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Names, First and Last
Re Baldomero, here's what it says in the Oxford Dictionary of First Names (which I have handy):
Spanish: from a Germanic (Frankish) personal name composed of the elements bald bold, brave + mari, meri famous. This name was borne by a 7th-century saint from Lyons, patron of locksmiths.
Though they share a component, it's not a cognate of Vladimir, which comes from Slavonic volod rule + meri great, famous.
Re last names, who knew str8 cared so much? I didn't change mine--there didn't seem to be much benefit to trading one boring Scandinavian patronymic for another--but I might have if I'd married someone with a really cool last name. Someone I grew up with, last name Hoffman, married a guy named Wolfgang Smith. He took her name--wouldn't you have?
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