Girls’ reason for choosing a confirmation name in view of online discussions

Abstract

The article reviews the factors influencing the choice of confirmation name in view of online discussions carried out in 2006-2011 by girls facing confirmation. Among them there are religious and aesthetic reasons, name’s originality, desire to match a confimation name to a baptismal name (e.g. they start with the same letter), etymology, family tradition, name’s popularity in mass culture.