On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, lazarus wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:26:25 -0400, someone wrote: > > >> > >> Somewhat off-topic here: > >> > >> How did the name Hector, originally that of a Trojan hero in a Greek > >> epic, become popular in the Hispanic culture? > > > >http://www.hispanicnames.com/history.asp > > > > Thank you! My wife had theorised that was the case, but I wasn't > sure. "The Basques gave themselves names like, Guzman (good man), Esquivel (behind a rock), Chapa (oak tree), Zavala (width)." I can understand the name Petros/Pedro/Peter/ - "rock" - but "behind a rock"? (Ok, "beneath a rock" would be worse.) And Mr. Width strikes me as odd.