When I stop and think about it, there a lot of people with Biblical names in Chile. In my soccer class, for instance, there are: María Jesús, 2 Tomás, José, Benjamin, Manuel, etc. Can you imagine someone in the US named Mary Jesus? And Mary is frequently used in the same way that women in English-speaking countries might use Lynn, Ann(e), Marie, etc. as middle name to form one chosen name with their first and middle names (Lise Anne, Anna Marie, etc). Though this, of course, is much less common in English.
I didn't even realize how frequent Biblical names actually are here until I looked up their translations. Obviously, I knew Pablo, Pedro, José, Jesús, Tomás, María, etc. But I didn't realize that Diego, Jaime, Santiago, or Jimena were also Biblical. I mean, I knew Santiago came from a saint, but that doesn't necessarily mean Biblical.
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