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HelpThe Dionne Quintuplets
All this quints talk got me thinking about the famous French-Canadian Dionne quints, born in 1934, (and which is actually quite a sad story). I knew their first names but didn't know the middles, so I looked them up, and here they are:
Yvonne Édouilda Marie
Annette Lillianne Marie
Cécile Marie Émilda
Émilie Marie Jeanne
Marie Reine Alma
Their parents names were Oliva-Edouard (father) and Elzire (mother), and their other siblings were/are Ernest, Rose Marie, Therese, Daniel, Pauline, Leo, Oliva Jr., Victor, and Claude.
Some neat names! I find French-Canadian naming practices really interesting. They often use unorthodox spellings and obscure saints names.
Yvonne Édouilda Marie
Annette Lillianne Marie
Cécile Marie Émilda
Émilie Marie Jeanne
Marie Reine Alma
Their parents names were Oliva-Edouard (father) and Elzire (mother), and their other siblings were/are Ernest, Rose Marie, Therese, Daniel, Pauline, Leo, Oliva Jr., Victor, and Claude.
Some neat names! I find French-Canadian naming practices really interesting. They often use unorthodox spellings and obscure saints names.
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I'm neutral on all of the first names except Cecile, which I don't like.
My sister is married to a French Canadian (well, he is an American citizen now but his parents were French Canadians and never became citizens), and she says that there's a tradition amongst French Canadians to give every girl the middle name Marie and every boy the middle name Joseph. That's why I won't comment upon Marie being seen here as a middle name four times and only not being seen as a middle name because it's the first name.
My sister is married to a French Canadian (well, he is an American citizen now but his parents were French Canadians and never became citizens), and she says that there's a tradition amongst French Canadians to give every girl the middle name Marie and every boy the middle name Joseph. That's why I won't comment upon Marie being seen here as a middle name four times and only not being seen as a middle name because it's the first name.
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Man, that family had waaaay too many kids. No wonder they put the quints up for display, how else could they have even fed all of them? Terrible story.
The names are not bad, if you overlook that they used Marie too often. The first names, anyway.
The names are not bad, if you overlook that they used Marie too often. The first names, anyway.
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The first names are classical for the place and period, and nice ones, too, I agree.
As you may know, it was usual to have the middle name Marie, for girls, and Joseph, for boys, a sort of pious custom.
Notice that the girl who had Marie for a first name has the middle name "Reine",(queen), which is meant to indicate the blessed virgin, Mary, queen of heaven.
I know a couple of older women named named Marie-Reine, they're usually just called "Reine".
During the World Wars, the French-speaking servicemen were often called(by the English-speakers), "Joe LeBlanc", given that they all had Joseph in their name, and LeBlanc was a common surname. This was received either good-naturedly or poorly,depending on the "Joe LeBlanc"'s temperament.
The quint's first names aren't much used now, except Emilie,it's popular.
As you may know, it was usual to have the middle name Marie, for girls, and Joseph, for boys, a sort of pious custom.
Notice that the girl who had Marie for a first name has the middle name "Reine",(queen), which is meant to indicate the blessed virgin, Mary, queen of heaven.
I know a couple of older women named named Marie-Reine, they're usually just called "Reine".
During the World Wars, the French-speaking servicemen were often called(by the English-speakers), "Joe LeBlanc", given that they all had Joseph in their name, and LeBlanc was a common surname. This was received either good-naturedly or poorly,depending on the "Joe LeBlanc"'s temperament.
The quint's first names aren't much used now, except Emilie,it's popular.
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