Re: Is this name Unusual?

["Natalie" <nc_coleman@...>]

-In the Catholic Church there is a St. Philip Neri (yes, he was 
Italian - I don't know anything more). Does this help?
- ncc-- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, makas@n... wrote:
> 
> FELIPA NERI PALAFOX MEDINA  		
> 01 JUN 1794   	San Luis, Colotlan, Jalisco, Mexico
>    	Father:  	YSIDRO PALAFOX 	Family
>    	Mother:  	MARIA SIMONA MEDINA 	
> 	C602865  	1790 - 1805  	0443675
> ===================================================
> ===================================================
> FELIPE NERI SERRANO AVILA
> 08 JUN 1803       San Luis, Colotlan, Jalisco, Mexico
>        Father:      PEDRO SERRANO     Family
>        Mother:      MARIA CORONA DE AVILA
>      C602865      1790 - 1805      0443675
> =============================
> 
> Has anyone heard the name Felipe/Felipa Neri much?
> 
> 
> 
> I found this blip about Neri it sounds Italian:
> 
> http://www.midrealm.org/heraldry/escutcheon/0011/0011.html
> 
> 3) Catalana Di Neri. New Name.
> 
> (Würm Wald)
> 
> The client attaches a letter from Saint Gabriel (#1737) but 
provides no 
> summary (again, my apologies for any error in summarizing the 
contents). 
> The name (spelled Catalana di Neri) is described as "typical" of 
late 
> 15th century Italy. Catalana is documented from 
Benicoeur, "Feminine 
> Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427" 
> (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/arval/ catasto) and in Lyth, 
> "Italian Renaissance Women's Names" 
> (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/rhian/italian. html). Neri is a 
man's 
> name and documented as a short form of Raneri or Guarnieri. Those 
names 
> [including the short form??] are found in laVolpe, "Men's Names 
from 
> Florence" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catast o) and in 
De 
> Felici, Nomi (no page number provided) under "Neri." The client 
desires 
> a period late 15th century Italian name and cares most about having 
an 
> Italian name.
> 
> We should probably remove the capitalization of the middle element 
to 
> match the documentation.