Short succinct and to the point. At times it seems parents are competing to come up with the oddest names for their children. Anyone else recall the family that names their son, ESPN, because Dad was a big sports fan?
Wonder what he thinks of names like Moon Unit and Ja’larondashanae?
You mean like...Jesus?
I’m waiting for some avante-garde lefty to name their offspring “baby #1” and “baby #2”. In all likelihood it already happened.
At one time, a Catholic child had to have a saint name.
My Baptismal name is a WHOLE lot longer than my legal name.
Bring those rules back and there is no problem.
“Christian names are an “indelible sign from the Holy Spirit” that help protect family life, the Pope said.”
Baloney.
I thought Jesus was a Jewish name.....??
My daughter is Grace Elizabeth. I think God would approve :-)
The Pope is absolutely right on this and I have noticed it becoming a very frustrating trend. The name of a saint is given in Baptism in order that the baby baptized may imitate that saints virtues and have him/her for a protector.
The pope is covering it all, lately. Excellent! We named three of our four children after saints, but I, being a new Catholic, thought it fine to name one of our sons after my brother (who we joked would be an agnostic saint someday anyway). Fast forward two decades, and I’m really sorry I did that (long story, but for one, we no longer have any contact with my bro). My husband and I started talking about it (renaming our son, that is:)) coming up with names that fit his persona. My choice was Anthony Francis, and my husband interestingly liked the flip, Francis Anthony. (But it’s a little late for naming.) I now believe one should name their kids after a saint or a name that is a derivative of, and be safe on a number of accounts.
Actually my dad like name Kelly but my mom like name Ann so they put the name together Kelly Ann LOL!
Every time I find out I’m pregnant again I start browsing through the Saint list websites. We give our boys three names so I can use all the inspiration I can get. :0)
Would Old Testament names like Noah or Moses count as saintly names?