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Bloss · 26/06/2001 21:29

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Bloss · 06/07/2001 14:31

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Mooma · 07/07/2001 08:36

Lisav, it may, strictly speaking, be a 'rule' that a Catholic child is given one 'Christian' name at baptism, but nowadays it is recognised that all sorts of cultural mixtures exist. My son was baptised 'Karim' in a Catholic church, and his second name (admittedly not trumpeted at the ceremony, but clearly stated when asked "What name do you give this child") is Mohammad, after my husband's beloved late father. My husband is Anglo-Iranian, and our daughters also have Persian names, in fact they only have one name each, and we had no difficulty having them baptised either. We gave my son his second name because all the family in Iran assumed he would take his late grandfather's name, but we felt it would be better as a second name, since my husband's family is not active in the Islamic faith, and I intended to bring him up as a Catholic. 'Karim' means generous or bountiful, and is one of the 99 names for Allah or God in Islam.
If you think of how many Catholics there are across the world, there must be many baptisms conducted where the names aren't 'Christian' in the traditional sense.

Lisav · 08/07/2001 14:00

Sorry, I guess that just the Churches I know stick with this rule, of course I suppose they would respect other cultures and their choices of names.
I think it just applies to those families who want to baptise their child Tiger-Lily or something equally ridiculous.

I think that Karim has a lovely meaning! I baptised my daughter Benita which is Latin for Blessed.

Mooma · 09/07/2001 15:53

Lisav-Thanks for the kind comment. My Dad still can't believe his Catholic grandchildren have Eastern names. His attitude was "it's a bit odd to be in a club but not abide by the rules". However, there's quite a bit of ideological juggling to do in a mixed-culture family, and my husband used to feel a bit threatened by my faith and its practices when we were younger. (We celebrate our 20th Anniversary this month!) It was my way of making him feel he had a strong stake in the children's future. It was also due to the fact that the names needed to go with my husband's surname, which is long and quite unusual. That's why we didn't give the girls second names-they already were enough of a mouthful!!

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