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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Now everything make sense. In spanish, "Peter" is "Pedro", that sounds like "Piedra", that means "Rock"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 weeks ago

omg, in french Peter is translated to Pierre which also means "rock"! i always assumed that was a coincidence

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

See also 'petrify' (make into rock) and 'petroleum' (rock fat)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The female for "Pedro" is "Petra", what make it more obvious, and also "Petronila" is a woman name, that comes from "Petroleum"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

"The name's Diesel now"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Late XX century in Mexico, were pretty common name your child based in their born date. So, there are so much woman called "Petronila" because were born in March 18th

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I take it back, that’s a cool tradition