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baby names
jesse's real name is jesus andres hernandez jr and he was named after his dad. naming the first born son after the father is a tradition in my family and in my husband's family, as well. my mom was the one who started calling him jesse. she said that she didn't want to call him jesus and that the name jesse was close enough. well, the name caught on and soon everyone was calling him jesse.
when i was pregnant with anthony, my husband and i decided that i would choose the first name and he would choose the middle name. i've always loved the name anthony, i don't know exactly why. my husband chose the name santos because that's his mom's middle name. when it was time to fill out the birth certificate, my husband decided to change the spelling of his middle name (he said it looked better with a 'z' instead of an 's') and so, anthony's full name is anthony santoz hernandez.