Many Spanish given names honor the Virgin Mary. Girls are frequently given the name Maria or Maria followed by a suffix name and boys are sometimes given the name Maria as a middle name. Girls with Marian composite names may use the suffix portion of their name as their main informal name.
Anderson Cooper, blue suit, pictured with brother Carter and mom Gloria Vanderbilt in 1979 and, right, Cooper and his mom together in 2010. .@ARTonAIR extraordinary. This is the first time I am hearing my father' voice since I was ten years old.
Anderson Cooper hears the voice of his actor father who died when the CNN host was just 10 for the first time in 30 years after recording of radio show was posted online. Anderson Cooper has tweeted his amazement at hearing his late father's voice for the first time in more than 30 years after a recording of a 1970s radio show was posted online.