Author Topic: Naming of Children (Read 1118 times)

Änσnymσus · « **on:** October 09, 2014, 03:39:44 PM »

Is it at all disrespectful to use different spellings of saints' names to name your children? For example:

"Jon" instead of "John"
"Ann" instead of "Anne"
"Steven" instead of "Stephen"
"Micheal" instead of "Michael"

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2014, 03:45:58 PM »

This post reminds me of the baseball player named Jhonny Peralta.

clare · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2014, 04:26:40 PM »

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Is it at all disrespectful to use different spellings of saints' names to name your children? For example:

"Jon" instead of "John"
"Ann" instead of "Anne"
"Steven" instead of "Stephen"
"Micheal" instead of "Michael"

No it's not disrespectful, but I balk at "Micheal". That just looks like a misspelling!

And "Jon" would seem to be short for Jonathan.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2014, 04:31:16 PM »

It's fine if it's a genuine variant of the name (i.e. Carl, Karl, Carlos, Charles, etc.).

"Jon" is not a variant of "John," it's a shortened version of "Jonathan," an entirely different name.

But if you're talking about altering the spelling of an established saint's name for the sake of being "unique" (i.e. "Klarees" instead of "Clarice" or "Antonee" instead of "Anthony"), well then... you might just be a redneck.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2014, 04:55:53 PM »

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This post reminds me of the baseball player named Jhonny Peralta.

He's a St Louis Cardinals short stop originally from the Dominic Republic.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2014, 05:05:02 PM »

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This post reminds me of the baseball player named Jhonny Peralta.

He's a St Louis Cardinals short stop originally from the Dominic Republic.

Spanish is the official language of the Dominican Republic, and in Spanish "Juan" is the standard form of the name "John." The equivalent of the diminutive "Johnny" would be "Juanito."

There's no explanation for "Jhonny" apart from ignorance and/or ghetto stupidity, which places like the Dominican Republic sadly have in spades.

OHCA · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2014, 05:20:43 PM »

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But if you're talking about altering the spelling of an established saint's name for the sake of being "unique" (i.e. "Klarees" instead of "Clarice" or "Antonee" instead of "Anthony"), well then... you might just be a redneck.

Around my parts, and we have plenty of rednecks around my parts, that would be more indicative of one of the negro persuasion than of a redneck.

JezusDeKoning · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2014, 06:45:47 PM »

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This post reminds me of the baseball player named Jhonny Peralta.

He's a St Louis Cardinals short stop originally from the Dominic Republic.

Spanish is the official language of the Dominican Republic, and in Spanish "Juan" is the standard form of the name "John." The equivalent of the diminutive "Johnny" would be "Juanito."

There's no explanation for "Jhonny" apart from ignorance and/or ghetto stupidity, which places like the Dominican Republic sadly have in spades.

I'm of Dominican heritage. Spelling names like that in a weird way is just a thing there. It's just how they do things. Spelling a name one or two letters differently is not a problem unless it gets very egregious and believe me, they can.

poche · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2014, 11:09:34 PM »

In the Mozarabic rite there are variant spellings for Latin words.

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