> I figure at some point there had to be a first person > by the name of [whatever], so trying to name your kids > after saints is a bit of a loser's game. We might just > as well name them all Jesus and Mary. One day there > likely will be a St. Tiffany for example or a St. > Kyle, and for all I know, there already is somewhere > in the world. >
Let me add my voice to a chorus of people named after a saint. My name is Joseph, but when my parents had me christened, the priest insisted that they put something saint-like in my name (and Joseph is not reminiscent of a Biblical character?). Unable to think of something they were prompted by the priest to add "Santos" after Joseph. So my first name is really Joseph Santos (which is St. Joseph). When I was growing up, cruel kids taunted me because of my name (they were also named after saints but not as explicit as St. Joseph) and when I went to primary school, I dropped "Santos" altogether. However, that turned out to be a big mistake. The first time I went abroad, people at the immigration cannot reconcile Joseph Santos Palis with Joseph Palis. So I have to have a lawyer to put in black and white that Joseph Palis is really also Joseph Santos Palis. Now, I make sure that Santos is always in my legal papers so there won't be a confusion, and so I can travel easily. That's when they found out I had dual nationality... but that's another story in itself that needs saintly intercession to resolve. Joseph Eurasian but happy to claim he is ASian
