 A variety of names have since been given to the Wandering Jew, including "Matathias", "Buttadeus", "Paul Marrane", and "Isaac Laquedem" which is a name for him in France and the Low Countries, in popular legend as well as in a novel by Dumas.The name "Buttadeus" ("Botadeo" in Italian; "Boutedieu" in French) most likely has its origin in a combination of the Vulgar Latin version of "batuere" ("to beat or strike") with the word for God, "deus".Sometimes this name is misinterpreted as "Votadeo", meaning "devoted to God", drawing similarities to the etymology of the name "Cartaphilus".