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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 22:55:36 -0300 FFlores <fflores@...> writes:
>As for me, my surname is plain Spanish ('flowers') and my given names
>are
>both from Hebrew (I think). AFAIK Pablo means 'little' and David means
>'loved'. Steg, can you help me? In Drasel=E9q the literal translation
>would
>be (surname first) S=ECnth Dhit Tursan. Anyway the custom is to use
>the father's
>name before, which would be Arnoldo (very rare name). Where does that
>come from?
>--Pablo Flores
Pablo (=Paul) is Latin.
David is from Hebrew, and it does mean "loved".  It's an adjective from
the root DVD, where the word _dod_ "uncle / beloved" also comes from, as
well as _yedid_, "friend".


-Stephen (Steg)

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