According to sensus most Filipinos are naming their kids................

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According to the census Most Filipinos are naming their sons Joshua and Michael while they usually name their daughters either Ashley,Chloe or Angel. I think 50 years go Most Filipinos still use Latin and Spanish names to their kids but now they usually use combination English/American names. It seemed like most Filipino parents are dont like using Spanish names to their kids because its for them it sounds old since most Filipino grandparents have Spanish names. Though Spanish names were kinda hit in America now because it sounds exotic to parents there. ---- For some reason If i became a parent, I wont use American names because they sound generic, I think there are still some Spanish names that still sound modern in the ears. I think in my case, I want my kid to have an ethnic name but the name still sounds modern ans western even if its not. There are only few Filipino parents who names their kids with ethnic Filipino names like Amihan,Makisig, Alunsina,Habagat,Kubin,Mutya,Dalisay...etc. I remember my Filipino language teacher though who gave all of his kids Ethnic names. While most Asian countries still uses their native names. In Thailand though, there is a weird trend of parents using random English words (yes words not names) As names for their kids, I had seen a Thai person named Birthday,Gift, Embrace and part. ------------ In my lifetime as student: (it took me 4 hours of yearbook research) I have 4 classmates named Maria Cristina 3 Classmates named Mary Grace 5 Classmates named Joyce 17 classmates named Mark 3 Classmates named Mark Anthony 21 Classmates named Michelle -------- I met 10 people named Robert 13 person named Jessie/Jesse