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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 17, 2004 8:41:17 GMT 10
I went and looked up the names for the english cast of Sailor Moon. It was sooo fun... cause I had nothing else to do. Well here we go!
Name: Serena
Meaning: Calm
Origin: Latin
Name: Amy
Meaning: Beloved
Origin: Latin
Name: Raye
Meaning: Wise Protector
Origin: English
Name: Lita
Meaning: Light
Origin: Latin
Name: Mina
Meaning: South
Origin: Japanese
Name: Amara
Meaning: Eternal
Origin: Greek
Name: Michelle
Meaning: Like God
Origin: French
Name: Trista
Meaning: Sad
Origin: Celtic
Name: Darien
Meaning: Precious Present
Origin: Celtic
Name: Rini
Meaning: Little Bunny
Origin: Japanese
Wow, I surprised the most by Rini, that it would actually work for the japanese version. What do you guys think of the names?
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Post by Death Soldier on Nov 17, 2004 9:16:50 GMT 10
Beryl - Means: Green Jewel Wow, I surprised the most by Rini, that it would actually work for the japanese version. What do you guys think of the names? wow..that is quite interesting... I think in the dubbed version, the four sisters actually referred Rini as "rabbit" before..I know they do in the Chinese version. Some of the other name meanings don't seem to suit though e.g Mina meaning south and Amara meaning Eternal for example. You can kinda tell though, that Mina ws from Minako, Raye=Rei, Amy= Ami...Makoto=Lita?? Erm..I don't see the connection there. It's so odd how the dubbed version made their names Princess "Serena" and Prince "Darien"..just too obvious. |
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 17, 2004 9:50:34 GMT 10
Yeah Rubeus and the sisters call her 'Rabbit' and 'Small Bunny' which fits. I am just still in shock that the dub picked a suitable name... odd.
I would also like to know why the picked 'Lita' out of all names... Mina, Raye and Amy are just 'english' versions of the japanese counter parts... but 'Lita' 'Amara' and 'Trista' I am still not sure about. I do like them using Michelle, its the best fit to Michiru.
I know what you mean but... In general 'Serena' fits cause its like a version of 'Serenity' but still kind of obvious. But isn't it also obvious that Sailor Moon would be the Moon Princess?
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Post by Death Soldier on Nov 17, 2004 10:17:32 GMT 10
I do like them using Michelle, its the best fit to Michiru. I start calling my cousin 'Michiru', since her name is Michelle. I like Michiru better  They should have kept the original name as "Princess Serenity", and Endymion. I think the nbames sound more royal. In the Japanese verision, is the Princess and Queen both named "Serenity"? |
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 17, 2004 10:22:33 GMT 10
In the S and SuperS dub, since CWI dubbed it and not DiC, Princess Serena is Serenity and King Darien is Endymion. Even in R Neo Queen Serenity is still Serenity and not Neo Queen Serena...
And yeah, japanese its both Princess and Neo Queen Serenity.
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Post by Chibi Jen on Nov 17, 2004 13:47:14 GMT 10
That's so fascinating u guys  In the dubbed, they say it so strangely that I though they called her "leader" instead of "Lita"..lol ...I didn't know their english names had an actual meaning...lol except Serena was like "serene" and Ami, Rei and Mina was like their Japanese name (like you guys said) |
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Post by Sailor Comett on Nov 17, 2004 23:38:38 GMT 10
What do you mean? All names have a meaning, my name means 'healer' or 'universal'. I have a postcard with my name on and it says:
Emma
Teutonic
'Healer of the Universe'
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 18, 2004 8:11:55 GMT 10
 My name means 'Crossroads'. Jen, your name means 'White Wave' and its Welsh. Others, if you wanna find out the meaning and origin of your name check out www.babynames.com this is also a great place to pick out character names, its where I got Manasa's and Namir's name.
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Post by Chibi Jen on Nov 19, 2004 20:33:45 GMT 10
What do you mean? All names have a meaning lol.... I know names have a meaning, but I didn't know their dubbed names actually had names that suited the actual characters ^__^ yeh, I know my name means Whitewave... (in fact, I tell everyone that ^^) Now THIS I didn't know... I thought they were totally made up words!!  Anyhows... back to Sailormoon name topic ^^ |
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<--Thanks ChibiJen!!
My name means 'Crossroads'. Jen, your name means 'White Wave' and its Welsh.