What do you think about names like Christian, Jesus, Mohammad?

I’ve never actually thought about it, so I guess they don’t bother me.

I too like most of the biblical names, but I wouldn’t name my child or pet Jesus.
Then again, this is from someone who wants to stage the manger scene using my goose Marwyn as the baby Jesus with the the neighbors sheep and donkeys gathered round the manger.

I have been wanting to make a Xmas card like this for the last couple of years, and even can borrow a manger from my local feed store. I have the visual all worked out, Marwyn who will lie on his back for me in his hay padded manger with a little Halo and the barnyard pals looking over him. I think it;ll take a village to pull this off though, lots of animals to arrange. Probably about 300 takes to get the perfect card. lol

Doesn’t bother me. I’ve had friends and work associates with all three names. They were from three different and diverse cultures.

Same as @Rarebear never thought about it so doesn’t do anything for me either way.

Disclaimer I am not religious, so hopefully nobody takes offense at my Jesus/Goose parody. haha

While I think the meaning behind a name is important, I would not name my child after a Messenger of God or a religion.

@Coloma I think it’s about time we open a Fluther account for Marwyn. I would not mind reading nothing but Honk, honk and honk! as answers. Or you could translate of course.

To answer the question, it depends on where you are traveling or where you live. Our big family is 99.9 % Catholic. I maybe the only one whose agnostic. So I have a cousin named Christian. Or Chris for short. These biblical names have been used so much that even they themselves who has it probably don’t think of there names in religious terms anymore.

But this question makes me wonder if someone out there has been named, Jesus Christian Mohammad or something to that effect. Whoa.

@Coloma He can add a lot to the “hi-Jack” thread.

I don’t really care, but there are a lot of Mohammads. When I taught summer school in my younger days, I had a class with about 5 boys with the name Mohammad. It was very confusing to sort out——one kid was even named “Mohammad Mohammad”. Eeech….lol.

@MRSHINYSHOES actually that repetitious name makes a lot of sense. It’s easy on to recall and easy on the tongue. There was a Cardinal in the Philippines whose half-Chinese and his last name was Sin, so it’s Cardinal Sin. I think there was a guy named Doctor Doctor-!

@mazingerz88 Makes more sense to them than to someone who is not religious. lol ;)

@Tropical_Willie

haha…well..my creative brain skips around a lot. lol
Awaaay in a manger, no barn for a bed, the little lord Marwyn, lay down his sweet head…”
The card has to have a song chip too ya know!

I have never heard of someone (other than Christ) named Jesus (as in Gee- suss), I have only heard it as Jesus pronounced as Hay- sooos (as in Alou).

I think it is a cultural thing. Christian is not uncommon in English going back a few centuries. Jesus in Spanish is very common.

Muhammad was a prophet according to Muslim beliefs, not an incarnation, so in that sense he is a model of devotion and faith to Muslims. It is, according to Wikipedia, the most common name(name) in the world.

I think that the parents are sadists.

@InTheZone why would you say that? I know many people named Muhammad, one Jesus and one Christian… none of them are given a hard time for it…

“Christian” is a relatively common name and I know two people with that name. I don’t really think much about it. We name people Christopher, Christina, etc. all from the same root.

“Jesus” seems to be a common name in Spanish and I’ve known Hispanic people over the years with that name, so it doesn’t seem that odd to me either.

I only know one person named Mohammed, but everyone calls him “Mo” and always has, so it’s not as obvious. Either way, I don’t see much wrong with any of those names.

I usually associate Christian with Chris more than with Christ, and as I was raised in Spain, I don’t really notice Jesus either, however I would notice a white English man if he was called Jesus, specially if he pronounced it “gee”. As for Mohammed, my mind associates that with suicide bombings and terrorism more than religion, it is probably some psychological primitive survival mechanism.

This is such a non-issue. I’ve known tons of people with those names, especially Jesus.

Non-issue. This is a culture question. Christian, and Kristian are very very common names in Norway and Denmark. Jesus in Latin America and Mohammad is very common among Islam. Not weird or odd, just different cultures. Tolerance is a good thing.

As someone that was raised Catholic and now considers himself an atheist, I would not be very happy to have the name Jesus or Christian.

Just to be clear, I did not mean odd bad or that I hold any judgement. Of the three mentioned, Mohammad is actually the least unusual to me. Christian to me is almost the same as if someone was named Jewish or Muslim, that is how it hits me. I totally understand that it is simply these names are more common among certain ethnicities and nationalities.

There is no issue for me regarding the names.

I never thought about the name Christian, but yeah…it’s a “thing” that has become a “normal name”. (and yes, my sons name is a thing as well, but I get shit for it yet the name Christian is viewed as normal..umm okay.)
I think they are weird names to be honest.

@casheroo Do we know your son’s name? Or, do you prefer not to share it online?

I’m Christian as well but the names don’t bother me. The only time I’ve seen Jesus was in Spanish families and it is not pronounces the way Jesus, the son of God, is pronounced. Christine and the other English names with the root of Christ is no different than a Christian name of Christian (a little confusing there). So, I’m not really bothered by it.

I don’t understand why pronouncing Jesus in Spanish makes a difference?

The names don’t bother me. However, I would probably refrain from using them myself.

They’re very categorizing.

@JLeslie It’s Cash.

@casheroo I like the name. Makes me think of Johnny Cash.

@tko7800 “As someone that was raised Catholic and now considers himself an atheist, I would not be very happy to have the name Jesus or Christian.” I don’t know. I think it would be cool if the chairman of the local atheist association was named Christian J(esus) Mohammad.