Message: "Caillou" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Caillou

by LMS

9/13/2006, 3:31 PM

Do any of you remember that television show for children with the little boy named Caillou? I have looked for the name to see if it is legit and has a history, but I can't seem to find it in any databases. Can anyone help me with the meaning, history, etc.? I don't know the ethnic background but I am pretty sure that the gender is male, although there could be a female version I just don't know.

#Caillou

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- morfydd

9/15/2006, 6:21 AM

I failed to make the obvious point that Pierre, the French equivalent of Peter (and this was a French language series, I believe) is also the common and garden word for stone. If this character was seen as a small version of Pierre, then Caillou (pebble) would be a predictable nickname.

- Claire (guest) +7

9/13/2006, 3:36 PM

Caillou is "little stone" in French. It isn't a name, just a common word.

- Anneza +6

9/13/2006, 10:50 PM

In other words, Rocky?

- Pavlos +4

9/14/2006, 5:00 AM

Actually, "Pebbles" would be a closer translation ;)

- Anneza +2

9/14/2006, 10:31 PM

Ah, but Pebbles Flintstone - the cute toddler with a bone in her hair - is a girl, and Caillou appears to be a boy.

As for Petros, in Morfydd's post, I used to pat myself on the back for naming my son Peter when he was in his heavy metal teenage phase. Rock, for sure!

- Pavlos +1

9/15/2006, 2:25 AM

Names that gather no moss ;)

- Lillian (LillianAMS)

9/16/2006, 1:26 AM

*LOL*

~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon

- morfydd

9/14/2006, 7:38 AM

I agree that Pebble would be a closer translation, but at the same time it occurs to me that the whole idea could be derived from Petros, or Peter, meaning a rock. He could be a small version of Peter!

- Chrisell

9/13/2006, 11:15 PM

Lol

♦ Chrisell ♦

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