My Name

José Marco Asibal

My first name José comes from my father who was also named José and I was therefore named after. Coincidentally my father’s father was also called José. I suppose I should also name my kid José otherwise I would have broken this tradition. My middle name was chosen just because it sounded good with José and Asibal. However when I was a child when people said José it confused me, because I did not know whether they were referring to me or my father so eventually I just made my middle name my preferred name. Lastly Asibal, like all Filipino surnames, comes from Spain.