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 reveals brother Carter's suicide led him to seek out a job where he confronts death daily and that he and mom Gloria Vanderbilt stopped celebrating Christmas in the wake of his death. 1  Anderson Cooper talks about the 1988 suicide of his 23-year-old brother Carter Cooper in an emotional new interview. Carter jumped off the balcony of his mother Gloria Vanderbilt's apartment while she stood nearby trying to talk him off the ledge.