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  • It's a Spanish name. I knew a little boy named Cristobal. He was adorable.
  • MY SON IS NAMED CHRISTOBAL YOU ***** Lol just kidding, it is kindof a weird name.
  • Cristobal is the Spanish version of the name Christopher. Nothing crazy about that. And names for hurricanes, cyclones, etc., are predetermined by the World Meteorological Organization: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
  • "[W]hether he was actually Italian/Genoese [and therefore called Cristoforo Colombo], or instead Portuguese (nee Cristóvão Colon), Spanish (nee Cristóbal Colón), or Catalan (nee Cristòfor Colom), one thing is certain: he never called himself Christopher Columbus." Source and further information: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/10/06/columbus-colombo-colon-whats-in-a-name/
  • I think it's crazy that we're giving low pressure systems people names in the first place. They should have their own names.

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