Re: OT naming customs

En réponse à Dan Jones <dan@...>:

>
> Also, what's the story behind people's names on the list? Are you
> named
> after family members, or otherwise??
>
Where my first name comes from is unknown from me. It's probably just a name my
parents agreed on, without any reference to family or whatever (AFAIK, I'm the
only member of my - extended - family with Christophe as a first name). My
middle name (we say "deuxième prénom" in French, where it has not as much
importance as in the US) is simply the first name of my father, just like my
father bears as middle name the first name of his father, etc... I don't know
where the tradition comes from, but since my middle name has no special meaning
for me (I wouldn't answer when called by it. It's just a second first name I
have to put in official papers and that's all), I absolutely don't care.

Christophe.

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