Naming kids after countries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Salvador named after El Salvador
Lucia named after St. Lucia

I had an uncle Sal. Half the guys in Brooklyn used to be named Sal. It’s a super common Sicilian name and it’s not after the country. I also had an Aunt Lucia, come to think of it.

[Anonymous]

No. Just no.

[Anonymous]

I’d pick one I have connection with. It would be weird to call your child Jamaica or Switzerland or Syria or Bhutan when you have no connection to the country.

[Anonymous]

We named our daughter Gambia.

[Anonymous]

Niger

[Anonymous]

Would a name like Ecuadorable count?

[Anonymous]

Family member named their pale Irish/Italian daughter Africa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salvador named after El Salvador
Lucia named after St. Lucia

I had an uncle Sal. Half the guys in Brooklyn used to be named Sal. It’s a super common Sicilian name and it’s not after the country. I also had an Aunt Lucia, come to think of it.

Do you really not know what "Sal" is an abbreviation for, for Italians?!