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« on: November 26, 2014, 10:00:48 PM »

it's almost exclusively a Hispanic thing, and supposedly dates back to the Moorish occupation.  the Moors had plenty of Mohammeds, so the Christianized Spanish responded by naming their kids Jesus.

Another odd legacy of Muslim Andalusia is the Spanish surname Mahomes - it means "son of Mohammed" (Mahoma being the Spanish version of Mohammed).
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2014, 02:47:01 PM »

Naming your child Theodore is even more pretentious IMO.

the worst is naming your male child with your own name.  you want an Oedipus complex?, that's how you get it.

I've always hated that. It smacks of egoism and then you've got two people in the household with the same name and either everyone is confused or you do something cringe-inducing like refer to the son as "Little ______" or "_______ Junior."
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