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Romualdo (on a nearly 80-year-old man) and Soccorsa (on a nearly 70-year-old woman).
I've heard Romualdo before (it is the name of a saint who founded a monastery near my home), but never actually met a man with this name. I find it really old-fashioned, and not in a nice way.
I've never heard of Soccorsa, though. The male form, soccorso, means rescue in Italian, so I presume it has something to do with Virgin Mary in the same way as Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrow).
Thoughts?
I've heard Romualdo before (it is the name of a saint who founded a monastery near my home), but never actually met a man with this name. I find it really old-fashioned, and not in a nice way.
I've never heard of Soccorsa, though. The male form, soccorso, means rescue in Italian, so I presume it has something to do with Virgin Mary in the same way as Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrow).
Thoughts?
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Romualdo feels very old mannish, Soccorsa is awkward.
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I think Soccorsa might be an Italian cognate of the Spanish name Socorro.
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Hi !!!
Romualdo is super-dated and I think that it would never come back (fortunately imo).
Soccorsa is just too religious for its history and quite ridicolous for its meaning. But I've heard a woman with this name who was in her 40s so I think that despite being rare it is still used.
They are both over the top imo (too dated).
Romualdo is super-dated and I think that it would never come back (fortunately imo).
Soccorsa is just too religious for its history and quite ridicolous for its meaning. But I've heard a woman with this name who was in her 40s so I think that despite being rare it is still used.
They are both over the top imo (too dated).
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