Evepaul
Evepaul t1_iw2c6sw wrote
Reply to comment by Tokipudi in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco
To quote OP, the author of the paper, in French:
"Entre 1905 et le 1er août 1914, mois après mois, semaine après semaine, 12% des garçons environ reçoivent en premier prénom le premier prénom de leur père. [...] Mais dès la semaine du 3 août 1914, après la déclaration de guerre et la mobilisation générale du 1er août 1914, le taux de transmission passe à 17 ou 18%."
The same thing said with "prénom" instead of "premier prénom" could just as well mean that boys would have their father's first name as a second name. Both are prénoms. Or even their father's second name as a second name. Or any combination of prénoms (I have my father's second name "Marie" as my third).
Evepaul t1_iw2dtke wrote
Reply to comment by 97875 in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco
Skill issue?