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Can anyone tell me the origin of this name - I thought that it may be adapted from the explorer Ferdinand Majellan but am looking for more info.
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Majella is a saint's surname...
St. Gerard Majella, very popular with Catholics.
Majella is often used as a girl's name in Ireland.
Other popular surnames of saints:
Chantal - St. Jeanne-Francoise de Chantal
Vianney - (can't remember the first name of this saint)
Bosco - St. John Bosco.
There are more, I believe, but they are mostly used on the continent (Italy, France, Spain).
My sister knows an Irish couple whose names are Bosco and Carmel - how Catholic can you get? :D
St. Gerard Majella, very popular with Catholics.
Majella is often used as a girl's name in Ireland.
Other popular surnames of saints:
Chantal - St. Jeanne-Francoise de Chantal
Vianney - (can't remember the first name of this saint)
Bosco - St. John Bosco.
There are more, I believe, but they are mostly used on the continent (Italy, France, Spain).
My sister knows an Irish couple whose names are Bosco and Carmel - how Catholic can you get? :D
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Yes I don't know where you are from but you are right Majella is used as a girl name in Ireland. I am Irish and my name is Majella. However alot of people in ireland meet me and say oh thats a nice name or its very unusual despite the fact that it isn't a name unknown completely. It is not your every family name though.
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Vianney
I live just down the road from the St John Vianney seminary, a large and largely empty building where future priests are trained. So, no doubt he was yet another John ...
People we knew used to live opposite it, and the wife always amused me by giving friends directions in terms of "St John Viannery" ... ! Sancta simplicitas.
I live just down the road from the St John Vianney seminary, a large and largely empty building where future priests are trained. So, no doubt he was yet another John ...
People we knew used to live opposite it, and the wife always amused me by giving friends directions in terms of "St John Viannery" ... ! Sancta simplicitas.
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Hi Majella,
The explorer's name was Fernao de Magalhaes [with a ~ on the first names "a" and the last "a" of the surname" which I haven't got on my keyboard] (sometimes referred to as Ferdinand Magellan), so I don't think there's a connection.
As far as I know, Majella is an Italian diminutive version of Maia and Maja.
Regards, Satu
The explorer's name was Fernao de Magalhaes [with a ~ on the first names "a" and the last "a" of the surname" which I haven't got on my keyboard] (sometimes referred to as Ferdinand Magellan), so I don't think there's a connection.
As far as I know, Majella is an Italian diminutive version of Maia and Maja.
Regards, Satu
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