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HelpRe: BAs from Germany... (long)
in reply to a message by Capucine
Thanks. In France middle names are most of the time honoring names or godparents name too for the Catholics, but are usally not thought as "combos". They're much less mentioned than in England or the USA for example. That's why it made me curious.
I wish I had one, even old or dated!
I wish I had one, even old or dated!
This message was edited 12/16/2009, 6:43 PM
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I find it quite interesting to learn the different takes on these things myself :-)
In general, first names plus godparent names aren't really considered "combos" here, either. They are sort of "just there".
But from what I observed among the young parents I know and on the boards, people are slowly veering away from "just sticking" a godparent's name to the chosen first name and are moving towards giving their children "just-because-names" (à la "Why did you choose this middle name?" "Just because we liked it" ;-) ) instead or in addition to an honouring name.
I'm pretty sure some of the middle names in the BAs I posted here are honouring names; it's just a tad hard to tell which ones they are as we are having a huge wave of old names right now. Old names - alongside Scandinavian names - are really popular/almost trendy right now.
That's why one could wonder whether some of the names in there belong to a child born in 2009 or in 1909 ;-)
In general, first names plus godparent names aren't really considered "combos" here, either. They are sort of "just there".
But from what I observed among the young parents I know and on the boards, people are slowly veering away from "just sticking" a godparent's name to the chosen first name and are moving towards giving their children "just-because-names" (à la "Why did you choose this middle name?" "Just because we liked it" ;-) ) instead or in addition to an honouring name.
I'm pretty sure some of the middle names in the BAs I posted here are honouring names; it's just a tad hard to tell which ones they are as we are having a huge wave of old names right now. Old names - alongside Scandinavian names - are really popular/almost trendy right now.
That's why one could wonder whether some of the names in there belong to a child born in 2009 or in 1909 ;-)
This message was edited 12/16/2009, 7:45 PM
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