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* The names in ''[[Webcomic/Homestuck]]''.
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* The names in ''Webcomic/Homestuck''.
*** The post-scratch counterpart of John is [[DistaffCounterpart named Jane]].
*** 'Lalonde' may be a play on Jérôme Lalande, who was known for being a writer and an astronomer, just like Rose's post-scratch self was.
*** 'Roxy' is short for 'Roxanne' which means 'Bright' or 'Star', an inversion of her aspect, Void, which has to deal with the dark and nothingness.
*** Dave's post-scratch counterpart is named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Dirk]].
*** 'Jade' is a semi-precious green stone, tying in to her Earth and green theme.
** Mostly the ones of the trolls:
** 'Aradia' was a witch goddess, and 'Damara' is a breed of sheep. 'Megido' is derived from 'Armageddon'; or 'Meido'.
** 'Tavros' is greek for 'Taurus', and 'Rufioh' comes frome 'YuGiOh'. 'Nitram' is the reverse for 'Martin'.
** 'Sollux' and 'Captor' are 'Pollux and Castor' with the S and P reversed. 'Mituna' is short for the Sanskrite name 'Mithuna'.
** 'Karkat' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Karkata', and 'Kankri' comes evidenly from 'Cancer'. 'Vantas' is a cancer treatment.
** 'Nepeta' comes from the Latin name for catnip, and 'Meulin' sounds like Merlin, referencing her title as a Mage. 'Leijon' is Swedish for 'Lion'.
** 'Kanaya' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Kanya', and 'Porrim' is a star in the Virgo constellation. 'Maryam' references the virgin Mary.
** 'Terezi' is Albaneze for 'Scales', and 'Latula' comes from the Sanskrite name Tula. 'Pyrope' comes from a red pyralspite stone.
** 'Vriska' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Vrschika', and 'Aranea' comes from 'Arachnid'. 'Serket' was an Egyptian scorpion goddess.
** 'Equius' comes from 'Equus', and 'Horuss' sounds like 'Horse'. 'Zahhak' rougly means: 'The one who has 10,000 horses'.
** 'Gamzee' comes from 'Gamze' (coquettish look), and 'Kurloz' comes from the Chinese pronouncation of the word 'Skeletons' (Kūlóu). 'Makara' was an Indian seagoat creature.
** 'Eridan' comes from 'Eridanus', and 'Cronus' from an ancient greek ruler. 'Ampora' is a greek vase Aquarius carries.
** 'Feferi' comes from the Latin name for cuttlefish, and 'Meenah' comes from the Meena caste of India, who claim to be descended from Matsya, the fish avatar of Vishnu, and the Sanskrite name 'Mina'. 'Peixes' is Portugese for 'Fish'.
*** The post-scratch counterpart of John is [[DistaffCounterpart named Jane]].
*** 'Lalonde' may be a play on Jérôme Lalande, who was known for being a writer and an astronomer, just like Rose's post-scratch self was.
*** 'Roxy' is short for 'Roxanne' which means 'Bright' or 'Star', an inversion of her aspect, Void, which has to deal with the dark and nothingness.
*** Dave's post-scratch counterpart is named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Dirk]].
*** 'Jade' is a semi-precious green stone, tying in to her Earth and green theme.
** Mostly the ones of the trolls:
** 'Aradia' was a witch goddess, and 'Damara' is a breed of sheep. 'Megido' is derived from 'Armageddon'; or 'Meido'.
** 'Tavros' is greek for 'Taurus', and 'Rufioh' comes frome 'YuGiOh'. 'Nitram' is the reverse for 'Martin'.
** 'Sollux' and 'Captor' are 'Pollux and Castor' with the S and P reversed. 'Mituna' is short for the Sanskrite name 'Mithuna'.
** 'Karkat' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Karkata', and 'Kankri' comes evidenly from 'Cancer'. 'Vantas' is a cancer treatment.
** 'Nepeta' comes from the Latin name for catnip, and 'Meulin' sounds like Merlin, referencing her title as a Mage. 'Leijon' is Swedish for 'Lion'.
** 'Kanaya' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Kanya', and 'Porrim' is a star in the Virgo constellation. 'Maryam' references the virgin Mary.
** 'Terezi' is Albaneze for 'Scales', and 'Latula' comes from the Sanskrite name Tula. 'Pyrope' comes from a red pyralspite stone.
** 'Vriska' comes from the Sanskrite name 'Vrschika', and 'Aranea' comes from 'Arachnid'. 'Serket' was an Egyptian scorpion goddess.
** 'Equius' comes from 'Equus', and 'Horuss' sounds like 'Horse'. 'Zahhak' rougly means: 'The one who has 10,000 horses'.
** 'Gamzee' comes from 'Gamze' (coquettish look), and 'Kurloz' comes from the Chinese pronouncation of the word 'Skeletons' (Kūlóu). 'Makara' was an Indian seagoat creature.
** 'Eridan' comes from 'Eridanus', and 'Cronus' from an ancient greek ruler. 'Ampora' is a greek vase Aquarius carries.
** 'Feferi' comes from the Latin name for cuttlefish, and 'Meenah' comes from the Meena caste of India, who claim to be descended from Matsya, the fish avatar of Vishnu, and the Sanskrite name 'Mina'. 'Peixes' is Portugese for 'Fish'.
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* Franchise/{{LEGO}} at one point caused quite a controversy for trying to trademark words from the Maori language as ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'' names. These included Tohunga (craftsman, name of the resourceful villagers), Toa (champion, name of the heroes), Turaga (village chief), Kanohi (face, used as masks in ''BIONICLE''), and a collection of others. After the controversy, which had forced LEGO to change a few of these names (most famously Tohunga to Matoran), they began using made-up words, although the on-line games occasionally still took meaningful words from existing languages like Finnish, Egyptian, Hawaiian, Hungarian or Japanese -- however these weren't trademarked, and the few that were had to have their spellings changed. A lot of the made-up names also have clear meanings:
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* Franchise/{{LEGO}} at one point caused quite a controversy for trying to trademark words from the Maori language as ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'' ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' names. These included Tohunga (craftsman, name of the resourceful villagers), Toa (champion, name of the heroes), Turaga (village chief), Kanohi (face, used as masks in ''BIONICLE''), and a collection of others. After the controversy, which had forced LEGO to change a few of these names (most famously Tohunga to Matoran), they began using made-up words, although the on-line games occasionally still took meaningful words from existing languages like Finnish, Egyptian, Hawaiian, Hungarian or Japanese -- however these weren't trademarked, and the few that were had to have their spellings changed. A lot of the made-up names also have clear meanings:
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* Almost everyone in ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'' has a name related to their power set. Seaweed, Lady Nim, Petunia, Professor Purple....
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* Mock, from ''Wecomic/OneOverZero'', turns out to be an adept shape-shifter.
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* [[http://zeropercentdiscountcomic.tumblr.com/post/77021086539 Creative Retort Man]] from ''Webcomic/ZeroPercentDiscount''.
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** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100316 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
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Often, the characters in-universe are completely unaware that a name has any meaning, and act as if the name was just like any other. If this is the case, the name is a sort of UnusuallyUninterestingSight. This can be PlayedForLaughs when the characters are ComicallyMissingThePoint.
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Often, the characters in-universe are completely unaware that a name has any meaning, and act as if the name was just like any other. If this is the case, the name is a sort of UnusuallyUninterestingSight. This can be PlayedForLaughs when the characters are ComicallyMissingThePoint.
ComicallyMissingThePoint, or alternatively, can become a ChekhovsGun if the name turned out to be an important plot device.
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** Aqua Magna, the water planet
** Bota Magna, the jungle planet: botanics
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planet (literally means "great/powerful water")
** Bota Magna, the jungleplanet: botanicsplanet
** Solis magna, Bara magna's sun - Literally, "great sun"
** Bota Magna, the jungle
** Solis magna, Bara magna's sun - Literally, "great sun"
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As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jäger, or the phonetic Yeager); the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk) or a translation of that (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf); or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolname.
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As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jäger, or the phonetic Yeager); the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk) or a translation of that (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf); or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolname.
AwesomeMcCoolName.
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*** Kalmah: calamaricalamari ("kalmah" is also a Karelian word roughly meaning "to the grave")
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*** Antroz: ''Antrozous pallidus'' or pallid bat, a bat-themed villain
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** Icarax: Icarus -- in the sense that he liked to aim too high, not that his wings stopped working
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* Franchise/{{LEGO}} at one point caused quite a controversy for trying to trademark words from the Maori language as ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'' names. These included Tohunga (craftsman, name of the resourceful villagers), Toa (champion, name of the heroes), Turaga (village chief), Kanohi (face, used as masks in ''BIONICLE''), and a collection of others. After the controversy, which had forced LEGO to change a few of these names (most famously Tohunga to Matoran), they began using made-up words, although the on-line games occasionally still took meaningful words from existing languages like Finnish, Egyptian, Hawaiian, Hungarian or Japanese -- however these weren't trademarked, and the few that were had to have their spellings changed. A lot of the made-up names also have clear meanings:
** Axonn: carries a mighty ax
** Brutaka: a brutal brute
** Barraki: undersea mutants, named after barracuda:
*** Kalmah: calamari
*** Ehlek: eel
*** Mantax: manta ray
*** Carapar: crab with a carapace
** Hydraxon and Hydruka: in reference to the underwater setting
** Spinax: a spiny creature
** the Phantoka Makuta have bat-themed names:
*** Antroz: ''Antrozous pallidus'' or pallid bat, a bat-themed villain
*** Chirox and his Matoran partner Kirop: chiroptera, the order of the bats
*** Vamprah: vampire
** most of the Light and Shadow Matoran have light-based names:
*** Tanma: tan
*** Radiak: radiation
*** Photok: photon
*** Solek: Sol, or Sun
** Vultraz, an evil Matoran manning a black-and-gray jet: vulture
** Mistika: fighters in the mist
** Bitil, a Makuta suffering ModeLock as an insect: beetle
** Mutran, a Makuta specializing in [[{{Portmanteau}} mutations and transformations]]
** Ignika, a mask used to re-ignite the life of Mata Nui
** Voya Nui, a floating island: voyage
** Karda Nui, Mata Nui's heart-chamber: cardiac
** Rockoh: a jet operated by Pohatu, a Stone-element character
** Jetrax: another jet
** Axalara: accelerate
** Umbra: real Latin name that has the same meaning in-universe, darkest part of a shadow. Actually a deceptive name, since he has light-powers
** Skirmix: a steed used in skirmishes
** Fero: a ferocious bandit
** Boxor: a mech that punches
** Bara Magna, the desert planet: from "barren"
** Aqua Magna, the water planet
** Bota Magna, the jungle planet: botanics
** a lot of elemental suffixes are meaningful:
*** Ba-: gravity, from the Greek baros (weight)
*** Bo-: green, again from botanics
*** Ce-: psionics, from cerebrum (brain)
*** De-: sonics, from decibel
*** Fa-: magnetism, from Michael ''Fa''raday, who studued electromagnetism
*** Fe-: iron
*** Su-: plasma, from ''su''perheating (kind of a stretch, but that's the official explanation)
** And of course almost ''all'' the names have their own in-universe meanings in the fictional ''BIONICLE'' languages
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Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, PropheticNames, StevenUlyssesPerhero, TheyCallHimSword. If the name is explicitly a description, it's a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, which is about names indicating being a {{Badass}} and heavily overlaps with this trope, and PunnyName, which many of these names fall into as well. If it's just the initials that are meaningful, you have a SignificantMonogram. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also MeaningfulRename, for when the name is changed to something significant after the fact.
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When additions or alterations to names signify stronger versions of said beings, that's TieredByName. If the name is explicitly a description, it's a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. If it's just the initials that are meaningful, you have a SignificantMonogram.
Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, PropheticNames, StevenUlyssesPerhero, TheyCallHimSword.If the name is explicitly a description, it's a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way.Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, which is about names indicating being a {{Badass}} and heavily overlaps with this trope, and PunnyName, which many of these names fall into as well. If it's just the initials that are meaningful, you have a SignificantMonogram. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also MeaningfulRename, for when the name is changed to something significant after the fact. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way.
Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, PropheticNames, StevenUlyssesPerhero, TheyCallHimSword.
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* ''{{Garfield}}'': [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100316 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
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* ''{{Garfield}}'': In a very early strip, Odie had an "accident" inside the house and is punished by Lyman. Garfield snarks that they should have called him "Spot" instead. ([[MythologyGag That was going to be the name of Odie]], but it was changed due to there being a dog called that in the comic strip ''Boner's Ark''.)
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100316 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100316 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
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* ''{{Garfield}}'': [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100316 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
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Often, the characters in-universe are completely unaware that a name has any meaning, and act as if the name was just like any other. If this is the case, the name is a sort of UnusuallyUninterestingSight. This can be PlayedForLaughs when the characters are ComicallyMissingThePoint.
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Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, PropheticNames, StevenUlyssesPerhero, TheyCallHimSword. If the name is explicitly a description, it's a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, which is about names indicating being a {{Badass}} and heavily overlaps with this trope, and PunnyName, which many of these names fall into as well. If it's just the initials that are meaningful, you have a SignificantMonogram. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName.
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Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, PropheticNames, StevenUlyssesPerhero, TheyCallHimSword. If the name is explicitly a description, it's a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, which is about names indicating being a {{Badass}} and heavily overlaps with this trope, and PunnyName, which many of these names fall into as well. If it's just the initials that are meaningful, you have a SignificantMonogram. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also MeaningfulRename, for when the name is changed to something significant after the fact.
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As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jager, or the phonetic Yeager); the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk) or a translation of that (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf); or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolname.
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As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jager, (Jäger, or the phonetic Yeager); the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk) or a translation of that (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf); or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolname.
