Can Socorro be a name?

Question

I was just at a hectic grocery, got overcharged, went to the second checkout girl who was the only competent one (she was quite overwhelmed as the first checkout girl was clueless) - this is a Mexican grocery called Superplaza mind you - and the second checkout girl hands me my receipt and my change for the error they made. I look at the receipt when I leave the store,

It says

Time: XXXX

Name: S O C O R R O

Change: $XX.XX

Thank you for shopping

Can Socorro be a name or was she trying to tell me something? ¡Socorro!

Hey Jeezle are we going to see you or rather hear you over here? http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/196068/a-u-d-i-o-exercise-sin-trabajo-unemployed :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 22, 2011

I tried to record some audio, but my microphone didn't work. I can't get skype to work either, I even bought a second microphone, didn't work either. I don't know, I run linux so maybe that has something to do with it. - jeezzle, Jun 22, 2011

Ah stinker, do you have 'audacity' as in the program lol http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 22, 2011

Oh yay, I have audacity, I am glad someone else does, I thought it was a timelord's programme (jeje Ray) - Destroyed99, Jun 22, 2011

I don't lol - but think it's compatible with Linux for Jeezle :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 23, 2011

Answer 1

It can be and it is.

Just like Martirios, Dolores, Encarnación, Remedios, and Angustias.

I never thought about dolores being from dolor. But I have seen Soledad as a name. Still, I was kinda hoping she had managed to send me some strange message to help her from all the hectic work. ;) - jeezzle, Jun 22, 2011

There you go. I forgot about Soledad. I don't find any of those names "weird" because I've been familiar with them for as long as I can remember, but I would never name a daughter of mine with... - 002067fe, Jun 22, 2011

...a moniker that sounds like a character from a Federico García Lorca tragedy. And I say this as a huge Federico García Lorca fan. :-) - 002067fe, Jun 22, 2011

Answer 2

In June 1598, Juan de Oñate led a group of Spanish settlers through the Jornada del Muerto, an inhospitable patch of desert that ends just south of the present day city of Socorro, New Mexico. As the Spaniards emerged from the desert, Piro Indians of the pueblo of Teypana gave the Spaniards food and water. Therefore, the Spaniards renamed this pueblo Socorro, which means "help" or "aid". Later, the name "Socorro" would be applied to the nearby Piro pueblo of Pilabó.[3]

Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro was the first Catholic mission in the area, established c. 1626.

Socorro has been a feminine name for a long time, probably as long as Roman Catholics have used the name Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro. In Amar en tiempos revueltos which takes place in Spain in the 1930s and '40s, a lady complains that she has hired a maid named Socorro and worries that it may be an omen.

Very interesting Sabor - pacofinkler, Jun 22, 2011

Thanks :) - Sabor, Jun 23, 2011

Answer 3

I am reasonably confident that it is illegal (or it used to be) to use such a weird name as a baby name in Spain.

It should be everywhere...it's the kid that has to sufer his whole life, not the parents. - vivalafuriaroja, Jun 22, 2011

suffer** - vivalafuriaroja, Jun 22, 2011

ja ja :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 22, 2011

jaja, is it? I hope he likes Soccer :) - Destroyed99, Jun 22, 2011

Answer 4

One question, is it possible for the cashier to change the name that prints out on the receipt, or is it automatically going to print her name on it same way, every time??

Anyways, if a cashier ever prints a receipt for you that says -

Name: Llámame

You're in luck! It's not a name!

-Charlius-

lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 23, 2011

lawlz - Destroyed99, Jun 23, 2011

Answer 5

Well, my roommate told me one time of a lady she met whose last name was 'botella'..so, yea, Mrs. Bottle - comparatively, socorro's not that bad a name!

-Charlius-

Answer 6

I have a good friend named Socorro-first name, She's hispanic and lives in the US, 3rd generation. Not so uncommon a name.

Answer 7

I personally know someone originally from Central America whose name is Socorro.

Answer 8

There was a time when these English names were pretty common:

Faith

Hope

Charity

Prudence

I know several faiths and hppes and a couple of girls named Charity. - jeezzle, Jun 22, 2011

When I lived in Spain, lots of Africans who had immigrated to Spain had names like that. They were Christians from Ghana, mostly. - vivalafuriaroja, Jun 23, 2011

Answer 9

Apparently it can be a name Babies names