Peter Pan

[nq:1]Could someone tell me something about the etymology of the name "Peter Pan" (both parts).[/nq]
1. Proper names may have sources but do nothave etymologies in the way common nouns do:
e.g. the name Wendy did not exist until proposed
by author James Barrie in the play Peter Pan.

2. Peter Pan was the name invented by Barrie for hisplay Peter Pan a century ago. The name Pan

[nq:1]Could someone tell me something about the etymology of the name "Peter Pan" (both parts).[/nq]
Well, Peter is the English version of Petros and similar names, deriving from the Greek for "rock". Pan is the Greek deity, relatively minor until popularised by the English Romantics in the nineteenth century, usually considered the *** of nature, fertility, and running around chasing nymphs,

[nq:2]Could someone tell me something about the etymology of the name "Peter Pan" (both parts).[/nq]
[nq:1]1. Proper names may have sources but do not have etymologies in the way common nouns do: e.g. the name Wendy did not exist until proposed by author James Barrie in the play Peter Pan. [/nq]

[nq:1]1. Proper names may have sources but do not have etymologies in the way common nouns do: e.g. the name Wendy did not exist until proposed by author James Barrie in the play Peter Pan.[/nq]
Really? Not even as a diminutive of Gwendolyn?

Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://oakroadsys

[nq:2]Could someone tell me something about the etymology of the name "Peter Pan" (both parts).[/nq]
[nq:1]1. Proper names may have sources but do not have etymologies in the way common nouns do: e.g. the name ... goat-*** of the ancient Greeks) and the two P sounds of Peter Pan are specially euphonious to the English ear.[/nq]
The current movie Finding Neverland suggests that the name of

[nq:2]Could someone tell me something about the etymology of the name "Peter Pan" (both parts).[/nq]
[nq:1]1. Proper names may have sources but do not have etymologies in the way common nouns do: e.g. the name ... goat-*** of the ancient Greeks) and the two P sounds of Peter Pan are specially euphonious to the English ear.[/nq]
Barrie didn't introduce the character of Peter Pan in the play

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[nq:1]The current movie Finding Neverland suggests that the name of the Peter Pan character was inspired by a child Barrie knew named (= BrE "called") Peter, but I don't think the story is supposed to be factual.[/nq]
"In 1924 Gareth Hughes, an American actor who had appeared in a screen adaptation of Barrie's book Sentimental Tommy, bemoaned the fact that Peter Pan was to be

[nq:1]The current movie Finding Neverland suggests that the name of the Peter Pan character was inspired by a child Barrie knew named (= BrE "called") Peter, but I don't think the story is supposed to be factual.[/nq]
You appear to be under a misaprehension about the meaning of "named" and "called".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

[nq:1]Areff filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]The current movie Finding Neverland suggests that the ... I don't think the story is supposed to be factual.[/nq]
[nq:1]"In 1924 Gareth Hughes, an American actor who had appeared in a screen adaptation of Barrie's book Sentimental Tommy, bemoaned ... be a peterless Pan?' was his delicious bon mot, although his wit is probably largely lost on a British audienc

[nq:2]1. Proper names may have sources but do not have ... of Peter Pan are specially euphonious to the English ear.[/nq]
[nq:1]The current movie Finding Neverland suggests that the name of the Peter Pan character was inspired by a child Barrie knew named (= BrE "called") Peter, but I don't think the story is supposed to be factual.[/nq]
It *is* factual, though Peter Llewellyn-Davies was a