Children should be given truly Christian names

[MikeLigalig.com]

By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine

The Pope says children should be given truly Christian names. But why have some saints and biblical figures inspired baby names, but not others?

Our playgrounds are blessed with a multitude of Daniels, Sarahs and Adams, but not quite so many Amminadabs, Zipporahs or Habakkuks.

The names of saints Andrew, Catherine and Frances might echo down the ages, but the phone book is not exactly bursting with Abbos, Etheidwithas and Leocritas.

But could these holy, if inexplicably unfashionable, titles be due a comeback?  - BBC

[hubag bohol]

He he, morag naay mga pangalan nga lisod mahimong fashionable, sama sa Nabukodonosor...

[Lorenzo]

lol, these names are not christian names, but hebrew.

habbakuk was not a christian, but a hebrew prophet.

[Lorenzo]

Jonathan is a popular Jewish name.

But John is a widely used Christian name.

Michael is a popular jewish/ christian name

But Matthew is a uniquely Christian name.

Raquel is a popular jewish/ christian name

But Mary is a popular Christian name.

Saul is a popular Jewish name.

However Paul is a popular Christian name.

[Lorenzo]

Here are classic Christian names:


James, Paul, Philip, John, Timothy, Barnabas, Cornelius etc.