Re: [ranchos] Re: Odd names WAS

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Marge and Emilie,

 

Alicia must be a very new name because in all my research I have not once found this name either in my ancestors or any other records. I guess we are modern women hence the new variant of a name. I guess that's also why I am not saintly, no precedents in my namesake.

 

Alicia, a saint in waiting or in the making............hope is everlasting, (sigh, sigh).

Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...> wrote:

That's what I thought, too, Em! BTW, my middle name is Alicia...my
folks said it was after a family friend but I don't remember ever
meeting her. My first name is after my Scots mother's sister but in
Spanish. I've since discovered that my aunt was named after her
grandmother, who was named after her own grandmother. Had I known that
I would have named one of my own daughters a variant of it. Marge, who
is Shinju in Japanese.:)

On Dec 21, 2005, at 5:19 AM, Emilie Garcia wrote:

> Well, Alicia, I have a sister, my only sibling, who is named Alicia
> Emma.  I will have to tell her she should have a saint's name since
> she has a pagan name.  Our parents had saint's names:  Luisa and
> Guadalupe.  I wonder where they got the name Alicia.  There is no one
> in the family with that name.  I know that I was named after my
> mother's mother, Emilia.  My middle name is Christina---can't get any
> saintlier than that.  I was born almost on Easter, maybe that is why
> the name Christina. 
>  
> Marge, most of the names you mention sound like they came from the
> classic Greek or Roman---pagan?
>  
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA ---
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Alicia Carrillo
>> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:15 PM
>> Subject: [ranchos] Re: Odd names WAS
>>
>> Marge,
>>  
>> My dad was named Restituto and he went to court to legally change his
>> name to Jose. Many people called him ''Tuto'' for short but he hated
>> it.
>>  
>>  And yes I am glad my mom named me Alicia and not Juana because Juana
>> was my saint day and that's the name the priest told my mother she
>> should name me. He told her Alicia was a pagan name and it had to be
>> a saint's name. Three cheers for mom who stuck to her guns.
>>  
>> Alicia Avelar de Carrillo
>> San Jose, Ca
>>
>> Margarita Vallazza wrote:
>>> Aren't you glad to not be named Reducindo or Reducinda?  One of my
>>> ancestors is named Narciso, another Prudencio, another Petronilo, and
>>> another Zenobio...what names!!!!  Marge:)
>>>
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