Anyone know the cajun history of baby-naming?

[Siobhan]

Does anyone know how cajun parents name their babies? Do they follow popular trends within their own culture or do they mostly choose from the same pool of oldies but goodies? For example, naming them after parents and grandparents etc. I thought I read once that historically catholic priests often chose the given name, but the regular or nickname was from the parents.

[La Chica Paganos]

Like the Catholic way

[Melting Media]

My brother's wife is a full-blooded Cajun from Opelousas. Their daughters have popular names of the time when they were born, and their son is a Junior from his father. They all have confirmation names, of course, because my sister-in-law was adamant the children attend Catholic schools and be very involved in the church. My brother went along with it; they're still happy together since 1983.

With the arrival of cable TV and social media/internet, Cajun culture has changed along with the rest of us. They're still great people, always a good time.