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Cece Beck (Thunder) was named after C.C.Beck, an artist who worked on Captain Marvel.
Dawnstar's Latin name is Aurora Stella, which sounds like something my grandaunt would have named her daughter.
Lyle (French origin) means island. Garth (Norse) means enclosed garden. Drake (English) means snake/dragon. Dirk (Germanic) is ruler of the people. Nura (Aramaic) means light. Ayla (Hebrew) means oak tree.
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"Rokk Krin" is not that ludicrous a name, really. "Rokk" could easily be a variant of "Rock" and "Krin" appears to be of Dutch origin, though I've not been able to find a meaning for it.
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Can't find anything for "Tellus" or "Quislet". Quislet I don't mind, since it's kinda cool to say. Tellus always felt kinda clunky to me, though.
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Jan is, of course, a Dutch/Nordic version of John, while Arrah is an Eastern European (Greek/Armenian) name.
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quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Can't find anything for "Tellus" or "Quislet". Quislet I don't mind, since it's kinda cool to say. Tellus always felt kinda clunky to me, though.
Tellus = "Tell Us"!
His real name, Ganglios, is Spanish for "Ganglion".
"Quislet" evokes "Quisling" (was he intended as a traitor?) and "Quixotic" (as in "romantic beyond all thought of pragmatism," after Don Quixote).
And I'm amazed you didn't mention that "Zoe" means "life"
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Lyle (French origin) means island. Garth (Norse) means enclosed garden. Drake (English) means snake/dragon. Dirk (Germanic) is ruler of the people. Nura (Aramaic) means light. Ayla (Hebrew) means oak tree.
Fascinating info! I had no idea that Nura and Ayla were real names.
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quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: "Rokk Krin" is not that ludicrous a name, really. "Rokk" could easily be a variant of "Rock" and "Krin" appears to be of Dutch origin, though I've not been able to find a meaning for it.
Yes, which makes me think that Rokk might be the Braalian equivalent of Peter (Peter = rock, e.g. Peter as the "rock" upon which the Christian church was founded), which suggests a possible religious or faith background in Cos's family.
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I always assumed "Rokk" was meant to invoke "Rock Hudson".
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His real name, Ganglios, is Spanish for "Ganglion".
"Ganglios" always made me think of "gangrene". Now I know why.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I always assumed "Rokk" was meant to invoke "Rock Hudson".
Me, too. Or "Rick" perhaps. (Which means that "flaccid cumquat" could apply to . . . well, never mind. )
Though, as I think about it, I really like Rokk=Peter. After all, Cos was the "rock" of the Legion.
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I still think it would be cool if they connected him to Capt. Rock Braddon.
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Imra seems to be a variation of Irma, which according to Behind Baby Names is Germanic for "whole, universal".
Another possible origin is Imre, a Hungarian masculine name derived from an 11th century Hungarian saint.
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Couldn't find anything resembling "Tenzil" but "Kem" is similar to "Cem," which is Turkish for "ruler"--fitting since Tenz became Prez of Bismoll.
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It's also similar to "Kim", the most common last name in Korea, which apparently means "gold".
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