Confirmation names

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

So, I don't know if other religions have an equivalent of this or not, but, in Roman Catholicism, when a person is confirmed, he or she is required to chose a confirmation name. The confirmation name was once supposed to be the name of a saint or biblical person for whom the confirmand has an affinity, but they've started letting people use their own names if they don't want a new name. I went through confirmation in eleventh grade and, of course, wanted to pick a new name for myself. I almost picked Gemma, but ended up going with Veronica, officially because I liked her story and Veronica was my great-grandmother's middle name, and unofficially because I was in love with Veronica Mars.

So, did anyone else here have to pick out a confirmation name, or something of the like?

Comments

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Yep. I have a confirmation name (I'm also Roman Catholic)

I made confirmation when I was 12 year old and I chose the name Catherine.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Haha, if I were Catholic and had been confirmed, I absolutely would have chosen my confirmation name based on reasoning like yours.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, our main confirmation leader lady told us all that we shouldn't pick a name for aesthetic reasons, so I picked a name that I liked with a history that made for a BS-able answer. ;D

[tak3th3fall.livejournal.com]

im catholic.
i went through confirmation.
i wanted a saint that
was different, that no one
really knew about.
i picked saint gwen. =]

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's really cool. I have no idea who Saint Gwen is, but her name is pretty. :)

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

My dad wanted his to be Larry, because there was a cool kid in his class named that.
I have a friend who got to pick two names (no idea how).
I would have chosen Mary (after a family member) but I never got confirmed.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I'm not religious, but this reminds me of the foreign language classes at my school where you have to pick a name in that language for the class. I'm taking Hebrew and my Hebrew name is Shoshanna.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is similar, yes. I took Spanish in middle and high school, and my Spanish names were Bella (BEY-a; no one told me that double l's make a different sound in Spanish) and Bianca (which is Italian, but I somehow wound up with that instead of Blanca anyway). I really like Shoshanna, though. :)

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

I remember having to pick a name when I took language class.

I took Italian a but more than a year ago and my name in that class was Isabella.


However when I took spanish in middle school...the teacher picked our names...i was Ester..not fond of that one

[hockeychick57.livejournal.com]

My confirmation name is Rose.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Mine is Bridget Elizabeth.

My mom kept telling me to pick Agatha because I was flat chested and St. Agatha had her breasts cut off. My mom is so hilarious.

[trtlstars.livejournal.com]

My confirmation name is Marie.
My middle sister's is Magdalena.
My youngest sister's is Jospehine.
All 3 are Saints' names and family names.
Mine is my mom's name, Grandma's name, and a Great-great Aunt.
My middle sister's is our great-great grandmother.
My youngest sister's is our Grandma's middle name which is after our great-grandfather, Jospeh.

Our names including those above:
Jessica Anne Marie
Erin Theresa Magdalena
Victoria Marie Josephine

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I'm not religious, but if I was choosing a confirmation name I'd choose
St Cecilia, she's something to do with music right? Anyway, pretty name.
There's also a St Sophie Madeleine, and since i'm already Sophie then adding the Madeleine would be easy.

haha i'm so far from Roman Catholic though.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Mine's Martha, which in retrospect is a really awful name, but I thought it was so beautiful then (I didn't pick it because of the saint, at all).

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

I have a confirmation name to!
I almost chose Bianca but then went with Faith just beceause i liked it lol. and when my sister got confirmed she chose Hope. Faith and Hope were sisters so it was fitting :)
i think its cute lol

[barelyshocking.livejournal.com]

I am Roman Catholic, and my Confirmation name is Joan after Joan of Arc.

I wish I had chosen Valentine (even though it is a boy..!)

My brother chose Francis of Assissi, and I think my sister also chose Joan. My mother chose Joan (it is kind of a tradition I think) and my Grandfather chose Simon Peter.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Mine was Patricia after my mom.
And my brother's was Bonaventure.
Because he's crazy haha.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

The Hebrew name my parents chose for me is Gila Miriam...I really hate it. My cousin's is really really nice though, it's Avra Sura.

[devofriends.livejournal.com]

Aww, Gila Miriam is awesome! :-)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I'm not Catholic, but when my friend was going through confirmation, I decided that I would have picked Joan, because I am totally obsessed with Joan of Arc.

My friends' confirmation names are (that I know off the top of my head):
Patrick Ian Michael
Brandi Marie Nicolle
Leah Elizabeth Gabrielle

Oh, and I know a kid named Max whose Hebrew name is Moses. I've always thought it was cool, haha.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

I don't consider myself Catholic anymore...haha. But, when I chose my confirmation name, I picked Elizabeth. I almost chose Victoria.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

My friend chose Mariana-Anastasia. :)

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I was raised pretty secularly and became religious in adulthood.

My Hebrew name - and the name I now go by on a day-to-day level - is a variation of the middle name my mother gave me, which is a version of the name my late grandmother (may her memory be for a blessing) had and it's meaning (GD's Oath) really resonates for me.

She was Betty Lou, My middle name is Elizabeth, I now go by Elisheva. I quite like the journey both the name, and myself, have taken :)

[minga13.livejournal.com]

My mum did confirmation when she was about 10, she picked Theresa.
She says she picked it because firstly she really liked the name, and secondly she had a friend called Theresa who lived down the road from her. Quite cute.

I haven't been confirmed so I don't have one. Though like someone said in a previous comment, in my French class at school we picked French names. My French name was Martine (because my real name is Martyna. Easy transition!)

[weena.livejournal.com]

My confirmation name is Lucy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy) because I like the name and eyes gouging OMG so gross. I love the fact that the saint with my first name (Christina) is the patron saint of the mentally ill.

[weena.livejournal.com]

My SO got screwed. In the church where he was confirmed, the priest picked one name for the boys and one name for the girls.