Comments on: Weekly Links: The Gospel, War and Family http://zealfortruth.org/2008/03/weekly-links-big-brother-backfire/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Matthew Rayback http://zealfortruth.org/2008/03/weekly-links-big-brother-backfire/#comment-5518 Matthew Rayback Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:01:30 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/03/weekly-links-big-brother-backfire/#comment-5518 I'm the author of the book Bad Baby Names that the NYT article is about. Thanks for picking up on this. If you or your readers want to know more, check out my blog, www.badbabynames.net. Thanks again! I’m the author of the book Bad Baby Names that the NYT article is about. Thanks for picking up on this. If you or your readers want to know more, check out my blog, www.badbabynames.net. Thanks again!

]]> By: thainamu http://zealfortruth.org/2008/03/weekly-links-big-brother-backfire/#comment-5526 thainamu Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:43:07 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/03/weekly-links-big-brother-backfire/#comment-5526 When I lived overseas we worked in an economically undeveloped area, but one where the Christian church had been in evidence for many years. You could tell which branch of Christianity the children were from by their given names (as opposed to their "home" names which were in the vernacular): the Roman Catholic families named their children after popes, like Aloysius; the Anglican's named their children good British names, like Robert; and the Evangelicals named their children obscure OT names like Kenaz. Their home names were often something significant like "Fufusi" which literally means 'ant' for a small baby; or "Labatania" which literally means "spoiled" for a baby born from a rape. When I lived overseas we worked in an economically undeveloped area, but one where the Christian church had been in evidence for many years. You could tell which branch of Christianity the children were from by their given names (as opposed to their “home” names which were in the vernacular): the Roman Catholic families named their children after popes, like Aloysius; the Anglican’s named their children good British names, like Robert; and the Evangelicals named their children obscure OT names like Kenaz.

Their home names were often something significant like “Fufusi” which literally means ‘ant’ for a small baby; or “Labatania” which literally means “spoiled” for a baby born from a rape.

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