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HelpRe: BAs from Germany... (long)
in reply to a message by Arialblack
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 ;-)
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