Posted on 02/26/2010 8:03:58 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
Concepcion is a pretty common name in Mexico. Many girls’ names in Mexico and other Latin American countries are based on titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For example, Concepcion is for Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception. Carmen is for Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmen in Spanish). Pilar is for Our Lady of the Pillar. Nieves is Our Lady of the Snows (Nieves in Spanish, after a miracle that occurred in Rome where a new church was miraculously outlined in snow). Lupe is short for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Lourdes is for Our Lady of Lourdes. Soccoro is Our Lady of Succor (Our Lady of Perpetual Help). Milagros (Miracle) is for Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Rosario for Our Lady of the Rosary. And there are others.
Same with some of the city names in the Southwest. For example, the original name for Los Angeles was “Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula” or Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion (of St. Francis)”
Ok, a whole lotta article but not one single unusual name. The author slept through Journalism 101, 201, 301, and dropped out.
True story - There’s almost a 100% certainty the people aren’t on FR so here goes. A woman named her son Serious Curious because she was in serious pain during labor and she was curious who the daddy was. Another kid, different family, was named Bronco Billy. Yep, said so right on his bc. Both are adults now so goofy names aren’t new. I also once knew a guy named Service but never found out the reason for it.
Now (s)he'll grow up knowing TMI about how (s)he came into this world.
The name Pajamas (Paja may) was in an In Living Color skit. So was Sha Na Na (Sha nay nay).
I knew a dentist with a daughter named Candy Kane.
See the following descendant:
"Preserved" is a good old puritan name, along with such monikers as "Fly-Fornication" and "Had Jesus Christ Not Died for Thee Thou Hadst Been Damned Barebones". The fellow with that name changed his name to Nicholas Barbon and founded the first fire insurance company in England.
Funny names did NOT start recently.
Parents seem to have no clue that how they name their babies potentially gives prospective employers a lot of information on how that child was raised.
My theory is their mama’s must eat a lot of alphabet soup and whatever letters are scooped up in the spoon is what the kid is named.
"Such an unusual name - Latrine...family name?"
"Yeah, we changed it back in the ninth century..."
"You mean, you changed it to Latrine?"
"Yeah! Used to be Shit'ouse!"
- Robin Hood: Men In Tights
I did. One of the other choices was “Wallow”.
I knew triplets named Shelly, Sandy and Rocky Beach.
Urethra Franklin?
My mother had a patient named Placenta. Latrina was a sales clerk in a department store who waited on me one day. I could barely keep a straight face.
I saw a girl working at a fast food place wearing a nametag spelled Moneek. I was curious and axed her about her name. She proudly told me it was french. Damn near spewed coke all over the place.
My wife has a male student with the name Mister.
Interesting.
My new grandson will be named Orion. I’m not sure if it’s after the constellation or a computer program.
I had an uncle Liberty.
My great-grandmother was pregnant with him when they came to America. When she saw the Statue of Liberty she was so touched that she decided to name the unborn baby Liberty to honor their new country.
One of our sons is Reagan, too. After he was born, I noticed a lot of baby girls were named Reagan. I went home and checked the baby name book. It was listed in the boy side, not in the girl side.
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