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I prefer it to Christine, mostly because I don't usually like -ine or -een namesm with the exception of Justine for some reason. But I'd never use it, not being even slightly Christian myself.
Both my maternal great-grandmothers were named Christiana. Apparently people where they lived were likely to have read "A Pilgrim's Progress" and used it as a name source, the main characters being Christian and Christiana! If only they'd been named something else, Alice or Emily or Mary or something, I'd gladly have used it to honour the old darlings, but Christiana is a bridge too far.
Both my maternal great-grandmothers were named Christiana. Apparently people where they lived were likely to have read "A Pilgrim's Progress" and used it as a name source, the main characters being Christian and Christiana! If only they'd been named something else, Alice or Emily or Mary or something, I'd gladly have used it to honour the old darlings, but Christiana is a bridge too far.
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I didn't expect to see mentions of Christiana in this thread, but as I mentioned on another reply that happens to be my stepsister's name. But my stepmom didn't get the name from such an exalted source - apparently it was in graffiti she saw while in Germany on her honeymoon with her first husband (step-siblings' dad). It was something like "Christiana + Franz" in a heart, and she thought it was the coolest name ever.
Considering stepsis is the only person I've ever known with the name, I'm pleasantly surprised that you had not one, but two great-grandmothers named Christiana!
Considering stepsis is the only person I've ever known with the name, I'm pleasantly surprised that you had not one, but two great-grandmothers named Christiana!
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