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Help[Opinions] Re: Belgian royal family names
in reply to a message by JHK
I agree that the gender bending with Gerhard, Joachim for girls and Isabelle and Paola for boys is odd. Besides the fact that they're family names, I wonder if the idea was to have a masculine and feminine saint name for all their children?
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Yes, that's possible. But Luisa does not have a masculine given name, does she?
This message was edited 2/27/2010, 5:33 AM
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You were right the first time, the middle names are usually after godparents, not saints.
Generally, the only saints' female name use for boys is Mary (in all it's forms), girls do tend to get male saints in the middle name spot more often, but it's usually either a family patron saint or one of the 'big' ones (like Jose, Jesus, etc.).
In this case:
Amedeo Maria Joseph Carl Pierre Filip Paola Marcus -Filip Paola part is after the prince and the queen who are his godparents
Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard -her godfather is her paternal uncle Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este
Generally, the only saints' female name use for boys is Mary (in all it's forms), girls do tend to get male saints in the middle name spot more often, but it's usually either a family patron saint or one of the 'big' ones (like Jose, Jesus, etc.).
In this case:
Amedeo Maria Joseph Carl Pierre Filip Paola Marcus -Filip Paola part is after the prince and the queen who are his godparents
Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard -her godfather is her paternal uncle Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este
This message was edited 2/27/2010, 8:17 AM
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