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Originally posted by Taualumna
It's kind of rare these days (Robertson is the only person I know who is actually named after his mom. He's 30), but it was apparently really common 100+ years ago. Shirley, for example was a last name. Then it became a boy's name and it's now a girl's name. Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's book "Pride and Prejudice" is Fitzwilliam Darcy. It's really likely that the elder Mrs. Darcy was a Miss Fitzwilliam.
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I think that's correct -- Mr. Darcy had a cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam. I've read that book waaaaaaaaay too much.
I'm quite glad that I'm not named after my grandmothers ... I can't really see myself as a "Mary Frances" or a "Hilda Juanita"... especially Hilda. I don't think my grandma likes that name either.