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Nowadays Hindu names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also given. Portuguese names like António, João, Maria, Ana are also common among Goan Catholics who follow Portuguese culture. British names (e.g. Kevin, Shelley) and other European names (e.g. Benito, Heidi), which have no Konkani variants, are also popular.
Frank Simoes, Goan advertising executive; author of Glad Season in Goa. [135] Frank Moraes, editor of prominent newspapers in post-independence India, including The Indian Express [136] Frederick Noronha, active in cyberspace and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and free software. [137]
Mangalorean Catholic names and surnames encompass the different naming conventions of the Mangalorean Catholic community. Historically, many of them had names of Christian saints, while Portuguese-language surnames were most commonly found. [1] A formal Mangalorean Catholic name consists of a given name, a middle name, and a surname.
Goans (Romi Konkani: Goenkar, Portuguese: Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries.
Goan Catholics employ the Roman script for their religious and secular writings in Konkani. Goan Catholics speak the Konkani language which is key to the community's identity. [59] Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages, which is spoken predominantly on the west coast of India. [60]
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
Fastest rising baby girl names . Kaeli. Alitzel. Emryn. Adhara. Azari. The SSA determines the most popular baby name through the social security parents apply for when their child is born. The ...
Portuguese names, having variants in both Roman Konkani and English, like Miguel and Madalena are common among Goan Catholics. [4] Portuguese surnames (like Lobo, D'Souza, Rodrigues, Fernandes and Pinto) are standard among Goan Catholics because of the Christianisation of Goa during Portuguese rule. [5]