What's in a name?
mallisser explained “Regis Philbin’s full name is Regis Francis Xavier Philbin…
His parents, devout Catholics, named him Regis after Regis High School, an all boys Catholic high school in Manhattan. He was named Francis Xavier after Saint Francis Xavier, which also happens to be the name of another all boys Catholic high school in Manhattan…”
Funny adendum: Philbin’s father started at Regis HS (my alma mater), but was kicked out. Yet, he still made it the son’s namesake! The elder Philbin subsequently graduated from Cardinal Hayes in SoBro- where Regis later studied.
Random: some ne’er-do-well edited the previously correct parents’ names on Philbin’s Wikipedia page to Jacob and Julia. Go figure! I believe they were Florence and Frank.