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in reply to a message by Lizzie_Jay (at work)
I like it. I've known of one child, also a girl, called Pagan and her parents were uninterested in religion of any sort. I guess they either chose it for the sound, or it might've been a family surname.
This message was edited 2/1/2007, 2:39 AM
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Found this
Found this in Withycombe. Apparently it's got a long history as a (male) name:
"Latin paganus, originally "rustic", "villager", later "heathen". It was introduced into England by the Normans, and it soon became common. The surnames Pagan, Pain(e) and Payne testify to its popularity. It did not, however, survive the Reformation as a christian name."
It then gives a list of records of the name, starting with a Pagan born(?) in 1086.
Found this in Withycombe. Apparently it's got a long history as a (male) name:
"Latin paganus, originally "rustic", "villager", later "heathen". It was introduced into England by the Normans, and it soon became common. The surnames Pagan, Pain(e) and Payne testify to its popularity. It did not, however, survive the Reformation as a christian name."
It then gives a list of records of the name, starting with a Pagan born(?) in 1086.
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