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Who has a first name of St John?
In Vancouver, Canada, we have a journalist named St. John Alexander who pronounces his first name as "Sinjin." I heard him say it on TV and it sounded weird. His profile even mentions it.
Pronounced Janer, I assume.
January
From Wikipedia St John Pettifor Catchpool (1890โ1971), English Quaker relief worker St. John Ellis (1964โ2005), British Rugby League player St John Ervine (1883-1971), Irish writer St John Groser (1890-1966), Anglican priest and Christian socialist St John Hornby (1867โ1946), British businessman St John Horsfall (1910-1949), British motor racing driver St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton (1856โ1942), British politician St John O'Neill (1741โ1790), Irish MP for Randalstown Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger (1887โ1975), French poet and diplomat St John Philby (1885โ1960), British civil servant and explorer in Arabia
Weird. I never would have guessed anyone was named that.