Lore: Why does Johnny Sonata recognize the name "Eve Salvatore?"

[Zhym]

In one of the Valentine's Day tip missions, you can misdeliver a valentine from Desdemona (Eve Salvatore) to Johnny Sonata.  When you do, he says, "Somethin' about her is familiar though... Salvatore... Eve... Eve... why is that name so familiar?"

 

Okay, I give up.  Why would that name be familiar to him?

[ForeverLaxx]

Only thing I can come up with is that he has ties to the Family, Arachnos, and sold his soul to a demon that the Circle had locked up somewhere. Eve's boyfriend (ex, really, since her demon killed him) was a Family contact and he could have heard about her through him somehow. Ghost Widow took interest in Eve after she killed her boyfriend so he could have heard about her through his Arachnos channels. It's also possible he just heard about her organically as she started getting big in the Isles, which is what led to her boyfriend becoming jealous and attacking her, leading to his death.

 

The demon he made a deal with could have been the same demon that killed Eve's mother, the original Desdemona, since they had it shackled and hidden away. All of his missions have something to do with demons and mysticism in general since he's trying to get out of his contract so it's possible he just came across her or heard about her since she's a powerful Demon Summoner.

 

I couldn't find any direct link, though. Just circumstantial links and speculation.