Originally Posted By: carmela
Originally Posted By: Sonny_Black
According to this website the name Mariposa does exist in Italy, although it seems to be extremely rare.

http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo-viaggi-e-tradizioni-italia?cognome=mariposa&x=0&y=0


I only said it's not an Italian name and it's not. If someone were going to make a fictional Italian character, that wouldn't be the name to choose; at least it shouldn't be.

And according to that site, there's roughly hundreds of "Smith" in Italy, too.


So where does this name come from then? It does sound more Italian than any other language. We all know Smith is evidently not an Italian name.


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