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in reply to a message by Fionnghuala
Interesting. I especially like the mns Madeline and Rowena.
Mine from my mother's side:
Ella May (who I was indirectly named after)
Lucy
Nancy Elizabeth
Elizabeth (weird to have two sisters who share the name name even if one is a mn)
Roena
Sarah Susan
Mary Adeline
From my father's side:
Mildred
Beatrice
Bessie
Alice
Anna
Edna ("Susy")
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mine from my mother's side:
Ella May (who I was indirectly named after)
Lucy
Nancy Elizabeth
Elizabeth (weird to have two sisters who share the name name even if one is a mn)
Roena
Sarah Susan
Mary Adeline
From my father's side:
Mildred
Beatrice
Bessie
Alice
Anna
Edna ("Susy")
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I've seen name repetition a fair bit from that era. I've been told it often happens because
1. With a common name like Elizabeth, there may be two different Elizabeths being honored
2. With the first child, they may have been afraid there wouldn't be a chance to use the name if there were no more children that they could give it to, so put it in the middle -- with the second, they wanted a chance to use it more commonly than the middle usually suggests, so they put it in the first spot.
1. With a common name like Elizabeth, there may be two different Elizabeths being honored
2. With the first child, they may have been afraid there wouldn't be a chance to use the name if there were no more children that they could give it to, so put it in the middle -- with the second, they wanted a chance to use it more commonly than the middle usually suggests, so they put it in the first spot.
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