Why we chose these names

Choosing a child's name is one of the first real decisions we make for them — and one of the few they carry their whole life.

Vithória was the oldest of all. I knew, long before becoming a father, that if I had a daughter she'd be called that. I even told Shana early in our dating, almost like someone revealing a secret plan — and she liked it right away. Years later, it became a person's name.

I don't think a name defines the person. But I believe it weighs: it's the first word the world associates with someone, and the first the person learns as their own. That's why we made slightly unusual choices for our three — Vithória, Olímphio and Máximo. Not for the difference itself, but because each name carried a meaning we wanted close: the idea of winning, the height of Olympus, the pursuit of the most.

They're wishes, at bottom. They guarantee nothing — the ones who'll write the story are them. But I like to think that, every time they hear their own name, they also hear a bit of what we dreamed for them on the day we chose.