New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesRe: MARIPOSA ("butterfly") as a given name
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
In Spanish America, I've never heard of a girl named "Mariposa" and I guess that is what happens with "farfalla" (italian) and "papillon" (french). Nevertheless, you never know...
1
Replies
The Italian "farfalla" means "bow tie" as well as "butterfly", which probably killed any chance of the word getting used as a name after bow ties were introduced!
This message was edited 1/2/2007, 1:13 AM
1