Author Topic: The popularity of the name Mary (Read 3500 times)

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2010, 04:57:59 PM »

I have a Niece with the first name McKenzie, and a
Nephew with the first name McGuire.

Penitent · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2010, 09:05:18 PM »

I started student teaching this semester and the first thing I noticed was that most of the kids had last names for first names. We have Connors and Grants and Coopers and Parks and Hunters and Bronsons and Reagans and MacKenzies and Madisons and Dillons and Baileys and Tuckers and Daltons and Lathams and Peytons and ...

All of the Peytons are girls.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:04:59 PM »

Congratulations for teaching, Penitent.

The names figure into the plan for androgeny.

Matthew · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:14:09 PM »

That's an interesting point, Elizabeth --

Besides being bad names, and Catholic patron-less, they also are PERFECTLY unisex. As they force men and women to be more and more alike, I suppose it helps/is fitting that their names become more similar as well.

Matthew

Matthew · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:15:23 PM »

Quote from: Penitent

I started student teaching this semester and the first thing I noticed was that most of the kids had last names for first names. We have Connors and Grants and Coopers and Parks and Hunters and Bronsons and Reagans and MacKenzies and Madisons and Dillons and Baileys and Tuckers and Daltons and Lathams and Peytons and ...

All of the Peytons are girls.

What I want to know, if these are acceptable names, is how long until Mr. Connor has a son and names him Connor.

I bet no Scottish/Irish people have named their children McKenzie, McKenna, or McGuire.

McGuire McGuire, anyone?