Christian

[Yorick]

Do you know anyone with the first name "Christian"? Christian Slater? Christian Bale?

What do you think of it? Would you name your son "Christian"? Then his christian name would be Christian.

Does this strike you as wierd? Do you immediately think of the faith when you meet someone with that name?

Is your name Christian?

I like the name. I think of say, Hans Christian Anderson, not my faith, when I meet a person by that name. Wierd right? Are there any other christian names that are also the names of a faith? How did it happen? Does anyone know the history of the name?

Does anyone associate a color with the name? I associate blonde, or yellow with it.

My brothers name is Christopher. Both a Christopher and a Christian can get shortened to "Chris".

It's something I just thought about. What types of people like this rather interesting and unusual name for a person? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Yorick]

Oops, just for clarity, "Christopher" is his middle name, not his christian name.

[LordKathen]

Hmm...I do usualy think of the Christian faith when I hear the name, but only for a subconcious second and then its just a name. I have known a few "Christians" over the years from school and such. Never really thought more of it.

What about the hispanic name Jesus? I always thought that was interesting though.

[Jorath Calar]

Heh, reading this thread made me realise that the Icelandic version of it is Kristján... I knew a guy with that name in my teen years but when I look at it on my screen I realise it is very weird name... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Stratos]

I've known many Christians.

In Sweden, Christian is a common name and since Christians ( the believers, that is) is called something else over here, the name doesn't sound weird.

[ 08-29-2004, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Stratos ]

[Xen]

I once knew a guy called Christian. Also it makes me think of faith.

[Stormymystic]

I once knew a girl named faith, does that count? and no, it never made me think of that...mostly cuz she was more of a terror than I was when we were teenagers

[Aerich]

I knew a Christian (Hispanic parents), and no, it didn't make me think of the faith. He was a weaselly little rotter.

But in general I view the name as just a name.

[The Hierophant]

Well, Cat Stevens changed his name to Josef Islam after his conversion. I dunno, s'kinda weird to me. But then, modern British naming trends tend to go more with what 'sounds nice' rather than applying any significant meaning to a person's name. Where I am from, name's are nouns, rather than adjectives. Of course, it seems clear to me that 'old' surnames such as 'Smith' or 'Tailor' or 'Farmer' originate from medieval times when a name served as a practical description of a person's role in village society. But nowadays such surnames are merely aesthetic, and 'John Smith' isn't likely to be a blacksmith at all...


So no, I don't tend to think of Christians as chistians [img]smile.gif[/img] In my culture, a name is just a sound, an identification code. It doesn't really hold any descriptive meaning.


ps: Yorick, is this thread a subtle test to see what sort of religious mention you can and can't make under 'the moratorium'?

[Luvian]

This might be strange, but I had never linked it to the Christian faith before you mentioned it. I didn't even realise it was the same word.