Walter-Mania In One Brazilian Family

General Name Discussion
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A Brazilian woman named Erotides Brandao has actually given the name [name]Walter[/name] to all of her 15 children (irregardless of gender) as a tribute to their father, [name]Walter[/name]. To simplify things, the couple decided to add traditional female and male names to the end of [name]Walter[/name]. The first child, a daughter, was called Walterlucia and the other fourteen are called the following: Walterlivia, Walterlenia, Walterlonia, Walterlacia, Walterluzia, Walterluana, Walterangelina, Waltersilviana, Walteremanuel, Walterluis, Walteroliver, Waltermarcelo, Walterlicinio and Walterfernando.

I guess this is similar to boxer [name]George[/name] Foreman naming all of his sons [name]George[/name]. As a Nameberry, I have three thoughts:

  1. If I had the privilege of naming fifteen children, I wouldn’t waste the opportunity.
  2. Isn’t giving [name]Walter[/name] to one child enough of a tribute?
  3. Doesn’t the mother deserve the same tribute?
2

Brazillians and their crazy names… I remember reading about a family where all the kids were named after French numerals (Un, Deux,…, up to Vingt-Trois).

As for (3), it probably has to do with [name]Walter[/name] being seen by the mother as a “sophisticated” and “exotic” English name - while hers must have been a pain in the neck to grow up with! And the kids have the mother’s last name too, so she’s honored in that way.

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This is too funny to be a joke. (Sorry 15 kiddos).
Reminds me of a friend where every women in her family for the past 5 generations has the same fn and they all go by their mn’s. You’d think the original name bearer was a super-women but no, just an average women.