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in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
"I have never knowingly met an Agnes' lol. That seems funny to me because I have three aunt Agneses on my side of the family. And then there is an Aunt Agnes in my husband's family. Plus I met at least 3 young ladies named Agnes in my semester of university in Lithuania. Plus I worked with an Agnieszka at daycare. Wow. That seems ridiculous when I write it out.
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One momma namenerdin' in the fleeting quiet moments between
delighting in and losing my mind amidst my four kiddos
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
Bits of blogging here: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/
And family cuteness here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/41705
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That's a lot of Agnes. I don't have an Agnes in my family that I remember from our genealogy.
My husband and I both have a great grandma Maud / Maude. Though his great grandma went by her middle name Nancy because she hated Maude. I also have a great grandma Ella, an Elizabeth who went by Betty, and a Maria / Mary who was born Maria but went by Mary around gringos.
Mar- names are probably the closest in my family to Agnes in yours. I think Maria's mother was also Maria. My nana went by Marian but was born Mariana. She had a sister Maria and a sister Marie. My nana had a daughter Mary who is my favorite aunt. Then my mother chose Marisa for me and my father agreed to it. My mother uses both Marisa pronunciations for me.
On my husband's side there isn't an Agnes either. Other than Nancy / Maude there is a great grandma Elise but everyone hated her. She was just an aweful human being who constantly played mind games and beat her children including her two disabled sons. She was a very mean and very rich woman who never wanted children so she mostly let nannies raise them. It was a family tradition to name the first born daughter Elise and my mother-in-law was the first one in generations to not be named Elise. Even if I loved the name Elise I'd never use it because of the terrible association my husband's family has with it.
My husband and I both have a great grandma Maud / Maude. Though his great grandma went by her middle name Nancy because she hated Maude. I also have a great grandma Ella, an Elizabeth who went by Betty, and a Maria / Mary who was born Maria but went by Mary around gringos.
Mar- names are probably the closest in my family to Agnes in yours. I think Maria's mother was also Maria. My nana went by Marian but was born Mariana. She had a sister Maria and a sister Marie. My nana had a daughter Mary who is my favorite aunt. Then my mother chose Marisa for me and my father agreed to it. My mother uses both Marisa pronunciations for me.
On my husband's side there isn't an Agnes either. Other than Nancy / Maude there is a great grandma Elise but everyone hated her. She was just an aweful human being who constantly played mind games and beat her children including her two disabled sons. She was a very mean and very rich woman who never wanted children so she mostly let nannies raise them. It was a family tradition to name the first born daughter Elise and my mother-in-law was the first one in generations to not be named Elise. Even if I loved the name Elise I'd never use it because of the terrible association my husband's family has with it.
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