Comments on: What’s in a (Spanish) Name? http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Howard http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm/comment-page-2#comment-128957 Howard Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:51:29 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm#comment-128957 That's cute about Pepe standing for "Padre Putativo," but I'm sure it's not true. Jose comes from the Latin Josephus (from Hebrew Yosef) so I'm sure there was some intermediate stage when people were called Josepo or Josepe or something like that. (Ph was pronounced more or less like p in Latin.) As for Nancy, a lot of English names were originally nicknames (Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Betty, Elise etc. for Elizabeth) so you have to go back to the original. I think Nancy is a nickname for Anne (Hebrew Hannah), which is Anna in Spanish. That’s cute about Pepe standing for “Padre Putativo,” but I’m sure it’s not true. Jose comes from the Latin Josephus (from Hebrew Yosef) so I’m sure there was some intermediate stage when people were called Josepo or Josepe or something like that. (Ph was pronounced more or less like p in Latin.)

As for Nancy, a lot of English names were originally nicknames (Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Betty, Elise etc. for Elizabeth) so you have to go back to the original. I think Nancy is a nickname for Anne (Hebrew Hannah), which is Anna in Spanish.

]]> By: B'zZZzz. http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm/comment-page-2#comment-128887 B'zZZzz. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:12:03 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm#comment-128887 My half brother's name is Humberto and my family calls him beto. My half brother’s name is Humberto and my family calls him beto.

]]> By: Abhishek http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm/comment-page-2#comment-114236 Abhishek Sat, 22 May 2010 04:08:40 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm#comment-114236 actually i liked Spanish languae but haven't learned it yet and i want to know my name in Spanish version. actually i liked Spanish languae but haven’t learned it yet and i want to know my name in Spanish version.

]]> By: Abhishek http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm/comment-page-2#comment-114235 Abhishek Sat, 22 May 2010 04:02:36 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm#comment-114235 actually i liked the Spanish language and wanted to know my name in Spanish version. actually i liked the Spanish language and wanted to know my name in Spanish version.

]]> By: TheresaJPadilla http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm/comment-page-2#comment-112489 TheresaJPadilla Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:53:57 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/culture/spanish-names.htm#comment-112489 I lOVE MY HERITAGE. I HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.I AM 100% PURE PADILLA. MY FATHER WAS FROM MEXICO, ZACATECAS. MY MOTHER FROMMBARCELONA, SPAIN. THEREFORE. MY LITTLE HISTORY IS GRAND. CUZ MY MOTHERS MAIDEN WAS ALSO PADILLA. THEREFORE MAKES ME A100% PADILLA. AND A LITTLE MORE BIT OF HISTORY. THERES A BARRIO, IN ALBUQUERQUE,NEW MEXICO. (CALLED LOS PADILLAS). WHICH MY GREAT GRANDFATHER FROM MY MOTHERS SIDE FOUNDED. AND THATS WHERE I AM FROM. BOTHE BEST WORLDS. AND100% PURE PADILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lOVE MY HERITAGE. I HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.I AM 100% PURE PADILLA. MY FATHER WAS FROM MEXICO, ZACATECAS. MY MOTHER FROMMBARCELONA, SPAIN. THEREFORE. MY LITTLE HISTORY IS GRAND. CUZ MY MOTHERS MAIDEN WAS ALSO PADILLA. THEREFORE MAKES ME A100% PADILLA. AND A LITTLE MORE BIT OF HISTORY. THERES A BARRIO, IN ALBUQUERQUE,NEW MEXICO. (CALLED LOS PADILLAS). WHICH MY GREAT GRANDFATHER FROM MY MOTHERS SIDE FOUNDED. AND THATS WHERE I AM FROM. BOTHE BEST WORLDS. AND100% PURE PADILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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