(Try to be objective and not just put your own first name at the top! You wouldn’t want to tell your name to strangers on the internet, would you?)
(Try to be objective and not just put your own first name at the top! You wouldn’t want to tell your name to strangers on the internet, would you?)
James and Mary are super neat and combine with every kind of surname. Maybe that’s why they’re so common??
They’re so common in America and Europe because religion mostly if I had to guess. Then from there people often use names from their family and it just kept growing.
You are correct, biblical names stick around because they are written down and people like familiar things.