the name of the characters...

what do you think about the name of the characters? for example, Vincent (Valentine) comes from the latin verb "vincere" (to defeat)!
Are you agree with the choice of their name, and why?

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Cloud Strife - not much to say here
Barret Wallace - original name was Bullet, which is self explanitory
Aerith Gainsborough - can be rearranged to spell 'I, earth'. Gainsborough is a small town in Lincolnshire.
Tifa Lockheart - possibly derived from 'Tiphereth', one of the ten sephirots that represented glory and beauty.
Red XIII, aka Nanaki - Nanaki is an anagram of Anakin (Skywalker). Another reference to Star Wars apart from Biggs and Wedge.
Cait Sith - not sure about this one
Cid Highwind - there's got to be a Cid, and this one just happens to have similar skills to Kain Highwind, and its the name of his airship.
Yuffie Kisaragi - I like the name, not sure of its meaning though
Vincent Valentine - you've covered that
Sephiroth - the sephirot are the ten attributes created by God through which he can project himself to the universe and man, much like what Sephiroth was doing from inside the Northern Crater. Good choice of name.

And now for the important characters....

Heidegger - I think it is taken from a German philosopher name Martin Heidegger....

Rufus - Might be named after William II (called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance). William II is pretty ruthless pretty much like Rufus.

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Originally Posted by ForestOwl

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Tifa Lockheart - possibly derived from 'Tiphereth',

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and here's me thinking it came from tiffany

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Originally Posted by forestowl

Red XIII, aka Nanaki - Nanaki is an anagram of Anakin (Skywalker). Another reference to Star Wars apart from Biggs and Wedge.

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nice one never noticed that reference. FF references are so cool!

there also somthing like Red XIII was the name of a rebel

isn't cait sith sorta a referrence to star wars too (sith)?

No, because it should be pronounced 'Shee'.

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Originally Posted by Maiyo_Yoem

and here's me thinking it came from tiffany

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Well actually both are wrong (unless of course the 'I' in 'Tiphereth' is pronounced with an 'e' sound). Tifa is pronounced 'Tee-fa'. Yes I do have back up. Ahem. The vowel 'I' in Japanease is pronounced as an 'e' sound. Also if the name was pronounced as Tiff - ah, then there would be two 'f's' to shorten the 'I' sound - Tiffa. So its definatly got nothing to do with having breakfast at Tiffany's....:D :D :D But it's definalty still possible the name came from 'Tiphereth' if the 'I' is an 'e' sound.

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Originally Posted by Slade

Well actually both are wrong (unless of course the 'I' in 'Tiphereth' is pronounced with an 'e' sound). Tifa is pronounced 'Tee-fa'. Yes I do have back up. Ahem. The vowel 'I' in Japanease is pronounced as an 'e' sound. Also if the name was pronounced as Tiff - ah, then there would be two 'f's' to shorten the 'I' sound - Tiffa. So its definatly got nothing to do with having breakfast at Tiffany's....:D :D :D But it's definalty still possible the name came from 'Tiphereth' if the 'I' is an 'e' sound.

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i didn't say i was right it just what i was thinking cus Tifa are the 1st 4 letters in tiffany even if there is only one f (don't you dream replay saying something like "but it doesn't come from tiffany okay"

Cait Sith is pronounced Khett Shee, which was an old Irish folktale character.

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Originally Posted by Caves of Narshe

Safer-Sephiroth means "Book of Numbers"(like from the Bible) in Hebrew, Nibelheim is a changed version of Niflheim, a norse word, meaning either world of man or world of god, I don't remember. Midar is Midgard, meaning the opposite of Niflheim. The Zolom is a snake-like creature that stretched around the entire world of Midgard, hence the giant Midgar Zolom. Ragnarok means the end of the world- also norse- and is one of Cloud's weapons.

Back to Sephiroth, Masamune is the legendary sword forged by Masamune (the word means Fron of blade(Masa), Back of blade(Mune)) and is the 'peaceful' blade, which if put in the river would not allow a single leaf to be cut by it, instead it cut the water so the leaf would be redirected((Muasame was the rival of it, the blodthirsty blade, that cut every leaf floating near it)) and hence it didn't gather Aeris's blood.

Safer Sephiroth has wings, because he is the stereotype of Christian Angels, a warrior angel from heaven had 6 wings on his back. His theme is "The One Winged Angel" due to the deformed right arm he has. He has the form he does, because he accomplished his goal to "become a god" and because it would help to fight mentally the heroes, as they would be fighting something generally heavenly and holy in nature, whether they beleive he is holy or not. (Appearances are hard to get over.) And also the halo... angel etc.

His attack "Pale Horse" refers to the horse Jesus would appear riding upon the war of Armageddon, I beleive leading the 4 hosemen of the apocolypse(Famin Pestelence another one and then Death) His SuperNova, refers to his Meteor... nuff said there.(Knights of the Round, refer to King Arthur's knights, who searched for the holy grail)

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That pretty much sums Sephiroth up. :kaoplain:

Sephiroth - hebrew word deriving from the Cabbala... referenced to the sephirot and the ten aspects of God
Safer Sephiroth - safer (seraph or sephirah) in hebrew means book of numbers, therefore possibly something to do with the tattoos and The Reunion
Tifa - Tipheret/Tipherth/Tifereth is part of the sephirot meaning beauty, balance and compassion - associated with Jesus Christ
Cait Sith - irish gaelic meaning "fairy cat"... in folklore her wears a crown...
Cetra - possibly from latin "Cetera" meaning "other"
Reeve - Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities. (quoted from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=reeve)
Lucrecia - possibly referring to a historic woman in which a Roman noblewoman was raped by the son of a Etruscan king in Rome... possibly symbolic with reference to how Hojo manipulated her body
Aeris/Aerith - is a play on the words "I Earth".
Biggs and Wedge - from Star Wars
Nanaki - a play on the word Anakin from Star Wars
Shinra - "the term "shinra" is applied to a large and powerful conglomerate which abuses its monopoly powers." (quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Ra)
Valentine - possibly from St. Valentine, patron saint of lovers
Barret Wallace - Barret or berreta means a cap worn by soldier (beret comes to mind)... Wallace could be referenced to William Wallace (if you don't know who i mean, read a historic book or watch braveheart)
Cloud Strife - cloud means obscure or covering (referenced to his lack of knowledge about his past in the first to middle of second disc)... strife means struggle or conflict
Cloud's cross slash forms a kanji meaning "bad luck" (therefore paralysis)
Also read somewhere that Cloud's cross slash limit forms a kanji meaning "bad luck"
Corneo (Don Corneo) - means horn in latin... corneus means horny/ made of horn/ hard
Hojo - a family of reagents that ruled Japan during the Kamakura Shogunate
Rufus - comes from the latin word meaning red... possibly a sign of wealth especially with reference to asian customs (look at chinese new years with most things red)
Cid Highwind - cid possibly derived from El Cid... a medieval spanish person (played to much AOEII
Shiva - Hindu god of destruction AND a Celtic goddess (wears little clothing)
Ifrit - a djinn or fire spirit of inidan origin
Alexander - possibly from Alexander the Great (wears armor) and the Angel Alexander (meaning helper of man) - possibly his relatedness to the holy elemental
Hades - Roman (or Greek - can't remember) meaning underworld... or just the plain old name Hades meaning ruler of the underworld
Odin - King of the norse gods... (also rides on a 8 legged horse unlike the one in FFVIII where it is only six legged
Leviathan - biblical sea monster... and also in hebrew meaning "whale"
Typhoon - another name for hurricane or cyclone... (in FFVI typhoon is possibly the same Chupon)
Knights of the Round - from King Arthur and the knights of the round table (main twelve but possibly more)
Phoenix - in egyptian, chinese, biblical and greek mythology associated with sun, earth/revival, fire, prosperity and luck, etc... Ho-Oh (from the Pokemon game), is a japanese name for phoenix
Titan - Greek mythological characters who were the fathers and mothers of the olympian gods
Bahamut - arabic mythology representing him as a giant fish, residing in a giant sea, supporting a giant bull Kujuta (Kujata), which supports an angel which in turn supports the seven earths... other myths speculate bahamut as a lord or king of dragons, one of many which include the Final Fantasy Series, Dungeons and Dragons, and Bahamut Lagoon as well as blibical myths
Kujata - (see above)
Midgar Zolom - norse mythology in which a giant serpent called the Jormungand or midgardsorm surrounded Midgard... supposedly kills thor during ragnarok
Nibelheim - Norse mythological place possibly meaning "land of mist" or "frozen hell... may be the underworld
Midgar - Norse Midgard - the home of mankind
Ragnarok - Norse final battle between gods and giants... destruction of earth
Apocalyse - biblical final battle between good and evil... destruction of earth
Masamane - Japanese legend about two smiths who made blades (possibly katanas) in which masamune's weapons brought luck, while muramasas blades were blood thirsty...
I've heard of another weapon called the murasame but it could just be a play on the muramasa.... not so sure)
Costa del Sol - means "Sun Coast"
Junon - possibly from the Roman word Juno, wife of Jupiter (greek Zeus)
Malboro - from the brand of cigaretts Malborough... Bad breath is dereived from one of the symptoms which smoking can cause
Behemoth - a large creature in the bible
cactaur - cacti plants

I may have missed some... oh well...

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Originally Posted by Neco Arc

Cloud Strife - cloud means obscure or covering (referenced to his lack of knowledge about his past in the first to middle of second disc.

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okay go outside you know out the door and look in the sky you sould see something white maybe gray and guess what there cloud so there was no need tell us what cloud means any body knows that

[note am just making a joke out of this am not calling you dumb or anything]

In Advent Children, Cetra is subtitled "Setora".

Was that intentional or just a translation error?

maybe it how they say it in japan or what you said

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Originally Posted by Light Mage

In Advent Children, Cetra is subtitled "Setora".

Was that intentional or just a translation error?

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Yeah... because they also lable Tseng as 'Shion'.

Plus they pronounce Cloud as 'Croudo' :)

And on with the names..

Aeris/Aerith also means air.

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Originally Posted by Neco Arc

Cait Sith - irish gaelic meaning "fairy cat"... in folklore her wears a crown...

Shiva - Hindu god of destruction AND a Celtic goddess (wears little clothing)

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Cait Sith is Celtic. Said to wander the moors of SCOTLAND, our brothers in tounge.
Shiva is a Gaelic Goddess. So what about clothes?
Also, Aeris is latin for Cloud (mystical link?).

Shiva is an Indian deity.

Both are correct. Shiva appears as both the Hindu god of destruction and rebirth and a Celtic/Gaelic goddess.

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Originally Posted by ForestOwl

Both are correct. Shiva appears as both the Hindu god of destruction and rebirth and a Celtic/Gaelic goddess.

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Hmm... that's the kind of information that leads to conspiracy theories.

Cloud - This is obviously a mistranslation, as his name should have been Clod.
Tifa - Shortened form of "Latifa", as in Dana Owens.
Aerith - Properly translated this means "pink" in Flemmish.
Barret - This was naturally a mistranslation. His name is supposed to be Bullet, an obvious homage to the Bill Waterson character Tracer Bullet, who is the basis for "Barret"'s character.
Cid - Doesn't mean anything.
Cait Sith - This is clearly just Engrish.
Yuffie - I've heard this is an old Scandanavian word which means "conqueror".
Vincent - Obviously a reference to Vincent Vega. Who else?

Jessie - from the homosexual cowboy Jesse James
Biggs - from the famous porn star of the same name
Wedge - because he keeps getting wedged in the door when he walks through it

Marlele - an Inuit word that could mean either "annoying" or "cute" depending on the circumstances

Elmyra - from the Tiny Toons character Elmyra Fudd, she was fond of animals and would adopt strays. (Aeris)

okay am onlt doing cid cloud and vinent

Cid: meaing lord maybe from a Spanish hero El Cid and becuase in the game he was the 1st one to fly that makes him LORD of the skies.

Cloud: The white things you see in the sky.

Vincent: meaning Victorious this maybe becuase he got his own back on Hojo.