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Hope Joan-Therese

As a name aficionado I'm curious to know your favourites- bonus points if they are saint's names. I'm pretty sure most people have a list tucked away somewhere! 

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LittleWaySoul

I’m a sucker for old saint names that probably no one would agree to :hehe:

Example: Athanasius. You can call him Nate to make it more normal!! But so many people disagree with me, hah.

But I also love normal classic ones like John, Gregory, Adam, Peter, Thérèse, Anna, Chiara, Josephine.

There are so many lovely saint names!!

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On 7/22/2020 at 2:01 PM, Hope Joan-Therese said:

As a name aficionado I'm curious to know your favourites- bonus points if they are saint's names. 

What makes a name a 'catholic name'? 

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Lilllabettt
9 hours ago, Lea said:

What makes a name a 'catholic name'? 

I believe in the title of this thread, the adjective Catholic is meant to pertain to baby not "name." As in, you have a catholic baby. What do you name him or her?

Any name given to a Catholic baby becomes a Catholic baby's name. But what are your favorites?

I believe the church law says something like the name cannot be " unsuitable" or offensive to Christian sensibility eg Lucifer.

At the same time there are names that are definitely "Catholic names".  Immaculata, for example. Or, Jesus, as a given name, is almost entirely rooted in Catholic (hispanic) tradition.  

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Lilllabettt

My favorites currently are:

Beatrice (Bea)

Cecilia (Celia)

Genevieve (Evie, rhymes with stevie)

Juniper (Junie)

Louisa (Lulu)

Philippa (Pippa)

Primrose (Prim)

Albert (Bertie)

Aloysius (Wish)

Ambrose (Bo)

Augustine (Gus)

Ferdinand (Andy)

Frederick (Fitz)

Maximilian (Max)

Leopold (Leo)

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Lilllabettt
4 hours ago, MIKolbe said:

Fred is nice

I like Fred but Freddy reminds of Krueger. Maybe Freddie? 

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Always liked the names Owen and Sophie.

(there is a St Owen btw)

Also,

Anastasia

Cecilia/Cecily

Elisabeth

Felicity

Lucy

Mary/Maryam

Rose

Benedict

Dominic

Finnian

Jean-Baptiste

John-Fisher

Matthias

Raphael

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Hope Joan-Therese
On 7/24/2020 at 7:10 AM, Lea said:

What makes a name a 'catholic name'? 

I was referring to names which either have Biblical associations, were the names of famous Catholics, popes, saints, places like Lourdes ect, or just make some allusion to Catholicism in general eg. Rosemary (rosary, Mary), Stella (Stella Maris), Siena/Sienna (Catherine of Siena). 

That being said, while I think those sorts of names are great, one doesn't necessarily have to use them, and there's no reason why someone's kid couldn't turn out to be the first St Everly haha

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Nihil Obstat

My group of friends now has a Malachy, a Fulton, a Gemma, and a Joseph Athanasius. :) If Yvette had been a boy we were going to use Marcellinus, although if we have a boy in the future I think we are leaning towards Leo Hyacinthe instead. If we have another girl someday we might use Eleanor Perpetua.

We named our two (known) early miscarriages Francis and Raphael, due to the feast days when the miscarriages occurred.

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On 7/24/2020 at 11:39 AM, Lilllabettt said:

I like Fred but Freddy reminds of Krueger. Maybe Freddie? 

scratch where it itches, woman.

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On 7/25/2020 at 11:40 AM, Nihil Obstat said:

My group of friends now has a Malachy, a Fulton, a Gemma, and a Joseph Athanasius. :) If Yvette had been a boy we were going to use Marcellinus, although if we have a boy in the future I think we are leaning towards Leo Hyacinthe instead. If we have another girl someday we might use Eleanor Perpetua.

We named our two (known) early miscarriages Francis and Raphael, due to the feast days when the miscarriages occurred.

Leo is a frontrunner for our baby #2 :o:smokey:

On 7/23/2020 at 8:50 AM, MIKolbe said:

Bob

If we were to be so blessed as to have a 3rd, theres a good chance it would be a Robert. Not Bob though :P

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John Paul 

Maximillian Kolbe 

and, of course, as I am a good Polak - Stan/Stanley/Stasiu (from St. Stanislaus, either Kostka or Bishop and Martyr)

On 7/24/2020 at 12:51 AM, Lilllabettt said:

 

Ambrose (Bo)

 

Ambrose could also be called "Bro"!!

On 7/24/2020 at 12:13 AM, Lilllabettt said:

I believe the church law says something like the name cannot be " unsuitable" or offensive to Christian sensibility eg Lucifer. 

At the same time there are names that are definitely "Catholic names".  Immaculata, for example. Or, Jesus, as a given name, is almost entirely rooted in Catholic (hispanic) tradition.  

reminds me of the beginning of this comedy skit (1:14-3:00): 

 

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