What's in a Name?

Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin, of the Master and Commander historic novel series, ar particular friends with very different backgrounds and views of the world, this counterpoint adding great interest to the story. But they do have things in commmon, including their love of music. Their cello/violin duos contribute to their special bond. Their surnames have things in common, too.

AUBREY has French origin, a phoentic mutation of Aberic, germanic, which means "Fiar Ruler of Little People".  It comes to England through Anglo-Saxony (French Norman).

MATURIN is said to have French roots, through a saint who lived in the 4th Century, St. Mathurin, who explored the banks of the Guaraniche River in Venezuela.

Funny that the British so hated the French and were at war against the French during the 18th Century!