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From: Roger Sainty <>
Subject: Re: Odd Christian names
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:46:15 +1200


Yes, but the name does seem to have had a certain vogue - I have met it a
few times even in fiction. But other "number" names don't seem to be
around. Anyone got a Secundus? Tertius? Quartus? Quintus? Sextus? So I
think there was possibly more to it than just the numerical position in the
family. What about someone born on the seventh day (Sabbath)?

Roger sainty in NZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Delia Gleave <d@deliagleave.f9.co.uk>
To: <>
Date: Monday, 19 July 2004 03:13
Subject: Fw: Odd Christian names


>
>Septimus just means "seventh" so could have been given to the seventh son.
>
> Delia
> Bedfordshire
>
>
>
>><snip> From: "diane lord" <>
>
> his father had Septimus as a middlename ... does anyone know if this used
>to be a common name??
>

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