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Baby name story: Fulton

Catholic bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Fulton Sheen

On June 28, two-time Emmy Award winner Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI.*

If he can get a confirmed miracle under his belt, he’ll be beatified. If he can get two, he’ll be canonized a Catholic saint.

One miracle currently under investigation involves a toddler who was born without a heartbeat in 2010.

His name? James Fulton Engstrom.

Ironically, the baby’s parents had decided to name him after Fulton Sheen several months before the alleged intercession took place.

Perhaps the miracle was Sheen’s way of saying thanks? :)

*Fulton Sheen won the “Most Outstanding Personality” Emmy in 1952 and 1953, beating Lucille Ball, Adlai Stevenson, Edward R. Murrow and Jimmy Durante, among others.

Sources: Archbishop Sheen decree a ‘great day’ for US Catholics, Tribunal studies healing attributed to intercession of Archbishop Sheen

Baby name needed: Boy name for brother of Channing and Deacon

A reader named Heath is expecting his third child, a boy, and would like some name suggestions. Here’s what he says:

I’m Heath, wife is Aspen, daughter is Channing and son is Deacon so we’re looking for a name that most kids won’t have but also want something that isn’t feminine, will get him picked on or doesn’t sound like we are trying too hard.

Here are some of the names they’ve been considering:

My favorite is Justice but that has no chance with my wife. She likes Ridge but I quickly vetoed that. Her favorite is Easton but I was looking for something more. Some others that we have thought about is Beckett, Kingston or Tate but again I’m not overly thrilled.

Many of the names above come from surnames, so that’s what I focused on as I brainstormed:

Baron
Bridger
Brogan
Corbin
Dax
Edison
Evander
Ezra
Felix
Finn
Fletcher		Franklin
Fulton
Garrison
Graham
Griffin
Grover
Hawthorn
Jasper
Lachlan
Lawson
Lennon		Marlow
Maxwell
Nash
Nigel
Owen
Paxton
Pierce
Quincy
Ramsey
Roscoe
Royce		Sawyer
Stone
Thaddeus
Thatcher
Tavish
Tobias
Trent
Vaughn
Walker
Winston
Zane

Which of the above do you like best with Channing and Deacon? What other names would you suggest to Heath?