Valent was a very common name in Croatia but when Sylvia's grandfather came to the US it was changed to Valentine. the priests in French Canada would very often name the child themselves saying the name picked was not appropriate. Some of them even insisted that all girls have a Mary (Marie) in front of their name. My grandmother was Marie Louise. We have a friend who has 8 sisters and they are all named Mary something which she said caused all sorts of confusion when someone yelled Mary. The custom on our Croatian side was for the first male child to be named after the grandfather. In researching the ancestors we found every other generation had a George (or the Croatian or Latin equivalent) Jambrek. On the Shantek side it was Mio (Mike). Looking at old record in Slavonia we find a lot of people named after saints in the month they were born. Even some Balthazars in Dec. and Nicolas was popular around Dec 8. Babara was another very popular name around that saints day. Bill Kane

My dad was Slovenian and born March 18 and named Joseph. We thought it was because of St. Joseph's day on the 19th. We later discovered that his grandfather was Joseph and he had an uncle Joseph. The first son, my Uncle Mike was named after my grandfather. My "Aunt Dolly" was born in October and baptized Sofia Josephine. I need to look at the calendar and see if one of the St. Joseph's or a St. Sophie is around that time. I think that after bearing 11 kids, they were running out of names. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F Kane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] [Croatia} Baptism > Valent was a very common name in Croatia but when Sylvia's grandfather > came to the US it was changed to Valentine. > the priests in French Canada would very often name the child themselves > saying the name picked was not appropriate. Some of them even insisted > that all girls have a Mary (Marie) in front of their name. My grandmother > was Marie Louise. We have a friend who has 8 sisters and they are all > named Mary something which she said caused all sorts of confusion when > someone yelled Mary. > The custom on our Croatian side was for the first male child to be named > after the grandfather. In researching the ancestors we found every other > generation had a George (or the Croatian or Latin equivalent) Jambrek. On > the Shantek side it was Mio (Mike). Looking at old record in Slavonia we > find a lot of people named after saints in the month they were born. Even > some Balthazars in Dec. and Nicolas was popular around Dec 8. Babara was > another very popular name around that saints day. > Bill Kane > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.8 - Release Date: 5/10/2005 > >