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Like the name Pavel in Poland since 1978, the election of a new Pope seems to coincide with children named after him. Has this always been the case? How did Christian given names work, historically? Were there a bunch of little Urbans running around in 1630?

by /u/TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK in /r/AskHistorians

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