> > I don't know if their inspiration was the saints of the same name, but I do recall reading
> > an account of the life of St. Paul at a very young age, and being massively impressed that
> > Paul was not just a name, but a *Christian* name. :o)
>
> My parents never gave me a name because it was *Christian* or whatsoever, they just gave me my
> name because they liked it.

Ah. I somehow suspected that if there was one person here who missed the point of the anecdote, it would be you. :o)

There's nothing special about Paul being a Christian name; "Christian name" is just another term for "first name" or "given name".

Paul