History MeaningfulName / AceAttorney

* '''Athena Cykes'''. Her namesake was the goddess of the clear sky, but especially of defense, wisdom, and arts; pretty fitting for an intelligent defense attorney who knows martial arts. Her Japanese name consists of the words 'Hope Moon' (foreshadowing that her moon earring brings down the BigBad of ''Dual Destinies'') and 'Heart Sound' (which references her ability to listen to people's hearts, or rather, their hidden emotions). 'Cykes' also sounds like 'Psyche', which refers to her psychology degree.

* Byrne Faraday. Byrne? Gaelic for raven... fitting for a man who was part of the Yatagarasu, a thief group whose symbol was a raven.

* Klavier's name is German for 'piano', which is apt for a musician. 'Piano' also means 'soft/quiet sound', and Klavier is the least harsh prosecutor in the series.
* 'Guy Eldoon' is 'Noodle Guy' backwards, and he runs a noodle stand.
* Pal Meraktis the surgeon committed malpractice by failing to inform his clients of a botched surgical operation.
* Daryan Crescend's name comes from 'crescendo', and he's a musician as well as a detective.

* Ted Tonate (detonate) and Candice Arme (can disarm) are both police officers who deal with bombs.
* Athena Cykes. Her namesake was the goddess of the clear sky, but especially of defense, wisdom, and arts; pretty fitting for an intelligent defense attorney who knows martial arts. Her Japanese name consists of the words 'Hope Moon' (foreshadowing that her moon earring brings down the BigBad of ''Dual Destinies'') and 'Heart Sound' (which references her ability to listen to people's hearts, or rather, their hidden emotions). 'Cykes' also sounds like 'Psyche', which refers to her psychology degree.
* Juniper Woods has a strong plant/flower motif. It also sounds a little like 'Jupiter', connecting her to both Apollo and Athena having Graeco-Roman god names.
* Florent L'Belle's name is essentially 'Beautiful Flower' in [[EverythingsSexierInFrench French]]. Florent is a very flamboyant man obsessed with his looks.
* 'Damian Tenma' pretends to be a demon.
* Phineas Filch is a petty thief.
* Bobby Fulbright is named after a British slang term for a police officer, and he has a very bright disposition.

* Yuri Cosmos is named after the '''cosmo'''naut UsefulNotes/YuriGagarin.
* Aura Blackquill's Japanese name is Kaguya, after the legendary princess from the moon. Her name in English is another Greek goddess (personification of clear skies and breezes), and also the name of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(satellite) research satellite]].

* Roger Retinz, stage name Mr. Reus. Retinz = Ratings, as he's currently a media mogul, and 'Reus' is Latin for 'Guilty', as he's the case's culprit.
* Bonnie de Fame helped to 'defame' Trucy Wright by framing her for murder, though she was an UnwittingPawn.
* Bucky Whet/'Buckwheat' owns a noodle restaurant.
* 'A'hnon Imus' is a fake name for an anonymous individual with amnesia. When his true name is revealed, it's Datz Are'bal, 'That's a rebel', and he's a major figure in the Defiant Dragons revolution.

* Calisto Yew--Calisto is a butterfly, yew is a kind of poisonous plant, referring to the butterfly/flower symbols of Cohdopia. Also, 'Callous to you'.
* Quercus Alba's name in the Japanese version, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Carnage Onred]]. His English name ties in to the one of Colias Palaeno, as 'Quercus Alba' is an old oak, while 'Colias Palaeno' is a butterfly.

* Trying to count the meanings in '''Dahlia Hawthorne''' (''美柳 ちなみ, Miyanagi Chinami'')'s name would surely take a while, but the most important ones are the murder mystery ''Film/TheBlackDahlia'', ''Rappacchini's Daughter'' and the ''Hawthorne Effect'' (of which she's a perfect example). It also sounds like '[[FemmeFatale Delilah]]'. On top of that, in the language of flowers, red dahlias represent treachery. WordOfGod said her name was supposed to sound like one of those NamesToTrustImmediately.

* '''Trucy Wright/Gramarye''' (''成歩堂みぬき, Naruhodou Minuki'') is 'see through', which is what the Perceive system does. In fact, the Japanese name of the Perceive feature bears the verb form of her name (her name is a verb made into a name).

* His father '''Gregory Edgeworth''' had an English name that referred to ''To Kill A Mockingbird'' and a Japanese name that means '[[AwesomeMcCoolName sword of truth]]'

* Athena Cykes. Her namesake was the goddess of the clear sky, but especially of defense, wisdom, and arts; pretty fitting for an intelligent defense attorney who knows martial arts. Her Japanese name consists of the words 'Hope Moon' (foreshadowing that her moon earring brings down the BigBad of ''Dual Destinies'') and 'Heart Sound' (which references her ability to listen to people's hearts, or rather, their hidden emotions).

* '''Luke Atmey''' (''星威岳哀牙, Hoshiidake Aiga'') wants to be seen.

* '''Maya Fey''' (''綾里真宵, Ayasato Mayoi'') is named after the Buddhist concept of the illusion. Another reference can be found in the Maya of Greek mythology, the oldest and most beautiful of the Pleiads. Her Japanese name literally means 'true night' which the developers found fitting seen the initial circumstances of her debut case, but it is also homophonous for the word for 'lost' - complementing Mia's original name. Her family name is not that meaningful in Japanese (it simply sounds old-fashioned), but the word 'Fey' means "Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality.", or 'Close to death'.

* '''Frank Sahwit''' (''山野 星雄, Yamano Hoshio'') not only saw it, he did it. This is lampshaded in the game, that he should be called 'Frank Didit'. His Japanese name is a homophone for the culprit.