The Christian name of Florence was unknown before Mr and Mrs Nightingale decided to name their daughter after the city of Florence, where she was born, so no, there is nothing new under the sun. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Firebird Sent: 28 February 2008 08:08 To: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LEI] Places as Names?? e.g. Melton Jan & Stuart Moon wrote: > Does anyone know if it is likely that people names their children after > places they came from? Very likely I'd say. It's said there's nothing new under the sun, so I don't imagine that when Brooklyn Beckham's parents named him after the place he was conceived, they were being as imaginative as they thought they were. (Thank goodness for his sake he wasn't conceived in Florence!!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message