Proper noun

Yes, by Saint Patrick , but there is, Horatio,

And much offence, too.

- Are unusual names nice?

- Yes.

- Then why am I called Patrick ?

She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.

- Because your daddy's called Patrick , she said.

I liked that, being called after my da.

- There are five Patricks in our class, I said.

- Is that right?

- Patrick' Clarke. That's me. '''Patrick''' O'Neill. '''Patrick''' Redmond. '''Patrick''' Genocci. ' Patrick Flynn.

- That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.

- Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick .

Proper noun

Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.

"Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.

No one ever called Elizabeth' Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her '''Elizabeth''', either. An "' Elizabeth " was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.

In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth .

Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth ,the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.