User:神奇超龍/BW Name Predictions

Welcome to my page on BW name predictions for characters and places. But, I have no plans on predicting Pokémon names, they're usually unpredictable, especially the Chinese ones. This is essentially just a rip-off copy of Kenji-girl's and Maxim's idea. But to be more original, I decided to predict place names, and (again) Chinese names*, though I have no plans of predicting CotD names (except for Don George's). For the convenience of those who can't read, (most of the) Chinese names will be provided with pinyin which are conveniently located in the tt template.

Please DO NOT edit this page. I will update whenever...

Characters

Game Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason
Touko and Touya	Claire and Clark 透子 and 透也	From "clear". I would have liked "Blake" and "Bianca" anyway. From their Japanese name. If there will be official names* for them, they're probably these.
Cheren and Bel	Cheren and Bel 車玄 and 白露	The names sounds normal enough in English. 車玄 and 白露 are weird transliterations for their names. It's most likely 伽連, and 貝兒 anyway.
Professor Araragi	Professor Linden 紫杉博士	Oak, Elm, Birch, Rowan... Go figure. Besides, "Yew" sounds weird. Translation of araragi.
Makomo	Alice 真菰	The titular character of "Alice in Wonderland". From 真菰 makomo.
Dent	Phyll 田斗	From phyll, Greek word for leaf. From the name 田斗 dento. 田 means field, while 斗 is a measure for dry grain *
Pod	Pierre 炮豆	Similar to pyro, Greek word for fire.* Another weird transliteration. It can mean "quick-fried/baked/cannon beans". Also from 豆莢, "pod".
Corn	Ponce/Polo 穀潤	From "pond"/"pool". It wasn't easy coming up with names starting with the letter 'P'. Transliteration of corn. It's a combination of 穀 (grain) and 潤 (moist).
Aloe	Nora/Regine 阿蘆薈	From "normal" and "regular". Couldn't really think of anything else. 阿蘆薈 is both a transliteration and translation (蘆薈 means "aloe".).
Arti	Arthur 雅技	From "art" and "arthropod". I got the idea from the Cantonese 雅枝竹 (artichoke). 雅技 means "elegant skill".
Kamitsure	Amber* 甘蜜雷	The etymology of "electron" and "electricity" was derived from the Greek word for amber. Literally "sweet honey thunder". This name is too creative. It's a portmanteau of 甘菊 (chamomile), 蜜 mitsu *, and 雷 (thunder).
Yacon	Terrence 壓坤	From "terra" (earth). Transliteration of his name. Also 壓 means to press. 坤 is a trigram representing "earth".
Fuuro	Ariel/Angel 風露	First one is from "aerial", not referring to a certain redheaded mermaid. Second one is obvious. This one was too obvious (at least for me). It's taken from her Japanese name. It literally means "wind dew" in Chinese.
Hachiku	Setsu 淡竹	I really have no idea, so I just took the onyomi reading for 雪 (snow). From 淡竹 hachiku. Literally "light-colored bamboo".
Iris	Iris*/Dora 愛麗絲	From the Engrish doragon. Also she does resemble a certain tanned adventure-loving girl. Transliteration of iris. Literally "love beautiful silk". Has other variations (愛莉絲、艾麗絲、艾莉絲).
Shaga	Drago 射干	Obviously from "dragon". Moving on, if either Iris or Shaga suddenly have a surname, it's probably Long. From 射干 shaga. It's also a name of a Iris domestica, though not the same as Iris japonica*.
Shikimi	Velma 阿樒*／樒美	From "violet" and alma, Spanish word for soul. Also a reference to Velma Dinkley. From 樒 shikimi and 美 (beauty). Apparently 樒 refers to branches hang on Buddhist graves.
Giima	Devlin/Vlad 越橘／越桔	Self-explanatory. Translation of his name. Transliterating his name would sound awkward.
Caitlin	嘉德麗雅	Transliteration and translation of Cattleya. Literally "Excellent virtue, beautiful and elegant"
Renbu	Manny 蓮霧／練武	From the Spanish phrase "mano a mano" (hand to hand). Also from this famous boxer. Both of them are from renbu. First one refers to the plant Syzygium samarangense. The second one means "to train martial art".
Adeku	Rhodes 赤楠	Similar to "red". Also from Rhopalocera. Yeah, it's lame. Translation of his Japanese name. 赤 also means red.

Team Plasma

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason
Team Plasma	Team Plasma 電漿隊	We all know it's going to be this anyway... 電漿 is Mandarin for "plasma". The other word 等離子 is not very poetic.
N	N N	Remember J and O...
Geechisu and the 6 other sages	Goetis and co.	Goetis is from goetia, Greek word for sorcery. For others, maybe a pun on the colors of rainbow. We already have Vio (violet, anyone?), Asura (azul, Spanish for blue), Ryokushi (緑 ryoku, green) and Lot (rot*??, German for red), and maybe Sumura (summer??). No idea for Jaro (Naranja?? Orange??)

Anime

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Shooty	Camm 攝俤	From "camera". Also "Gary" and "Paul", notice anything? Transliteration of his name. Also, 攝 means to take a picture.
Don George	Don George 唐·喬治	Same as Japanese name. Transliteration of his name.

Places

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason
Isshu	Isshu 壹種	I think the spelling will be kept. It doesn't have the long "o" sound. From 壱種isshu (one variety). The name sounds strange, but I'd prefer it over transliteration such as 伊修 and 伊樹.
Kanoko Town	Fawnapple Town 鹿子鎮	From "fawn" and "dapple". The "apple" was unintentional. There was 真新鎮 (真っ新), 若葉鎮 (若葉), 未白鎮 (未白), and 雙葉鎮 (双葉). 鹿子鎮 (鹿の子) is definitely next.
Karakusa Town	Prosperivy Town 唐草鎮	From its Japanese motto "Thick ivy is proof of prosperity". From 唐草 karakusa. Literally "Tang grass".
Sanyou City	Tristelle City 三曜市	From "Tri" (three) and "stellar". Took a while to figure this one out. There were a lot of choices (三葉、三陽、三洋、三樣). I eventually settled with 三曜.
Shippou City	Cloissure City 七寶市	Portmanteau of "Cloisonné" and "treasure". From 七宝 shippou (Seven treasures).*.
Hiun City	Aeraltia City 飛雲市	From "aerial" and "altitude". From 飛雲 hiun, (flying cloud). Too obvious...
Raimon City	Thorgate City 雷紋市/雷文市/雷門市	From "Thor", the Norse god of thunder, and "gate". All of them from raimon. First two* means "thunder pattern". The third one means "thunder gate".
Hodomoe City	Nautwirl City 帆巴市/帆漩市/帆渦市	From "nautical" and "whirl". First one is from "帆巴" hodomoe*. Last two means "sail whirlpool".
Fukiyose City	Windrift City 吹寄市／風聚市	From "wind" and "drift". First one is from 吹き寄せ fukiyose. The second translates to "winds gather"*.
Sekka City	Snowdrop City 雪華市	From "snow" and "drop". Also refers to the flower "snowdrop" (a.k.a. Galanthus). From 雪華 sekka. It can be translated as "magnificent snow" or "snow blossom".
Souryuu City	Twindra City 雙龍市	From "twin" and "dragon". Has nothing to do with "tundra". From 双竜 souryuu (Twin dragon). 蒼龍市 is also possible.
Kagome Town	Baskeye Town 籠目鎮	From "basket" and "eye". From 篭目 kagome. Can either mean "basket eye" or "cage eye".
Sazanami Town	Rippliary Town 細波鎮	From "ripple" and "capilliary". From 細波 sazanami. Literally "fine wave".
Kanawa Town	Ferrona Town 金輪鎮／鐵輪鎮	From ferrum (iron) and "corona". From 金輪／鐵輪 kanawa. 金輪 can either mean "metal wheel" or "golden wheel". 鐵輪* means "steel wheel".