Message: "Where was the name Spirit started?"

[Facts] Where was the name Spirit started?

by Alison (Myth Writer Dreamer)

6/11/2010, 11:01 AM

Where was the name Spirit started? What country, actually. And I'd also like to know the popularity for it. I can't find it anywhere, and I'd really like to know how many people in the world have the name Spirit.

Thank you!

*** To live, to love, to learn. To be happy, generous, and safe. To know you can protect the ones you love from all evil. That is what I dream about.
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- ninjato

6/17/2010, 7:32 AM

Probably in the U.S., more like Haight-Ashbury during the age of the hippie in the 1960's. That would be a possibility, according to my knowledge ofthe Go-Go 60's

This message was edited 6/17/2010, 7:40 AM

- telfalathiel +1

6/11/2010, 12:50 PM

I don't know about the world, but according to howmanyofme.com, there are fewer than 1,547 people named Spirit in the U.S.

- Betty Blue

6/11/2010, 11:21 PM

There is a very old French name Esprit, which is the name of a Catholic saint and refers to the Holy Spirit.

I would imagine that Spirit is the direct English translation of the French name. (Which is male).

I have also seen the feminine name Spirita used in medieval documents, often spelled Sprota or Sprotta. I'd imagine this may also be one of the origins of the name.

This message was edited 6/12/2010, 3:28 AM

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