pwbbounce (moderator) said on May 11, 2006 13:55:

I always thought that Per was a swedish version of Peter/Pierre??

goetz said on May 15, 2006 16:22:

If “Per” really comes from Peter (no doubt about that as far as I can imagine), than its origin is Petrus and means “stone”. Not mentally or physically slow but constant and reliable.
As always: correct me if I‘m wrong. My knowledge is just a schooldays-leftover.

sweetcheeks said on May 16, 2006 06:44:

Thank you!
Indeed a strange name...

tevensso (moderator) said on May 16, 2006 07:34:

Where does the mountain info come from? I can’t find that anywhere?

Kathrin said on May 16, 2006 19:50:

If I would ever have kids, I would name them Per and Marie

Santi said on May 19, 2006 08:20:

Where did you get from that Marie means that and is of French origin?? :O

Marie is a Hebrew name, Jesus’ mother was called that (and that is why is popular) and there was not such a thing as “France” by then. The only French connection of Marie is that is the French version of Maria / Mary...
They all derive from Hebrew name “Miryam” which means either “wished for child”, “bitter” or “rebellious”.

sweetcheeks said on May 19, 2006 11:07:

I just checked on
www.jivebabynames.com
and they also say French.............and English and Hebrew is the origin, but according to them, the meaning is ’bitter’.

sweetcheeks said on May 19, 2006 11:17:

I just found Per’s name at jivebaby.....

And, yes it means ’A rock’ and yes it is from ’German’ origin and yes it is a form of ’Peter’. ;-)))

Santi said on May 19, 2006 13:26:

Btw, I checked the site you said and it’s plain wrong. i did it for my own name, of which I know very well the etimology, and it’s not right. You shouldn’t trust much these sites.

For mine “Santiago”, it says that it means “Saint James”. This is not true, it means “Saint Jacob” by means of “Sancti-Iacobus” which is latin, which comes from the greek name “Iacobus” which is the name of two mates of Christ in the bible in hebrew (so it all comes to be hebrew ). What your site says is that in Spanish James is said “Diego” and Santiago comes from “San Diego” meaning it “Saint James”. While Diego is Spanish as well it doesn’t relate to the other names the way they said, it derives all from Latin Iacobus (Hebrew “Jacob”) thru the name “Yago”. Anyway, it’s not quite right.

For Marie, it clearly states that is the “French variant of Mary” (mind the word VARIANT, which is the most important even if not highlighted), being according to
them “Mary” a Latin name meaning something that has to do with the sea... I guess they relate it to “Mare” which means sea in Latin. But I doubt this, since in Jerusalem, despite being under Roman rule, latin was not spoken, that people from there (like the Virgin Mary) would adopt a roman name just like that... If you read a bit further it says exactly the three meanings I gave you relating the name to Hebrew Miryam, which is the most probable case

Check it out here: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Maria

You shouldn’t trust these sites much. It goes well that Mare means “sea” as they say, but how “ee” came to mean “star” according to them is something that still puzzles me. Cheap etimology works like this, they can make you believe whatever if you’re not especially careful and know a bit about languages (btw, I studied Latin at high school... like every other Spaniard).

Anyway, I still remember I read once in one of these sites about a name I know, that is Milena (the name of a good friend of mine and of one of my fav singers, Mylène Farmer). You know, the singer is Canadian from Quebec. So the site said this name (Milena) is French’s short for “Marie Helene”, which nearly made me laugh! :D
While Mylène Farmer is actually called Marie Helène Gauthier in real life, it is also true that she adopted Mylène as a nickname. Milena is in fact a Slavonic name, femenine of Milen and Milan, that comes from “Mil” which in Slavonic languages means “nice”.

I just tell you as an example of what cheap etimology and lack of languages knowledge can do. Be alert when it comes to this, on the internet there is much information but there are no quality controls and therefore there are many lies as well.

Sparvogamarie said on May 20, 2006 07:21:

Wow, never argue with Santi cos he really does his homework. My name is Marie and when I look it up it usually says it’s the French derivative of Mary. I’ve read different meanings for it but usually it’s “Much longed for child.” The baby name websites seem to think it means bitter sea. Pff, much longed for sounds a lot nicer than bitter!

Josefin’s first name is really Inez after Marie’s mother, but no idea where the Josefin came from! Anyone know Micke’s mother’s name? I always wondered if Oscar is named after the perfume...I’ve heard of people naming their kids after the perfume they were wearing when they met the baby’s father. I wonder if Marie was wearing Oscar Delarente in Sydney 91? ;)

Santi said on May 25, 2006 07:43:

Never mind, it was nice to look that up! :D ;)