--part1_b168ef9e.243b8f71_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Here is something of additional interest on Scottish naming patterns John --part1_b168ef9e.243b8f71_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: JDSMITHKSK@aol.com From: JDSMITHKSK@aol.com Full-name: JDSMITHKSK Message-ID: <b168ef9e.243aed9d@aol.com> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 00:54:53 EDT Subject: Re: Scottish Naming Patterns To: Sacklester@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Reply-To: JDSMITHKSK@aol.com The general custom, to which there were some variations, was to name children as follows: The eldest son after the paternal grandfather The second son after the maternal grandfather The third son after the father The eldest daughter after the maternal grandmother The second daughter after the paternal grandmother The third daughter after the mother Younger children would be named after earlier forbears, but the pattern in their case was less settled. One variation from the above was for the eldest son to be named after the mother's father and the eldest daughter after the father's mother. In this case the second son would be named after the father's father and the second daughter after the mother's mother. Occasionally the second son and daughter would be named after the father and mother instead of the third son and daughter. Another variation was to call the third daughter after one of the great-grandmothers instead of after the mother. In such a case the fourth daughter would usually be called after the mother. Variations were sometimes noticeable in particular localities. The existence of earlier children who died young will affect the pattern. Both parents having the same name would affect the pattern, also. A maternal grandfather, if he was a man of importance, might be given priority over the paternal grandfather. Sometimes a son might be named after a godfather or father's patron. Sometimes a child was named after a minister recently ordained to the parish, when the child's baptism was his first in the parish. Sometimes a child would be given a Christian or feminine equivalent of a doctor when it was the first birth at which he attended. Before the middle of the 18th century it was very rare to find more than one Christian name. In 1760, in Edinburgh, only about 1 percent had 2 Christian names In 1790, 7 percent had 2 Christian names In 1820, 25 percent had 2 Christian names The second Christian name was sometimes the name of a godfather or godmother. The custom also included a surname from the mother's side. Taken from book "In Search of Scottish Ancestry" Jeanne jdsmithksk California --part1_b168ef9e.243b8f71_boundary--