Jumat, 28 September 2018

The Javanese naming tradition

Assalamu'alaikum ^_^
Hallo everyone! How are you? I hope your day is a happy day 😊

Last week, I told you guys about my fantasy. My dream to give name for my children in the future πŸ˜‚. Today I would like to discuss about fact the tradition of name.


Do you know guys about naming tradition around you? Every region, tribe, city or country in the world usually have tradition to give name for children. In Java, many tradition that use to give name for children. They give name according to birth time, birth order, Java's puppet, expectation and so on.


The Javanese have tradition to give name for their children with simple word but it have meaning. It's because they are easy to remember and spoken. Even some peoples just have a word to their name. They usually insert some prefix on their name such as Su, Wa, Nga, Pra. For example, Surip, Susilo, Suharto, Sukiman, Wartini, Warisman, Ngatini, Pratiwi. They also insert suffix in the last. It's like Budiono, Darsono, Watiana, or they change 'a' become 'o' in the last.

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The people of Java usually use birth time or birthday (re: Dino, month, and weton in Java) for their name. For example, he who was born on Thursday (Kemis) the name is Miskam or Mislan, if she was born on Monday the name is Saniah. My aunt who was born on Besar month her name is Sartinah. My neighbor who was born on Sura month his name is Suratin. He who was born on weton 'Legi' the name is Manis. And then my grandfather who was born on weton "Pon" his name is Poniman.

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They also use birth order for name, for example, Eka/Eko, Dwi, Tri, Catur, Sapta, Dasa.

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There are people who take name from the names of Java's Puppet, such as Bimo, Harjuno/ Arjuno, Krisna, Nakula, Sadewa, Rama, for male and Shinta or Sri for female.

The Javanese also give name with expectation. They usually give name with du'a word. It's like Sabar, Trimo, Slamet, Prakoso, Rahayu, Mulyani, Mulyono, Santoso.

For additional information, in Java if some of male who has married, they change child name with new name after merried. In my regional it's called "Jeneng".

I think this is about tradition of name in Java that I know. If you guys want to add naming tradition in your regional in Java that there is no in this post, please write on comment column 😊.

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Sabtu, 22 September 2018

Your name is a du'a


Hellooo my beloved friends! What's up! Come back again to my blog.. πŸ˜‰
It's very long time I don't say hello to you guys! Yeah, this is not my first post but this is the first time I write blog in English. So... Enjoy and keep stay tuned in this blog! 😊

Do you know about your name guys? Yeah, everyone has a name because names are very important to identify people. Every parent want to give the best name for their children because name can become a du'a for the future. Then I curious to know the meaning of my name. So, I will tell you about the meaning and the origin of my name. My name is Nita Nur Aeny.

My first name is Nita. I don't really like my name because when I was in Junior High School, my first name got typo to Noita then some of my friends call me Nobita πŸ˜‚. I know Nobita is funny name but I don't like my friends call me like this and I don't know the meaning of Nita surely. I asked my mother, "Why do you give me Nita for my name?". My mother said, "Nita is picked from June", because I was born on June. Then my mother just picked "Ni" for my first name and she added "Ta" behind "Ni". My mother want to give my name Yuni but she said that Yuni's name is a lot. So, she give my name Nita.
My mother don't know actually the meaning of my first name. Then I search in Google, I got so many different meaning from some languages. There are good and bad meaning. I got some meaning of Nita, it is "understanding, good woman, noble, realistic, and etc". I also got bad meaning like " betting, game, and bear" What? Bear? 😱. But I think bear can be du'a for me. Wkwkwk ( ber-uang) πŸ˜† aamiin..
I still confused about my first name, then I asked one of my aunty. My aunt said that she ever heard the meaning of Nita is beautiful girl πŸ’ƒAlhamdulillah wkwkwk. It's not too bad meaning. At least, there are good meanings for my first name.

Secondly, my back name is Nur Aeny. Nur Aeny picked from Arabic that the meaning is the light of eyes. But, when I look the mirror, there aren't light on my eyes πŸ˜‚. Maybe my mother want her daughter like a sun who give many benefit for around from the light. Hehehe aamiin..

I am very thankful to my parents especially for my mother who gave me birth, cares, and give me name. But, if I am given a chance to change my name, I will change my name to Marzia (blessed by Allah and  satisfied with myself). Then if I have daughter, I will give her name Ayasha Dzakira (Ayasha from word Aisyah/Ayesha, Dzakira is strong memory or always dhikr) or Aiza Hilya (Aiza: strong, honored, and noble, Hilya: jewelry or good behavior). If I have son, I will give his name Salman Abdullah (the servant of Allah who is safe and protected by Allah) or Shaka Ibrahim (Shaka: generous, kind, and open mind). I am also like English name. I like William, Smith, and Luis for male, and then I like Vanessa, Marie, and Jennifer for female.

I think that's all about my name, thank you for keep stay in my blog πŸ˜‰
I hope you guys enjoy and like to read my blog. Feel free to comment in this post 😊
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