness about it. Mostly because we recall the wartime character "Rosie the Riveter" from our High School History classes.
Learn more about Rosie the Riveter.

For clarification- being pacifists, we are drawn to the message of gender equality rather than the whole militaristic nationalism thing.

So...there are our reasons for the name Rosa. Now we look forward to reading your thoughts and reflections about the wonderful name Rosa!