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The names don't have obvious meaning in English but they did in their original languages. Simon is a Hebrew name from the torah and means "he who hears". Peter comes from Petros, the Greek translation of Cephas, the original Aramaic name Jesus gave him and means "rock". So Jesus gave a Jewish guy with a Hebrew name an Aramaic (nick)name because Jesus saw him as the rock (foundation) of his church.
Now everything make sense. In spanish, "Peter" is "Pedro", that sounds like "Piedra", that means "Rock"
omg, in french Peter is translated to Pierre which also means "rock"! i always assumed that was a coincidence
See also 'petrify' (make into rock) and 'petroleum' (rock fat)
The female for "Pedro" is "Petra", what make it more obvious, and also "Petronila" is a woman name, that comes from "Petroleum"
I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum
"The name's Diesel now"
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
I take it back, that’s a cool tradition
Yeah, his name was Simeon bar Jonah, Simon, son of Jonah, or by modern style, Simon Johnson. Then Jesus pops up and starts calling him the Rock... Simon the Rock Johnson. (also fun gravy, Dwayne means fishhook)
I thought Dwayne meant pipe?
Matthew 16:18
BTW I know this one because of Angels & Demons.
You can see them too?
Similarly Platos name means broad, which was because he was a wrestler and kept up his physique. It also spawned a joke I'm fond of.
Diogenes wanders into Platos academy and says "Broadly speaking-" To which Plato responds "Yes I was now shut up"
also couldn't the term mean "jacked" basically? like Plato= Daddy Swole essentially
Fuck you for this acursed comment.
Is this the time Plato threw Diogenes off the top of Hell In A Cell and through the announcer’s table?
i was once taught by a guy named Pete Rock and he was the first to tell you that his name means Rock Rock lol
I am amazed that the name "Pierre" (also french for stone) litterally comes from the greek for "rock"
Rome and it's consequences