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MMNMADV91
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As promised during my conversation with @diego on the oldest living men in Portugal thread a while back, here is a thread for all of us to share unusual names we've found during our investigations. This is not, of course, intended as mockery of said names; think of it more as a celebration of (extreme in some cases) naming creativity!

Among my own finds during genealogical research and investigation of (super)centenarian cases, I have come across (and these are off the top of my head, if I remember others later, I'll add them):

  • A boy baptised as "Xisto Manuel" ("Xisto" is the name of a saint ("Sixtus"/"Xystus" in English), but it also means "schist", and the fact this unusual first given name was paired with the very common Manuel as a second given name makes it funnier to me);
  • A man whose full name was Gentil Homem (lit. "Gentle Man");
  • A man with the given name "Bomfilho" (lit. "Goodson");
  • A man whose full name was "Domingos Se Deus Quiser" ("Domingos God Willing" or "Domingos If God Wills It") (@diego, this sounds almost like he could be a relation of Vicente Mais ou Menos de Souza, these names actually fit well together!);
  • Several girls baptised with the first given name "Imperatriz" ("Empress"), though this seemed to be somewhat common in some regions of the north of the country.

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https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/deaths110-2026/santa-fiducia-ita-1916-2026/

Santa Fiducia, italian SC:

"Holy Trust"...

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/rosa-pesce/

Pesce Rosa, italian SC:

"Pink Fish"

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/angela-case/

Angela Case, italian SC:

"Angel Houses"

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/valentino-stella/

Valentino Stella, italian SC:

"Go slow Star"


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http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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