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.
Cooper's father and Vanderbilt's husband Wyatt Emory Cooper, who Vanderbilt still believes is the love of her life, died at a young age and Vanderbilt never married again. Anderson was only ten years old when his father died suddenly of heart failure.
Party time: Anderson Cooper, right, has been enjoying the post-Carnival activities in Rio with boyfriend Ben Maisani and Bravo's Andy Cohen, second right, as guests of beer company Devassa. Cooper, who is well known in Brazil, stopped for pictures with fans who promptly uploaded them to social networking websites.