Re: OT: Anthroponymics

On 10/26/05, Ph.D. <phil@...> wrote:
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >
> > João Ricardo de Mendonça wrote:
> > >
> > > Is this surname-into-given-name thing common in other
> > > countries as well?
> >
> > It's pretty common in the US.  For instance, Addison is a
> > popular first name for girls.  My last name, Reed, is a
> > common first name as well.   CNN anchor Anderson
> > Cooper is a famous example -  I would not blink if I were
> > introduced to a Cooper Anderson, either.
>
>
> Yes, in the last ten or fifteen years, this has become a hot
> trend in the United States (among those of European
> ancestry). There are lots of children with first names such as
> Taylor, Madison, Morgan, and Conner, all of which are
> actually surnames.
>
> Among those of African ancestry, the trend seems to be
> to just select two or three random syllables. In Hispanic
> families I've met, it seems that all the girls have the first
> name Maria but with a different middle name: Maria Elena,
> Maria Teresa, etc. The first name is ignored, and the girls
> actually go by their middle names.
>
In my family, we did that with Elisa: Elisa Cecilia, Elisa Tina, Elisa
Andrea, etc.
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Sylvia Sotomayor
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