Christian - the name, not religion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.

Seriously? Christian Cohen wouldn’t sound discordant to you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The former, but I’m not a Spanish speaker.

Speaking spanish isn't relevant.

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugese, and the name Christian is pronounced in a similar way by many other languages (German, Czech, French, Swedish to name a few)

I don’t think all those countries pronounce it the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.

Seriously? Christian Cohen wouldn’t sound discordant to you?

DP. Maybe a little. But I think the name Christian is largely becoming separated from its meaning. Similar to they way Christina is used now. It can also mean follower of Christ but is usually just thought of as a nice, if standard, girl's name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.

Seriously? Christian Cohen wouldn’t sound discordant to you?

DP. Maybe a little. But I think the name Christian is largely becoming separated from its meaning. Similar to they way Christina is used now. It can also mean follower of Christ but is usually just thought of as a nice, if standard, girl's name.

Next Muslim Christina I meet will be the first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.

Seriously? Christian Cohen wouldn’t sound discordant to you?

DP. Maybe a little. But I think the name Christian is largely becoming separated from its meaning. Similar to they way Christina is used now. It can also mean follower of Christ but is usually just thought of as a nice, if standard, girl's name.

Next Muslim Christina I meet will be the first.

Point taken. But I've met plenty of Christina's who have never set foot inside a church.

[Anonymous]

50 Shades of Gray!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

+2 I’ve never heard it the other way either

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My Irish Catholic family pronounces it like the first example for my cousin. (I think it is a weird name to give a person)

It doesn't mean the same thing in other countries, only in English speaking ones.

For instance, to be christian as in religion in German is christlich, whereas the name is spelled the same as in English

So a lot less weird, IMO.

Good point, thanks. In my quick response I didn’t stop to consider that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.

Seriously? Christian Cohen wouldn’t sound discordant to you?

PP you’re responding to, and, yeah, it would. I didn’t say I thought Christian was a Jewish name, though, just that the name isn’t strongly associated with kids who are Christian. Maybe a better way to put it is that it’s not associated (for me) with someone who is strongly religious. I wouldn’t assume a boy named Christian is from a Christian fundamentalist family. I’m sure part of it is that Christianity is the dominant religion in America, so people don’t necessarily feel the need to give their kids traditionally Christian names, with some exceptions.