Uno, Dos, Tres

[kraine]

I feel like an idiot. So, somehow I just realized a few months ago that Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres have uno, dos, and tres in them. XD Hahaha. Though there's nothing Spanish about them..

 

[Nanaboo]

I just realized that a couple weeks ago when I saw a Facebook group about it. :P
So don't worry, you're not alone.

 

[coolcatkim22]

Why do a lot of people believe that Pokemon names are just some made up gibberish.
They all have an origin to them.

 

[kraine]

You're an ornery one, aren't you? It's because most of them have random origins that people don't know about, such as languages and scientific fact, while others are so blindingly obvious that it's embarrassing.

 

[michele]

i didn't know that they had those in their names until i read this thread.

 

[kraine]

I know, it's crazy. :p It was an insane realization.

 

[Yusshin]

I saw another thread like this somewhere xD and I gave a whole list of name variants... ah, well ):

I knew about those names when I was 7, though.

[Edit]

Found the thread:

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=208349

 

[Katie_Q]

I never realized until now. Haha I don't look to far into most of their names

 

[Brendino]

I had always noticed the uno, dos and tres in their names (in fact, I've always nicknamed them Articune, Zapdeux and Moltrois when I catch them in games), but apparently my cousin didn't notice until a few weeks ago when I was talking about it.

 

[Zebeedoo]

Yep. I noticed this a while ago. =) Pretty cool, huh. =D

 

[Legobricks]

I never cared, so upon finding out I didn't feel like an idiot. :D

 

[Dapeacefulman]

i never noticed because when i catch them i cut out their entire name and leave the fire three leaders :P

 

[ShadowSalamence]

Great discovery! I didn't know that.