I forget who it was, maybe Alath, had mentioned their Catholic Confirmation name. For those who don't know when you are Confirmed at 18 you choose a patron saint and take their name as your confirmation name.
I chose St. Patrick (I'm of heavy Irish ancestry and my birthday is March 18th). So my name went from Karl Jason Wolf to Karl Jason Patrick Wolf.
I'm not Catholic anymore so I don't know if it still holds, but I am curious what some other confirmation names are out there. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I, um, got nervous and chose my own name as my confirmation name.
So, I became Elizabeth Stevens Elizabeth Dashnaw (O'Brien)
Cute, huh?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I've been outed. Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
I chose my grandfather's mother's name, Celina, which makes me a Kristina Rose Celina. Kinda girly ::chuckle::
[edit: woah, since when did laughing make a smilie?!]
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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Isn't Elizabeth Stevens the chick from bewitched?
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
I chose my middle name. Just like my brother. Odd sense of humor I guess.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I was confirmed in a Lutheran Church, and I've never heard of such a practice... Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Interesting, I always wondered how confirmation names were conferred. That's nice that you get to choose your own.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
PSI T,
She was Elizabeth Montgomery, and her name on the show was Samantha Stevens. ha ha.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Now I got that song in my head. Anyone know what the Russian "name day" thing was about?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Nick, it's very much a Catholic thing.
(I also felt a kinship with I, Claudius, although that's just the beginning of the explanation of my Hatrack name.)
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
In Romania [and probably the other Eastern Orthodox traditions as well], almost all of the children's receive given names that come from the list of saints.
The downside of this practice is that there are a lot of girl names that are simply feminized forms of boy names. Thus Bogdan becomes Bodgdana. Some are okay -- some not so much. And there are a few that go the other way -- masculinized girls names. But not many. Oh, and it also means that there's a much smaller pool of names to choose from. So there's like 2 or 3 of almost every name in every classroom. It got confusing.
The upside of this practice is you get two birthdays [just like Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear!] -- you celebrate the day of your birth *and* your the day set aside for your name saint. Do Catholics do this too? I can't remember. But if they do, I don't think it's on the same scale as in Romania. You get presents and special desserts on *both* days.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
No... at least not here in the USA. That's just an Orthodox Christian event. Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
quote: Do Catholics do this too?
Some do. I don't know how widespread it is, but the Spanish still celebrate their Saint's name days. However, Latin Americans typically do not and they're also less likely to name their children Saint's names than the Spanish are.
[edit - sometimes it helps to put in all the necessary words]
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Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Stuck with my given name: James.
I kinda like being a "son of thunder"
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Michael Warren Barnabas Sloan -- I chose Barnabas because it meant "Encouraging One." That's what I was aiming for at the time.
--Pop
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
I think I picked Francis. We did it in 8th grade, so I was 12 at the time.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Same here. Grade eight.
I chose St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. That caused a certain amount of mockery as my classmates thought I had chosen FrancIs Xavier, the Jesuit. But I'd chosen a woman, nee Francesca Cabrini.
We don't celebrate my Confimation saint's feast day, but since we were little my parents always celebrated our feast days, which were generally taken from our middle names.
Alison Marie Francesca Purnell.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
That's cool EqL. How do you celebrate your saint's feast day?
I want to add that in Romania it's not just all about the person. While I'm pretty sure they do receive gifts on their name day, Romanians also give some sort of "pomana" on that day -- basically a gift to someone less fortunate or who is doing good. I once received a bag of sugar from someone I barely even knew. I tried to refuse it -- we could afford to buy sugar and had plenty for our needs -- but in the end took it so as not to appear ungrateful/ungracious. Then when I thought about it and got beyond the 'others need it more' prejudice, I realized that it was a very nice compliment. While the woman that gave it to me wasn't that interested in the LDS Church, she did see us as men of God and so thought we should receive her pomana on her saint's feast day.
Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
Greeks do name days, too. Leslie isn't a Greek name, so I never got to celebrate one. But, it's as celebrated as birthdays.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
That's cool!! I went to St. Frances X. Cabrini schools and church! Neato.... Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I always liked her, even before I knew she was a saint.
My feast day is one of the many feasts of Mary. For whatever reason, they chose the one on Janurary 1st. It was always amusing, trying to find a place to eat out for lunch on New Year's Day. The day was almost like a birthday, but without the presents. We don't do it so much anymore, since it's gotten impractical as the family grew, but we still get to pick a nice meal to be made on our day.
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Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
Hey, which is the saint who's conversion came when he pierced Jesus' side? I love that story, but I can never remember the name.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Are you referring to Thomas who put his hands in Jesus side before he would believe it was really Him who had risen?
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
in "The Passion of the Christ" he is named Cassius, but I'm not sure how that squares with tradition...
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Krystyna, after my grandmother, and St. Kristine of somewhere, since it had to be a saint's name.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Belle,
I thought she meant the guy with the spear, but perhaps I was wrong?
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
Anne
Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
Yeah, I meant the guy with the spear. When I was in St. Peter's Basillica I heard that story as we were looking at the statue dedicated to him, but I can never remember his name.
I haven't seen the passion, but my students say he is mentioned. Gibson is Catholic, so maybe his name is Cassius. Anyone know for sure?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Aha. Sorry, misunderstood your question.
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
Did it with my class in 8th grade. I chose St. Elizabeth Seton. She was the 1st American saint and started the Daughters of Charity. So I became Dawn Maria Elizabeth. After the service my class went out for pizza and some clown chuck a slice at me and ruined my dress. I felt very full of the Holy Spirit by that point I promise you! Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I chose James (the Greater), with one of the obvious reasons being I wanted to be a son of thunder like Jim-Me.
For some reason my parents never gave me a middle name, so it's just Christopher James. Of course, I never use it...so I'm just Chris.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I went with something pretty traditional, so now I'm Maureen Janay Qualfredo della Gherardesca Meyer Fanta. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
the Good Centurion. He isn't named in the Bible.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
We were confirmed when we were in sixth grade. My confirmation name is Maria, so Anne Catherine Maria Ard.
We had to memorize long lists of definitions and so on for our confirmations. I still remember this one: "Confirmation is the sacrament in which the holy spirit comes to us in a special way and enables us to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ."
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
Hmm I was in 5th grade...maybe 6th when I was confirmed. I picked the name Elizabeth Ann (Seaton).
I'm somewhat appalled by the fact my confirmation was so early. I'm not sure that someone who isn't even 12 yet can really commit to a religion. I mean granted there is all that stuff about believeing like a child but I think a later confirmation date allows one to really understand what the Church teaches to a much greater extent.
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
My confirmation occurred when I was in 8th grade. I chose St. Elizabeth Seton, as well. I think I chose her because, at the time, I was very religious. I liked her story and her name. I remember actually wanting to be a priest (not a nun) when I was a little girl and being very "put out" when I was told that wasn't possible. I sometimes joke that that was the reason I left the Catholic Church, but it isn't.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
My first name is Nathan. Also known in the Bible as Bartholomew (St. Bartholomew). Needless to say, I stuck to my first name.
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
My full name is Maribeth Desaix Nicholas Wallace (to be Yu after college ). Correlle picked St. Michael the Archangel as her confirmation name.
I was in a bit of a spot about my name when I was picking one. My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother all had St. Elizabeth of Hungary (partly where the 'beth' in my name comes from--Mary Elizabeth was too long for Mom), so I wanted to keep the tradition...
Then I wanted St. Patrick, because of my Scotch-Irish heritage. Then I started helping Mom with her work.
Mom's a schoolteacher, so around Christmas she teaches 'Christmas around the world' lessons: One of which is St. Nicholas' Day in Holland. I just... really liked the stories (he seemed to me like a favorite uncle), so I picked him.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
aretee,
I don't think we know his name from original sources, although tradition has given him one. Kind of like the wise men.
Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
I chose Saint Germaine of Pibrac, France as my confirmation saint. I had always thought I'd choose St. Anne but, instead, I fell in love with Germaine's story.
...Which makes my name Morgan Christina Germaine Derby. Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Albert, after St. Albert, patron saint of science.
My sister and her best friend wanted to use Crystal and Alexis but changed their minds when they were told they needed to use saints' names. Soon after, I found both names in a book of saints' names.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The soldier's name was Longinus. The Lance of Longinus...
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
It's late, I know, but I'd like to thank Telp for starting this thread. Through it (and thanks to a google search), an incredibly wonderful friend with whom I'd lost touch some six years ago found me, because he remembered my confirmation name.
--Pop
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Wow. That's awesome Moose.
Kinda creepy too. hehe.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Have any relatives in OK Moose?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Why, Boon? You know someone else whose name is Moose? *wink* No, none that I know of.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Mk then...I was momentarily excited at the prospect of being (remotely) related to the Meese. Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Lol. this thread is OLD!
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