Pokemon Name Meanings Page 2

Started by Natsuki March 24th, 2005 12:43 PM
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In read almost that whole list and noticed that also forgotton was:

Aerodactly - also comes from the anciet flying dinosaur, the Terodactly (Not sure on spelling)
Mew - also is a word, mostly used in Japan, meaning something small or cute.
Gyarados - Gyro (As in "gyroscope" a spinning item used in airplanes and as toys. I think it means because gyarasod is so big and can spiral around itself like a snake.) + dos (Spanish word for "two". Beacuse he is a second stage)
Milotic - Could come from the word "Mitotic" Which is the process of cell division. And since feebas is completely different and ugly maybe this is what it means... :\
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Hey, I totally didn't know this thread was here! XD I've spent a long time trying to work them all out, but http://www.jkaizer.net/~ryuxnet/pokemon/tpp.php?pokeball=features/names is all I have so far~ Can I add these ones to my list?


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I was think Magikarp as in Magi (Magic shortened down) because of how he 'Magically' transorms into gyarados and Karp (Carp = Fish)

Also, Bayleef is a mispelling of Bayleaf, a common spice ^^
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Gyarados= Gyser + ''Radeau'' (French for ''Oar'', thus relating to the Oarfish, which shares Gyarados' long, snake-like body) + Adolescent

With the Oarfish relation, and the Gyser and Adolescent signifying its explosive temperment

Another theory:

Gyarados= Gyro (since it's a Flying-type as well) + Radical

Meh...just guessin' here.
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Wouldn't Vulpix also be from the Latin word "Vulpix", which means fox? There's also a contellation called Vulpix that looks like a fox.
And Gyarados might be "Gya" (as in "Gya! (insert some mad words here)!" since it's a "mean" PKMN) and rad as in "That's so totaly rad!". Os is a mouth-like opening, and boy does Gyarados have a large mouth (what big teeth you have)...I may be wrong on this, though.

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Either Fly(ing) + Dragon or "Dragonfly" could work for Flygon, I think, since while it's not quite a dragonfly, it's based off something that looks like one.

Another possibility for Vibrava: the exact word "vibrava" seems to be a conjugation (the third person singular indicative, according to what I'm looking at) of the Italian verb "vibrare", which means "to vibrate".
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"Rayquaza-directly Romanized version of its Japanese name"

I think there's more:

Ray= Ray of light or sun, since it lives so high up.
quaza= Quasar, one of- if not the- most powerful sources of energy known to this universe. Since it is an uber. and all ubers are uber-strong.
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Impressive list. *gives a thumbs-up*

My thoughts:

Mareep - sheep + Mary (playing on the poem "Mary had a little lamb")

Dunsparce - sparce + dun (dull brown or grey in colour)

Vibrava - vibrato (high-pitched wavery singing) + brava (feminine variant of "bravo")

Cacturne - cactus + taciturne (silent, withdrawn)

Mawile - maw (mouth) + crocodile (drawn from its attack "Fake Tears", otherwise known as crocodile tears)

I like Iron Mankey's theory on Gyarados's name, by the way! ^_^

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I know wobbuffet is wobble+buffet(smacked around) and snorunt is snow(it eats snow) and runt. and maybe houndour is hound and dour(a word meaning gloomy and/or grumpy looking) dewgong is named after a similar animal of the same name. and sneasel is sneeze(it lives in cold places) and weasle. please don't criticize if you have heard it before.
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