Show maria not boys name say bohemian officials should christian names be censored this question lins been raised by the authorities at prague they refused to allow a boy to be named maria tills they said was a girls giris ninie e in tile ebes ejes of the law and the principal aim of christian names Is to indicate the sex if the authorities in england are encouraged cou raged to take a similar view they will haie hae some pretty problems to solve for instance are clare evelyn hilary leslie marion arid and sydney to be regarded as masculine masculli ie or feminine they have been given indiscriminately criminate ly to both boys and girls in france too names such as anne and marie are frequently given to boys though usually in association asso cation with 0 more obviously masculine names and the auld alliance between france and scotland lias has been sible for anne appearing as a boys name in the records of some historic scottish families doston boston globe |