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Certainly in the Portuguese context the Catholic Church pushed for saints names, and Old Testament names did not fit this category. With a handful of exceptions, Old Testament names started to be used in the 20th century and most aren’t considered classic names. Names like Sara, David and Raquel are very common but hard to find among the older generations.

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I’d say that in Europe this was the case except in the UK post reformation among more religious Protestant families. And even in the British Royal Family Old Testament names were not used!