Emily San Jose opened up on TikTok about how she named her kids Henry and Carlota, hoping that Henry would go by Enrique in Spain and Carlota could be Charlie in the U.S. The mom of two explained why that hasn't been the case.
Looking back, Emily San Jose says she might have considered names that could be pronounced easily by her family in the U.S. and her in-laws in SpainZoey Lyttle is an Editorial Assistant at PEOPLE. She writes digital specials across all entertainment verticals and has been working at PEOPLE since July 2022.TikTok creator Emily San Jose made a video explaining how she wished she'd named her two kids with considerations for how their legal names would be pronounced between their homes in the U.
Looking back, Emily San Jose wishes she'd considered pronunciation over translation when naming her kids. Legally, they named their kids Henry and Carlota. They hoped that when in the U.S., their daughter would go by Charlie, and when in Spain, Henry could be known as Enrique. They now live in Spain full time, and their kids just go by Henry and Charlie.Looking back, San Jose wishes she'd looked into names that were easily spoken in both countries — like Isabel or Clara, as she specifies — as opposed to hoping her children would use alternate monikers in each country.
Henry, on the other hand, isn't commonly called Enrique at all. Most people, including his parents at home, address him as Henry, but spoken with a Spanish accent. Speaking to PEOPLE, San Jose says she and Sergio realized early on that their idea for Enrique wasn't going to work out so easily."We were in the US still, so I would introduce him as Henry," she says.
The video earned over 71,000 likes on the app, but San Jose received a mix of appreciation and criticism from TikTok users. "If maybe my younger self were to have seen someone else talking about this before I had my kids, it might've made me think twice or a little bit deeper into names and what they mean," she tells PEOPLE. "I can share my experiences as well as potentially be an outlet for other people that are going through similar things. That's really the intention that I have when I talk about these things online.
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