Peter Pan 的詞源

彼得·潘是 J·M·巴里的戲劇《彼得·潘或不願長大的男孩》（1904）中男孩英雄的名字，最初出現在巴里的《小白鳥》（1902）中。從1914年開始，被用來暗示一個不成熟的成年男子（由 G.B.肖引用，指德皇威廉二世）。

Well, Peter Pan got out by the window, which had no bars. Standing on the ledge he could see trees far away, which were doubtless the Kensington Gardens, and the moment he saw them he entirely forgot that he was now a little boy in a nightgown, and away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens. It is wonderful that he could fly without wings, but the place itched tremendously, and, perhaps we could all fly if we were as dead-confident-sure of our capacity to do it as was bold Peter Pan that evening. [Barrie, "The Little White Bird"]

“彼得·潘從沒有柵欄的窗戶爬了出去。站在窗臺上，他可以看到遠處的樹，那肯定是肯辛頓花園，他一看到它們就完全忘記了他現在是一個穿着睡衣的小男孩，然後他飛走了，直接飛過房子到了花園。他能在沒有翅膀的情況下飛行真是太神奇了，但那個地方非常癢，也許如果我們像大膽的彼得·潘那天晚上那樣對自己的能力充滿信心，我們也可以飛行。” [巴里，《小白鳥》]