Jewish News Media

Today in the USA, it almost impossible to tell a Jewish person from a Christian,at least by their last name.

For example, if a Jewish couple gives their son a first name of "Kelly" would you think the boy was Irish Catholic if the parents never mentioned either their ethnicity or religion? Or would you think that the child was Jewish?

And what about converts either through ritual or marriage , to Judaism. What does their last names of Lee, Lung, Loo, Maloney, Howe, tell you about their past/present religion?

Nothing...

Today, Americans are such a mixture, who really knows what anyone really is?

since in my observations few Catholics give their children Old Testament names. And, it does warm the cockles of my heart.

Foofie wrote:

since in my observations few Catholics give their children Old Testament names. And, it does warm the cockles of my heart.

Rebekka Ar Rayès is a Catholic saint.

The context of my point was middle America, U.S.A.

Foofie wrote:

The context of my point was middle America, U.S.A.

I'd thought that Catholic saints are saints for the Catholic Church everywhere.

But of course, I can be wrong and this one or others are excluded for Catholics in the U.S.A., America.

I am talking sociology. In my observations certain first names are not often used by Catholic parents. In other words a Jacob can be Protestant; not Catholic, in my opinion. It just has to do with letting society know that a child comes from one faith or another, in my opinion.

Actually, due to the two apostles of that name, and nearly a dozen of Saints until the late Medieval age, it's more Catholic than Protestant.

Actually, I never ask parents about their religion.

Last year, Moses was ranked on number 56 of favourite names for German boys.

Actually, I never ask parents about their religion.

Actually, I never ask parents about their religion.

Foofie wrote:

I am talking sociology. In my observations certain first names are not often used by Catholic parents. In other words a Jacob can be Protestant; not Catholic, in my opinion. It just has to do with letting society know that a child comes from one faith or another, in my opinion.

Jacobus/Jacob/Jakob/Jacques/Giacomo etc etc is and has been a common name, by Catholics as well as Protestants.
Actually, due to the two apostles of that name, and nearly a dozen of Saints until the late Medieval age, it's more Catholic than Protestant.

Jacob (name)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacob
Isaac Blessing Jacob - Govert Flinck.jpg
Isaac Blessing Jacob, Govert Flinck, 1638. The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob's birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau.
Pronunciation /ˈdʒeɪkəb/
Gender Male
Origin
Word/Name derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob, Yaʿaqov, Yaʿăqōḇ)
Meaning "seizing by the heel", "supplanting"
Other names
Related names James, Jakob (Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Swedish), Jake, Jack, Jakobi (Albanian and Estonian), Yakub (Arabic), Yakup (Turkish),
Look up Jacob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. From 1999 through 2012, Jacob has been the most popular baby name for boys in United States.[1]

Your points might not be applicable in American society. That's what I talk about. I am not a citizen of the world. Only a citizen of the U.S.

Walter Hinteler wrote:

Actually, I never ask parents about their religion.

Religion can be added on the official formulas at registry offices here, but can't be published.