[Opinions] Christmas
Investigated a branch of the family tree last night and discovered that I had a 4x-great-aunt called Christmas! - born in 1784. Unsurprisingly, she was born on Christmas Day. It seems to have been used as a name for both sexes on and off for a very long time, although only three of them have been born here in the last 30 years. Does anyone else have a Christmas in their tree, and wdyt?
Oh and - while looking up Christmases I came across a Christmastina Eunice, born in Wales in 1889.
Oh and - while looking up Christmases I came across a Christmastina Eunice, born in Wales in 1889.
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No Christmases in my tree as far as I know, unfortunately! Christmastins is pretty bad - but I am oddly loving the idea of a Christmas Eunice. It seems so...warm, and spicy. Like...christmas pudding (or what I imagine it to be like since I'm a filthy heathen and never had it).
I'd use Christmas if I had a Christmas baby, though I suppose I'd more liklely use Yule or Midwinter, probably as a second name. Why not, it's fun and commemorative.
I'd use Christmas if I had a Christmas baby, though I suppose I'd more liklely use Yule or Midwinter, probably as a second name. Why not, it's fun and commemorative.
Midwinter is GREAT!
I actually think Christmas is a really neat name. It's a great meaningful holiday with all kinds of nice warm happy feelings about it. For some reason the combo Lucy Christmas popped into my head a few months ago. I love it, even though it's terribly cutesy.
Christmastina... not so sure about that one!
Christmastina... not so sure about that one!
No, no Christmases in my tree. My father had a cousin who was born on Christmas Day, but although he did have a seasonal name for that reason, it's Noel, not Christmas. I just can't see Christmas as a name. I've often thought that if I'd had a baby on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, I'd use either Noel or Noelle as a middle name, but certainly not Christmas.
Christmas is cool in the same way Easter or Winter is, IMO. My mother has cousin who was born around Christmas who is called Mary Nollaig (Nul-ig). Nollaig is the Irish for Christmas and Noel. I thought this was very funny the first time I heard it. Incidentally my mother was born in December and her mother considered calling her Carol or Noelle.
Nollaig is not that rare as a first name though - it is used for men and women.
Nollaig is not that rare as a first name though - it is used for men and women.
Nollaig is rather nice! I like it. Nadolig - the Welsh word for Christmas - has been used as a name too, although not recently, and usually as a middle name.
I was wondering if the Welsh word would be similar. I like Nadolig. But then I like Welsh! I used to know called Nollaig Rabbitte - she said she got teased a lot in school.