Catholic names. Good old days we heard of the names like Assumsao, Dolorosa, Pantaleao, Mingelinho, Conssecao, Purificacao etc, Later came the names of every possible saint. i.e.- Peter, Paul, Steven, Anthony, Jeronimo, Lawrence, Elizabeth, etc. Soon they became short names Tony, Jerry, Lawry/Larry, Liza, etc. Than cames the British & Americans names like - Kurt, Berthy, Betty, Kim, Sam, Kennedy, Clinton, Raisa, Maggie, etc. Followd by Indianized Prakash, Sanjay, Sanjeet, Sandeep, Vijay, Vivek, Sonia, Indira, Jyothi, so on. But now we see & hear a lot of names made up and they sound like medical formulas like Joma made from Joseph & Maria, Brunelle - (Bruno& Nelita), Ausmaton - (Austin, Maria and village saint Sant Anton), Cosnita - (Cosme & Anita), Savia (Savio & Maria) and the list will go on. I am sure there will be many more ways that this naming pattern has come to stay. Would be nice to see if our netters could produce & share more like this that would be interesting to read.
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