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On the old show "Three's Company" it is revealed in one episode that Chrissy's full name is Christmas. And her last name is Snow. I hated that show, so don't ask me how I happened to catch that episode.
Would you ever use Christmas as a personal name? Probably not, but what would you think of somebody else who did? Do you think it's ridiculous?
Would you ever use Christmas as a personal name? Probably not, but what would you think of somebody else who did? Do you think it's ridiculous?
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Christmastina
Aw, I don't know, I certainly wouldn't use it but it's so out there that I'd probably think it was quite cute, in a bizarre sort of way.
Some data: there were 1371 people given the first name Christmas in England and Wales between 1837 and 1937. Most of them were boys, but there were quite a few girls too.
Some of the weirder Christmas combos:
Christmas Twink
Christmas Shepherd
Christmas Holyday
Christmas Holly (x2)
Christmas Dick
Christmas Doughty
Christmas Cockday
Christmas Bacon
Christmas Angel
There was also a Christmastina, two babies called Christmass and two called Christmasia, and a Christmassy.
Aw, I don't know, I certainly wouldn't use it but it's so out there that I'd probably think it was quite cute, in a bizarre sort of way.
Some data: there were 1371 people given the first name Christmas in England and Wales between 1837 and 1937. Most of them were boys, but there were quite a few girls too.
Some of the weirder Christmas combos:
Christmas Twink
Christmas Shepherd
Christmas Holyday
Christmas Holly (x2)
Christmas Dick
Christmas Doughty
Christmas Cockday
Christmas Bacon
Christmas Angel
There was also a Christmastina, two babies called Christmass and two called Christmasia, and a Christmassy.
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Christmasia, Christmastina and Christmassy are cute.
Some of those combos make me LMAO.
Some of those combos make me LMAO.
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I would actually enjoy seeing a Christmas over a Christine or Christina. It's just more interesting and appeals to my name-nerdery :)
Also I think there was a Bond girl named Christmas Jones. It's a silly name for a Bond girl, but it's nifty to see in real life I think. I actually do not think it's ridicuous. If it was spelled Krystmiss, that would be ridiculous.
Also I think there was a Bond girl named Christmas Jones. It's a silly name for a Bond girl, but it's nifty to see in real life I think. I actually do not think it's ridicuous. If it was spelled Krystmiss, that would be ridiculous.
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I think it's ridiculous. If you want to name your child something christmassy, Noel is way subtler and better.
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I wouldn't use it myself especiall with a name like Snow or White. It's like Christmas carols in July.
Nollaig is not unusual here though. It's the Irish for Noel/Noelle and also the Irish for Christmas. I have a distant cousin called Mary Nollaig who's birthday is around now. I was also in college with a girl called Nollaig Rabbitt - and yes she got teased a lot about it.
Nollaig is not unusual here though. It's the Irish for Noel/Noelle and also the Irish for Christmas. I have a distant cousin called Mary Nollaig who's birthday is around now. I was also in college with a girl called Nollaig Rabbitt - and yes she got teased a lot about it.
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Nollaig
That is really cool. How is it prounounced? Irish names bamboozle me.
That is really cool. How is it prounounced? Irish names bamboozle me.
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I met an girl in Eastern Ireland (Dublin) once named Nollaig, pronounced, "NULL-ig."
My mother is from Southern (Co. Cork) Ireland and that's how she says it too.
Sometimes the same word in Irish can be spoken differently, depending on where you're from. This seems to be one that doesn't change much.
My mother is from Southern (Co. Cork) Ireland and that's how she says it too.
Sometimes the same word in Irish can be spoken differently, depending on where you're from. This seems to be one that doesn't change much.
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There was a judge in the UK, in the 1950s I think, whose name was Christmas Humphreys ... and he was a Buddhist. Perhaps if you go to work in a wig and robes you can carry it off, but Christmas the bus driver or Christmas the dinner lady would be dire indeed. I would think that their parents were more interested in making a personal statement than in the future happiness of their child. And I'd also wonder what they would name a second child - Boxing Day?
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Christmas the judge and Cupcake the lawyer just goes to show you that names do not make the person.
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Boxing
That is going to be the next big boy name, you just wait. It's got the dynamic X, it's uber-masculine and implies violence - truly a winner! ;)
Though Boxer might climb the charts first.
That is going to be the next big boy name, you just wait. It's got the dynamic X, it's uber-masculine and implies violence - truly a winner! ;)
Though Boxer might climb the charts first.
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Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. I'd definitely never use it, and would laugh at anyone who did. :D
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I wouldn't use it myself, but I don't think it's any more rediculous than using Easter, February or Winter (etc.)
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I would not use it, because 1) I'm not Christian and 2) I would not give my kid a name so tied to their birth day. However, I don't think it's ridiculous. To me, it's in the same vein as Christian, Christopher, Christine, etc.
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I have to agree with this comment (minus the not being christian part).
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