User:神奇超龍/BW Name Predictions

Welcome to my prediction page on the names of characters and places (of BW). However, I have no plans of predicting most of the CotD's names, names of Pokémon and moves. This is essentially just a rip-off of Kenji-girl's and Maxim's idea. But to be more original, this page will also have my prediction on Chinese names. For other languages, try Siegfried's page. 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 (unless you're an admin, then it's fine). I will update it whenever. The names may be subjected to change without prior notice.

English

Characters

Game Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Touko	Clara Kayla	Similar to "clear".	Hilda	The name's fine I guess. Her name does remind me of Brunhilde.
Touya	Clark Kalen	Similar to "clear". For Kalen, it fits the pattern of player characters ending with 'n' (Brendan, Kellyn, Ethan, Ben).	Hilbert	Old fashioned name, but at least it's not Blair.
Cheren and Bel	Cheren and Bel	Same as Japanese (They sound normal enough in English). Although, Cheren does look more like a "Nigel".	Cheren and Bianca	Well, they kept Cheren, although it's a bit awkward, change one name but not the other. They could have either just kept Bel/Bell/Belle or change Cheren to something that matches with "Bianca" (like "Nero").
Professor Araragi	Professor Linden	Oak, Elm, Birch, Rowan... Go figure. Besides, "Yew" sounds weird.	Professor Juniper	Wow, this name was one of my first few guesses before I ended up with "Linden". The others were Cyprus and Pine. I like it, at least it's better than eww yew.
Makomo	Alice*	The titular character of "Alice in Wonderland".	Fennel	Fennel? At least there's the plant theme on Professors and it does sound exotic, but it's still weird for a name of a person.
Shouro	N/A	N/A	Amanita	Why did they name her after a genus of mushrooms that includes some of the most toxic ones? (At least shouro is edible)
Nobori	N/A	N/A	Ingo	Not bad, I never did expected this.
Kudari	N/A	N/A	Emmet	Emit? Reminds me of emission of particles and electromagnetic radiation...
Dent	Phyll Virgil	From phullon (Greek word for leaf) and virere (Latin word for green).	Cilan	Fancy name... Weird but it works.
Pod	Pierre Pyril	Similar to puros, Greek word for fire.	Chili	Couldn't they have named him Cayen instead...
Corn	Ponce Aquil	From "pond"* and aqua (Latin word for water).	Cress	Finally, a normal name. I like the reference to the herb and watercress, though his name does remind me of Cresselia.
Aloe	Vera	From Aloe vera and "average".	Lenora	Darn it... At least, the name does sound nice and has a nice meaning (light). Still, I would have preferred Vera (or Regina).
Kidachi	Arbo	From Aloe arborescens (Couldn't really think of anything else).	Hawes	I don't hate the name, but out of all of the archaeologist, why name him after her?
Arti	Arthur	From "art" and "arthropod". Also similar to his Japanese name.	Burgh	Urggh... WTH??? That is the worst name they could have for Arti. Arthur was already a giveaway. Why can they give nice, subtle names to gym leaders like they do to cities? (Note:I do not hate the name "Burg", but the fact that they gave Arti a name that is supposedly a poorly concealed pun for "Bug")
Kamitsure	Amber*	The etymology of "electron" and "electricity" was derived from the Greek word for amber. Also a reference to the color of the stone and its properties when it is rubbed with cloth.	Elesa	Still not "hot" enough for her. Amber would have been perfect for her. Maybe the next female electric-type gym leader?
Yacon	Terrence	From "terra" (earth).	Clay	Hmmm... a cowboy with earth/ground based power. Where have I heard that before...
Fuuro	Ariel Angel	Ariel (no, not her) is from "aerial". Second one is "angel".	Skyla	I like the name, but the reference is way too obvious.
Hachiku	Setsu	The onyomi (reading) for 雪 (snow). (He looks Japanese anyway.)	Brycen	They really should use some other words besides "ice". Besides, shouldn't they give him a Japanese name since he DOES look Japanese (like Koga and Erika)?
Iris	Iris* Winny Dora	No need to explain Iris. Winny* can be taken from Welsh name Wynne (white) and "wyvern" (Inspired by Kenji-girl and Siegfried). Dora is from the Engrish doragon. Also she does resemble a certain tanned adventure-loving girl.	Iris	Good that it's not Dora (despite the fact that I predicted it). At least I don't have to call her any other name. Her name could be a reference to this or this. (There's already a resemblance to the color). Still, I would have preferred a BW theme between her and Shaga.
Shaga	Basil	Basil* is from "basilisk" and Greek word basileus (king). Spartan Mayor, anyone?	Drayden	Meh, too blatant. The name is too "modern" for him (Maybe that's the point...) . Basil would have been the prefect name for him.
Shikimi	Velma	From "violet" and alma, Spanish word for soul.	Shauntal	Elegant name. So, I assume they decided to mix Shikimi, "haunt" and the name Chantal and came up with this name. I have to admit it did took me a while to notice the pun in her name.
Giima	Devlin Vlad	Do I need to explain?	Grimsley	It does suit him, but are they trying to make his name similar to his Japanese name? (Just look at the names of the other members of the Elite Four of Unova)
Renbu	Manny Battista	Manny is from the Spanish phrase "mano a mano" (hand to hand). Battista* is from "battle"	Marshal	Congratulations Siegfried! I expected this name, but like Maxim said, Sieg predicted it first. Still, his name being similar to the word "martial", alludes to his Japanese name being homophone to 練武 (practice martial arts).
Adeku	Rhodes	Similar to "red". Also from Rhopalocera, butterfly.	Alder	Aren't tree names usually reserved for professors? Anyway, his name seems ordinary and not at all badass. But looking at the etymology, it seems creative and perfect for him. Besides similar to "elder" (and Adeku), the word alder and Alnus (Latin name) are derived from the Proto-Indo-European root el- ("red" or "brown"). The leaves of said tree are also food to several species of butterflies and moths (such as Lepidoptera). In addition, there's also a tree called "red alder". Lastly, there's also a type of moth called alder moth. Now, that's subtle. Why couldn't they have named gym leaders like that? (stares at "Burgh" and "Elesa")

Team Plasma

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Team Plasma	Team Plasma	We all know it's going to be this anyway...	Team Plasma	Just as expected.
N (Harmonia)	N	Remember J and O...	N	Again, just as expected
Geechisu	Goetis	Goetis is from goetia, Greek word for sorcery*.	Ghetsis	Ehhh... sounds like "ghetto" (even "Genesis"). Still, it fits, bizarre name for a creepy guy.
The 6 other sages	Vio Asura Ryokushi Rot Giallo Smr	All from the colors of rainbow in other languages. We have Vio (violet), Asura (azul, Spanish for blue), Ryokushi (緑色 ryokushoku, green color), and Rot (rot, German for red) Jaro (giallo, Italian for yellow) and Sumura (أسمر ’smr, Arabic for brown).	Zinzolin Gorm Ryoku Rood Giallo Bronius	Darn, there's no Chinese... Zinzolin? And I thought Ghetsis was bizarre Why Gaelic? I still prefer Azula Asura They just removed the "-shi"... Why change to Dutch? Oh yeah... rot No comment Latin? Probably to avoid any controversies...

Anime

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Shooty	Camm	From "camera". Also "Gary" and "Paul", notice anything?	Trip	That's a name? Trippy, isn't it? Don't tell me it's a reference to this guy...
Don George	Don Jorge	Same as Japanese. Also, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny anyone?	Don George	That was disappointing. They ruined the pattern between him with the Joys and Jennys.
Flint	Phineas/Silex	Phineas sounds similar. He also looks similar to Takuto Tobias. Silex is Latin for "flint"
Kikuyo	Martha	I know she's just a COtD, but her name shares similarity with Agatha (Kikuko) and Bertha (Kikuno), and they're all elderly ladies.
Professor Seger	Professor Seger	Same as Japanese. I assume his name is taken from Seger rock. I wonder if there will be a theme on fire-related rocks.
Cabernet	Cabernet	No change I guess.

Places

Since the cities and towns seem to have a cloud theme, most of the predictions are changed to fit the pattern. Note: Some names are inspired by Maxim's, so there would be some similarities.

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Isshu	Isshu	I think the spelling will be kept. It doesn't have the long "o" sound.	Unova	O.O Wow, that was totally unexpected. It will take me a while to get used to this. The reference to 雲 un (cloud) is probably unintentional.
Kanoko Town	Fawnstreak Town*	Fawnstreak is from "fallstreak cloud" (cloud hole).	Nuvema Town	It's fine. Apparently, the Italian name is not Nuvema. Oh, well...
Karakusa Town	Cumuril Town*	From cumulus and "tendril".	Accumula Town	Accumulate, eh? I knew it would be named after cumulus cloud.
Sanyou City	Tristelle City	From "Tri" (three) and "stellar".	Striaton City	I don't really mind, although Trislucia (Translucidus + Tri) would seem to fit the meaning more.
Shippou City	Cloissure City	Portmanteau of "Cloisonné" and "treasure".	Nacrene City	I like it. An artistic city named after a pearlescent cloud. Although, the name does remind me of "Nazarene".
Hiun City	Aeroscape City Aeraltia City	From "aero", "landscape" and "skyscraper". From "aerial" and "altitude".	Castelia City	Very fitting and elegant, a city of skyscrapers named after a castle-like cloud.
Raimon City	Thorgate City	From "Thor", the Norse god of thunder, and "gate".	Nimbasa City*	Nice... Interesting reference to cumulonimbus clouds (thunderstorm clouds).
Hodomoe City	Velumber City*	From velum (sail-like cloud) and "umber" (dark brown). Velumar could have worked (velum + mar sea).	Driftveil City	Disappointing. The name ruined the pattern of subtle and exotic-sounding names. It sounded generic. I mean "cloud drift" as basis, really? They should based the name more on velum (veil), not "drift".
Fukiyose City	Contravia City*	From contrail and "aviation".	Mistralton City	I'm not fond of this one, even though it's not as bad as Driftveil. The rest are named after clouds, this one is more like wind (mistral), even though it did have the alto- and "mist" in its name. Also, "mist" does not sound right in a city that features the only airport in the region (in the game).
Sekka City	Altogala City*	From altostratus and Galanthus (snowdrop).	Icirrus City	Ummm... Icarus? I guess it could work, since cirrus clouds are composed of ice.
Souryuu City	Duplidran City*	From duplicatus (partly merged cloud) and "dracon".	Opelucid City	So, I assume it's from opacus and perlucidus (or translucidus, heck maybe even "opal" and "lucid")? Still I don't like discarding the reference to "dragon" (That's what I liked about in its Japanese name).
Kagome Town	Lacunole Town*	From lacunosus and "hole".	Lacunosa Town	So close, missed by two letters.
Sazanami Town	Undula Town*	From undulatus (wavy clouds).	Undella Town	♫ Under my undella ♫ ♪ Ella Ella, ay ay ay... (I almost nailed it anyway)
Kanawa Town	Radiata Town*	From radiatus (clouds arranged in parallel lines) and the Latin rota (wheel).	Anville Town	Congrats to Maxim for being close (incus being Latin for anvil). This name is just as bad as Driftveil (Anvil clouds, really?), with a lame (and redundant) pun. I wish they would keep it consistent and give all the cities subtle names
Black City	Black City Carbonjet City	From its Japanese name. From "carbon" and "jet".	Black City	No surprise here.
Yaguruma Forest	Cirruiver Forest	From cirrus and "quiver".	Pinwheel Forest	Sounds kiddy, but at least the meaning was close, and "pin" is still related to the "arrow" in Sky Arrow Bridge. Also, removing the space in "Sky Arrow", is that some sort of trend?

Anime locations

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Current Town	Current Town/Currant Town	First one is the same as Japanese name. Currant is for a plant theme.

Chinese

Characters

Game Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Touko and Touya	透子 and 透也	From their Japanese name. If there will be official names * for them, they're probably these.
Cheren	徹廉 徹玄	Transliterations. Unrelated, but 徹廉 roughly means "penetrating integrity". On the other hand, 玄 means black
Bel	貝兒 白兒	Transliteration. 貝兒 means "shell child", also short for 寶貝兒 (darling). 白 means white.
Professor Araragi	紫杉博士	The Chinese medicinal name for the Japanese yew.	紅豆杉博士	That's one weird surname. I wonder what they will call Mr. Juniper. At least they did bother to research what araragi means. (And yay! I guessed the 杉 part), also Japanese yew becomes Chinese yew...
Makomo	真菰	From 真菰 makomo. Literally "true wild rice".	真菰(博士)	Knew it.
Shouro	松露	From her Japanese name. Refers to the truffles.
Nobori	阿登	From 登り nobori. 登 means ascend, climb up. I doubt they would call him 阿上}
Kudari	阿降	From 降り kudari. 降 means decend, fall. I doubt they would call him 阿下}
Dent	田斗	From the name 田斗 dento. 田 means field, while 斗 is a measure for dry grain *.	天桐	That was unexpected. They could have used 田 instead of 天 (heaven), but at least there's the plant reference. 桐 refers to several kinds of trees (too many to list here). Also his name sounds like 甜筒 ice cream cone...
Pod	爆穹 *	Weird transliteration inspired by 天桐. Literally "Explosive firmament".	伯特	That was dull and uncreative. They ruined an opportunity to create a good theme between the brothers. 伯 reminds me of uncle, and implies he's the eldest. They could have added some similar sounding word to reference his specialty, such as 爆 bào​ or 炮 pào. After seeing this name, I think I can forgive "Chili".
Corn	湖空*	From the Japanese 湖 ko (lake) and 空 (sky). I intentionally made their names rhyme. There's also a theme here (heaven, sky, firmament...)	寇恩	Why use 寇 (enemy, to invade)? Clearly, the one who made this name did not get the theme, or even made any effort to create one. I probably wouldn't be that annoyed if all of the three brothers' name were just nonsensical transliteration. What's happening, 群英社 (Top-Insight)? (But, I have to admit, the names of places have been better)
Aloe	蘆薈 / 阿蘆	From 蘆薈 (lúhuì), Aloe.
Kidachi	木立	From 木立 kidachi.
Arti	雅技	From the Cantonese 雅枝竹 (artichoke). 雅技 means "elegant skill".
Kamitsure	甘蜜雷 * 嘉蜜雷	Since I think 加密列 is ugly and 甘菊 is a bit dull, I mixed the translation and transliteration. It's a portmanteau of 甘菊／嘉, 蜜, and 雷
Yacon	壓坤	Transliteration of his name. Also 壓 means "to press" or "to crush". 坤 is a trigram representing "earth".
Fuuro	風露	This one was too obvious. From her Japanese name, literally means "wind dew" in Chinese.
Hachiku	淡竹	From 淡竹 hachiku. Literally "light-colored bamboo".
Iris	愛麗絲	Transliteration of iris. Literally "love beautiful silk". Has other variations (愛莉絲、艾麗絲、艾莉絲).	艾莉絲	Predictable, but did they really have to give her the same name as Alice (艾莉絲)? They did have (at least 3) other choices.
Shaga	射干	From 射干 shaga. It's also a name of a flower, though not the same as Iris japonica. Literally means "to shoot heavenly stem".
Shikimi	樒樒 阿莽	From 樒 shikimi. Also, 樒樒 is a pun of 秘密 (secrets, mysteries). From (日本)莽草 (Illicium anisatum).
Giima	越桔	Generally refers to the Vaccinium genus. He also does resemble Koga (阿桔).
Caitlin	嘉德麗雅*	There's no official Chinese name for her * yet. This is a transliteration and translation of Cattleya. Literally "Excellent virtue, beautiful and elegant*".
Renbu	蓮霧	From 蓮霧 renbu (Syzygium samarangense). Also sounds similar to 練武​, "to train martial art".
Adeku	赤楠	Direct translation of his Japanese name (Syzygium buxifolium). Coincidentally, 赤 means red.

Team Plasma

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Team Plasma	電漿隊	電漿 is Mandarin for "plasma". The other word 等離子 is not very poetic.
N (Harmonia)	N (和爾蒙尼亞)	Again J and O... 和爾蒙尼亞 is a transliteration of Harmonia. Also 和 means peace.
Geechisu	傀奇士*	Weird transliteration. I have to admit that it's not a real name, like his names in other languages. It means "peculiar eccentric". Not sure how the localization team will handle this one. Like the champions, main villains usually get "good" names.
6 other sages	蔚歐, 綠士, 恰洛, 羅特, 壽暮拉, 阿祖拉	All of them are transliterations, some of which have some added reference. 綠士 is from ryokushi and contains 綠 (green). 洛 is a reference to Yellow (小洛). 暮 of 壽暮拉 means sunset. 阿祖拉 is named after this character...

Anime

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Shooty	攝俤	Transliteration of his name. Also from 攝, to take a picture.	修帝	"Decorating lord"... It's fine I guess. This name was sort of expected (His fan name was 修提 after all). I guess I shouldn't expect too much from the localization team.
Don George	唐·喬治 *	Transliteration of his name.	東·喬治	So close, Don is usually transliterated as "唐" (not "東"), but 喬治 (George) was pretty obvious though.
Flint	弗林特	Transliteration of his Japanese name, like the names of most Team Rocket members.
Kikuyo	菊代	From the name 菊代 Kikuyo. Also shares similarities with 菊子 (Agatha) and 菊野 (Bertha).
Professor Seger	塞格博士	Transliteration again. Also from 塞格錐 Sāigé-zhuī (Seger cone).
Cabernet	赤霞珠	Direct translation of her name.

Places

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Isshu	壹種	From 壱種 isshu (one variety). Strange-sounding name, but it would be better than transliteration such as 伊修 and 伊樹. Also a homophone to 異種 (different varieties).	合眾​	At least it's not 伊X. Not bad, it's actually creative. 合眾 means "united", and yet there's still the reference to 美利堅合眾國 (USA) and its motto 「合眾為一」 (E pluribus unum).
Kanoko Town	鹿子鎮	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.	鹿子鎮	Nailed it! (It was obvious anyway)
Karakusa Town	唐草鎮	From 唐草 karakusa. Literally "Tang grass". Also sounds slightly similar to 唐朝 (Tang Dynasty), which was a prosperous dynasty in China.	唐草鎮	Nailed it again!
Sanyou City	三曜市	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.	三曜市	Oh yes! Three in a row!
Shippou City	七寶市	From 七宝 shippou (Seven treasures). There's also a similarly named town in Shanghai , not that it matters...	七寶市	Nailed it!
Hiun City	飛雲市	From 飛雲 hiun, (flying cloud). Too obvious...
Raimon City	雷文市 *	From 雷文 raimon ("thunder pattern").	雷文市	Raimon Legends was called 雷文傳奇隊 in the Chinese dub of M13. The name is practically confirmed, just hope they'll keep it consistent.
Hodomoe City	帆巴市 帆渦市 *	First one is from "帆巴" hodomoe*. Second one is from the Japanese motto 船の帆と渦巻く水. Both 帆渦 and 帆漩 roughly means "sail whirl(pool)".
Fukiyose City	吹寄市 吹聚市	吹寄市 is from 吹き寄せ fukiyose ("to blow and send" in Chinese), while 吹聚 is a more accurate translation ("to blow and gather").
Sekka City	雪華市	From 雪華 sekka. It can be translated as "magnificent snow" or "snow blossom". Why not 雪花 (snowflake)? There were similarly named cities in the past such as 華藍市 (Cerulean City) and 橙華市 (Petalburg City).
Souryuu City	雙龍市	From 双龍 souryuu (Double dragon). 蒼龍市 is also possible.
Kagome Town	籠目鎮	From 篭目 kagome. Can either mean "basket eye" or "cage eye".
Sazanami Town	細波鎮 漣漪鎮	From 細波／漣 sazanami. 細波 literally means "fine wave". 漣漪 means "ripple".
Kanawa Town	金輪鎮 鐵輪鎮	From 金輪／鐵輪 kanawa. 金輪 can either mean "metal wheel". 鐵輪* means "iron wheel".
Black City	黑色市 玄黑市 漆黑市	黑色市 literally means "black-colored city". 玄黑 means black, dark. 漆黑市 means "pitch-black".
Yaguruma Forest	矢車森林	From the Japanese name. Literally "arrow car forest". Also related to the Sky Arrow Bridge(My guess for this would be 天箭橋).
White Forest	白色森林 純白森林	白色森林 literally means "white-colored forest". 純白 means "pure white"

Anime locations

Japanese	Name Prediction	Reason	Actual	Comments
Current Town	潮流鎮	潮流 means "current", as in "tidal current" or "current trend".

Legendary Pokémon

Not arranged in Isshu Unova regional Pokédex order. All the names are transliterations.

Japanese	Name Prediction	Notes	Actual	Comments
Victini	維克蒂尼
Cobalon	鈷巴路恩	鈷 means cobalt.
Terrakion	泰拉吉恩	A reference to Mt. Tai (泰山)
Virizion	碧里希恩	碧 means "jade" or "jade green".
Tornelos	托內洛斯
Voltolos	伏特洛斯	伏特 means "volts".
Landlos	蘭土洛斯	土 means earth.
Reshiram	烈勢拉穆／烈史拉穆	烈勢 means "violent power".*	雷希拉姆	They could have used 烈 to reference its fire typing (雷 is thunder...)
Zekrom	傑克羅穆／傑科羅穆	傑克 can be interpreted as "to heroicly conquer".*	捷克羅姆	So Zekrom is Czech (捷克)... Well, I did get the sound right.
Kyurem	酷雷姆／究雷姆 *	酷 (extremely) is also a slang term that means "cool".*
Keldeo	凱爾戴歐	From 凱爾派, kelpie
Meloetta	魅蘿樂達	Can be interpreted as "Charming loli, music conveys".
Genesect	基諾賽克多	基 is from 基因, "gene".*

Korean

Just guessing for Korean city and town names. They seem to be based on "simple" Korean words. All taken from the Wiktionary and Google Translate. I don't understand Korean, so please don't kill me...

Japanese	Name Prediction	Meaning	Actual	Comments
Kanoko	흰점 Huinjeom	"White dot(s)"
Sanyou	세별 Sebyeol	"Three stars"
Shippou	보물 Bomul	Treasure
Raimon	벼락 Beorak	Lightning
Hodomoe	범선 Beomseon	Sailship
Fukiyose	바람 Baram / 불다 Bulda	Wind / Blow
Sekka	설편 Seolfyeon	Snowflake
Souryuu	쌍용 Ssangyong	"Double dragon"
Kanawa	고리 Gori	Ring
Sazanami	물결 Mulgyeol	Wave
Kagome	구멍 Gumeong	Hole