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How about if your last name is Koholic, would you name your kid Al?
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Yeah, it’s far less common in the English-speaking world. Lots of people named “Jesús” in the Spanish-speaking world though.Mary888:
It’s only in Spanish-speaking countries, as far as I know, that Jesus is commonly found as a baptismal name for boys. The most famous Jesus in U.S. history―the head of CIA counterintelligence for twenty years―only had that name because his mother was Mexican.
My husband and I are toying with the idea of naming our child “Josué Jesús” (Josue being the Spanish version of Joshua) if the baby is a boy. I’m open to the idea, but I’m trying to figure out if “Jesús” will cause confusion among my English-speaking family. We would just have to insist on the Spanish pronunciation. It would have to be a middle name for sure, if anything. My husband has no issue with the name because he is Hispanic and it is a very common name in Mexico, likely meant as a way to honor Christ, since Catholicism permeates the culture so much more there than it does in the US.
In any case, we won’t know the gender of the child until February at least. There’s still time.
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Augustinian
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Why not just spell it phonetically then, to eliminate any confusion as to pronunciation?
You can tell your relatives and friends, but the boy will be meeting a lot of people in the general public during his life that you won’t be able to give the heads up. Spell his name “Hey Zeus” to eliminate the problem.
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Gertabelle
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Hmph.
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BartholomewB
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Angleton’s preferred pronunciation of his middle name was the Spanish way, I believe, although I’ve never seen it printed with the accent on the “ú”.
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Gertabelle
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I am inadvertently guilty of this. We gave our son an uncommon name, and used the Welsh spelling of it.
And then it was the most common boy’s name in our state that year – because of some movie, or tv show, or actor or something. We didn’t even watch television or go to the movies!
So our poor son has what is now a common name with what is considered an unusual spelling… unless you live in Wales.
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Gertabelle
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This thread is a hoot! Thanks for the laughs, everyone!
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starlady
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That might be a whole different set of problems if he’s named “Hey Zeus.” Lolstarlady:
Why not just spell it phonetically then, to eliminate any confusion as to pronunciation?
You can tell your relatives and friends, but the boy will be meeting a lot of people in the general public during his life that you won’t be able to give the heads up. Spell his name “Hey Zeus” to eliminate the problem.
It would be a middle name anyway, like I said.
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starlady
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Most people, even Spanish-speakers, don’t put the accent (on a lot of words). Technically, words in Spanish that end in “s” are normally accented on the second-to-last syllable of the word. However, the name “Jesús,” in Spanish, does not follow that rule. When you pronounce the name aloud, emphasis is actually placed on the last syllable. In order to indicate that it “breaks” the normal rule, an accent should be placed over the “u.” If you read the Bible in Spanish, you will notice that every instance of Jesus’s name will have an accent.starlady:
Angleton’s preferred pronunciation of his middle name was the Spanish way, I believe, although I’ve never seen it printed with the accent on the “ú”.
My Spanish phonetics and pronunciation class was one of the most fascinating classes and one of my favorites in college.
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Aren’t you a native speaker of Spanish? I imagined that you were, with your choice of names for your prospective son. Why not call him Joshua, then, instead of Josué?My Spanish phonetics and pronunciation class was one of the most fascinating classes and one of my favorites in college.
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Lucifer, never ever!
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starlady
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I’m not, but my husband is. I speak Spanish, though it is a second language that I learned in college and through my job (and practice with my husband! haha). My family is all English-speaking only.starlady:
Aren’t you a native speaker of Spanish? I imagined that you were, with your choice of names for your prospective son. Why not call him Joshua, then, instead of Josué?My Spanish phonetics and pronunciation class was one of the most fascinating classes and one of my favorites in college.
Interestingly, the name we have picked out for a girl is in English.
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2towers
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My apologies. It was a crass joke.
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Gertabelle
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No need to apologize! I’m not sure my cousin Clarence likes his name all that much.
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Milt
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I went to junior high with a Harry Butts. He took quite a bit of teasing.
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otjm
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Sue.
Johnny Cash told me so.
Johnny Cash told me so.
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Mary888
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May you have a healthy haply child! Congratulations!
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I hope I didn’t gave you bad vibes. In Europe even amongst Christians, this name is sorta off limits. Maybe it’s more of an American thing.
Joshua is a beautiful name. And if she’s a girl? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I hope I didn’t gave you bad vibes. In Europe even amongst Christians, this name is sorta off limits. Maybe it’s more of an American thing.
Joshua is a beautiful name. And if she’s a girl? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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starlady
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Not at all. It’s really not a common name among English speakers in the US, but it is quite common among Hispanics. I’m still warming up to it because I have always had the sense that it was taboo. But in Spanish it’s very natural.
If the baby is a girl, she will be named Lucy Ruth. We just like the name Lucy, and Ruth is the name of my favorite aunt, a Benedictine nun, and someone who has had a lot of influence in my life.
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!
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Wolfie
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I hope people can refrain from naming their son Oral. That one hasn’t aged well at all.
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