Latin Origin
Victoria Guzman's daughter
Last name
Meaning: flower
Flor
Character that is murdered
First Name
Meaning: Saint James
Santiago
The mother of the returned bride
First name
Meaning: pure
Pura
Santiago's father; Arabic immigrant
Last name
Arabic Origin
Meaning: childhood home of Jesus; help/support
Nasar
Clothide Armenta's husband; owner of the milk shop/bar
First name
Scottish Origin
Meaning: honorific suffix; world ruler
Don
Narrator's sister
First name
Meaning: pearl
Margot
Santiago's friend
First name
Meaning: Christ
Cristo
A defeated colonel
Last name
Meaning: one who frequently says good dayBuenda
Town madame
Last name
Jewish Origin
Meaning: the servant of the Lord
Cervantes
Wife of Don Rogelio de la Flor
French Origin
First name
Meaning: heroine
Clotilde
Bayardo's returned wife
First name
Meaning: messenger of God
Angela
Family with a set of twin boys
Last name
Meaning: denotes a representative of the bishop
Vicario
Vicario twins' father; blind man
First name
Meaning: having come from the sea
Poncio
Santiago's father
First name
Arabic Origin
Meaning: father of many
Ibrahim
Bayardo San Roman's father
First name
Latin Origin
Meaning: rock
Petronio
Santiago's mother
First name
Meaning: tranquil
Placida
The bishop
Last name
Meaning: lover of God
Amador
The man who fails to prevent Santiago's murder
Last name
Meaning: powerful
Aponte
The woman who met Bayardo San Roman on the boat he came to Colombia on
Last name
English Origin
Meaning: the olive tree
Oliver
Woman who met Bayardo on the boat he came to Colombia on
First name
Czechoslovakian Origin
Meaning: woman from Magdala; biblical name- Mary Magdalene
Magdalena
Town madame
First name
Meaning: sea of bitterness/sorrow; rebellion
Maria
On her way to warn Placida about Santiago's murder, she is told that Santiago has already been killed.
First name
Meaning: renowned warrior
Luisa
Narrator's wife
First name
Meaning: Mary of mercies
Mercedes
The man who warns Santiago about the murder
Last name
Jewish Origin
Meaning: the one closet to God; responsible for carrying out God's judgement
Miguel
Narrator's last name
Last name
Spanish Origin
Meaning: powerful ruler of the home
Enrique