Author Topic: The popularity of the name Mary (Read 3501 times)

MaterDominici · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2010, 11:16:17 PM »

I will say anything with a "Mc" or "Mac" just doesn't make much sense as a first name, but Connor is fine as O'Connor is "son of Connor". (or is that Conor?) Catholic families use last names as first regularly ... think Xavier, Thaddeus...

I prefer to be a little trendy so that my 3-y-o isn't assumed to be a 75-y-o. I think Trent is a fine name for a Catholic lad born in these times. : )

Telesphorus · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2010, 01:32:50 AM »

My mother's name is Mary, her mother's name is Mary, and her paternal grandmother's name was Mary. (well, Maria, but she was born when the town was German speaking - she has Mary on her tombstone).

But in the 50s they called my mother by her middle name already.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #12 on:** September 11, 2010, 09:37:36 AM »

My family's names, Mary-Frances, Rita, Margaret, Catherine, MaryJo, and on and on first and middle names such as Rose.

As we scoured the online listings for adoptable children years ago, the issue of names was extreme. Christain names were very rare in the state's registry of "waiting children", and Catholic ones never, exept for a profoundly handicapped girl named Mary. This is out of thousands of children.

Years ago it became obvious to us that there was something up with names.

Common names of abused children include Dustin, Austin, Destiny, Cheyanne and of course Crystal...not to mention the bizarre Shykiaha and Treyvonne names.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #13 on:** September 11, 2010, 09:57:55 AM »

I just checked some adoption sites, and I saw an enormous increase of Christian Names-so my theory is weakened...

(not to mention so sad to see so many kids in the system :cry: :cry: :cry:)

MaterDominici · « **Reply #14 on:** September 11, 2010, 10:48:21 AM »

I have the impression that my mother's siblings (a Catholic family) only coincidentally had Catholic names. They have a Margaret, a Rose, an Agnes ... but, I'm pretty sure my grandmother just picked names she liked and it happened to be that most names "out there" were Christian ones.