Rather, the name her parents chose to use. The legal name is a slippery concept - it's whatever you choose to be called, hence all the John Smith alias Robert Chomondley. Alan Swindale > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Cambridge > Sent: 22 November 2012 19:24 > To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Saints Name Query > > Very interesting Hilda. > So as I see it a Saints name is a legal name so would be used on legal > documents such as a marriage document. > I have a Charlotte Poole baptised COI, then baptised again a little > over a month later in the RC church as Maria Charlotte. She is > recorded as Charlotte 2 1/2 years later on her burial so I imagine > Charlotte is the name she used.