User:Kenji-girl/English name predictions

These are my guesses to what the new names of future anime characters will be once they debut in the US.

Note to other users: You may edit this page ONLY to change the images. DO NOT add dub names. I will get to it myself.

The Unova Special

I know I said I wouldn't do games anymore. But I really want to do Black and White. I'm not doing every character though.

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
File:Juniper.png Professor Araragi	Black and White	Professor Aspen	From the Aspen tree. I know her name is from Yew, but I don't think America will use that.	Professor Juniper	Not even close. I shouldn't be surprised though
Dent	Black and White	Clover	Yes, I know, it' a girl's name. Of course, he wouldn't be the first. I just think this because it's a plant that has three leaves. I don't really like this prediction and it will probably be wrong, but I wanted to try D:	Cilan	Yuck... cilantro. The name is great, I just find cilantro disgusting. Better than what I said.
Pod	Black and White	Still thinking about it	It'll be hard to guess his name. I don't know what they will pun. The Tri thing or the types.	Chili	Oh God, why...? I get the theme you were going for but, ugh... Cayenne would have been 100 times better!
Corn	Black and White	Still thinking about it	It'll be hard to guess his name. I don't know what they will pun. The Tri thing or the types.	Cress	Like Cilan, nice choice.
Aloe	Black and White	Regina	From regular, referring to Normal-types	Lenora	No comment
Arti	Black and White	Antone	From ant, referring to Bug-types. I'm aware that he doesn't use ants.	Burgh	Yuck
Kamitsure	Black and White	Ellen or Eleanor	From electricity, referring to Electric-types	Elesa	Fine I guess
Yacon	Black and White	Terry	From terra (earth), referring to Ground-types	Clay	Hmm... Clay Yacon :D
Fuuro	Black and White	Heather	From feather and heaven, referring to Flying-types and her Gym Leader title. I swear, if it's not this, I'll be pissed.	Skyla	What a stupid and unoriginal name. Oh let's put "sky" but add a feminine "la" on the end.
Hachiku	Black and White	Fritz	From freeze, referring to Ice-types	Brycen	Honestly MUST we pun the word "ice" with all the Ice Gym Leaders? There are other words that relate to ice besides ice itself. And it sounds too similar to Pryce.
Shaga	Black and White	Bastian	From basilisk, referring to Dragon-types. Interestingly, basilisk starts with B, like black.	Drayden	The name doesn't make that much sense to me.
Iris	Black and White	Lavern	From wyvern, referring to Dragon-types. Interestingly, wyvern starts with W, like white.	Iris	Oh my. No change? Really? What does Iris have to do with dragons?
Shikimi	Black and White	Beatrice	From banshee.	Shauntal	Fine
Giima	Black and White	Edward	From Edward Cullen, the vampire and main character of Twilight. Hey, it's at the height of its popularity. Sabrina anyone? Also kinda sounds like dark.	Grimsley	Sounds like a butler's name...
Renbu	Black and White	Ruben	From rumble. Also an anagram of Renbu.	Marshal	Fine
Kidachi	Black and White	Krantz	From the Krantz aloe, like his Japanese name.	Hawes	Such a southern-sounding name. Guess it fits though

Diamond & Pearl

Battle Dimension

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
Isis	DP057	Izzy	Similar to original name	Isis	Really close!! Note: Before I thought her name was "Ishisu" in Japanese, and not Isis.
Atsuo	DP058	Austin	Similar to original name	Alan	SO CLOSE!
Marble	DP059	Marble	The name is not Japanese so I think they'll leave it alone	Marble	NAILED IT!
File:Autumn.png Aki	DP062	Autumn	Autumn is the English translation of Aki	Autumn	NAILED IT!
File:SpringSummerBrock.png Natsu	DP062	Summer	Summer is the English translation of Natsu	Summer	NAILED IT!
File:SpringSummerBrock.png Haru	DP062	Spring	Spring is the English translation of Haru	Spring	NAILED IT!
Yumomi	DP063	Yolanda or Moreen	Both names are similar to original	Leona	Not even close...
Reiji	DP066	Reggie or Raul	Reggie is practically the same as Reiji. Raul is another option because it will match his brother Paul.	Reggie	HA! Nailed.
Shizue	DP070	Susan	Similar	Francesca	Not close at all.
Hajime	DP071	Ordell	Ordell means "beginning". Just like Hajime.	Kellyn	Wrong
Taiki	DP073	Mikey	Sounds like "Taiki"	Austin	Not even close.. wait a minute, didn't I guess this name for someone else?
Shō	DP074	Sean	Similar to Shō	Sho	Wait, they chose to use his Japanese name? That's unusual.
Chiaki	DP076	Charles or Roman	Sounds similar. Roman is after the in-game character he was based on.	Roman	Right on Roman!
Chinatsu	DP076	Charity or Kylie	Sounds similar. Kylie is after the in-game character she was based on.	Kylie	Right on Kylie!
Kaito	DP077	Kyle	Sounds similar. Hey if we have Kyle, we already have Kenny, all we need is Stan and Cartman! XD	Kyle	"Goin down to South Park, gonna meet some friends of mine." I'm on a role this month.
Taisei	DP080	Tyler, Trevor, or Tyson	Similar	Tyler	Right again! And that name was my first choice!
Hiroki	DP082	Hiracio or Hector	Sounds similar.	Hamilton	Uhh I guess. WTF he looks different now!
File:Monica.png Monica	DP084	Monica	It's a name used in America. I doubt they'll change it.	Monica	Nailed it
Paris	DP086	Paris	Same as above	Paris	Right
Hoshino	DP086	Vera	After the fashion designer, Vera Wang	Hermione	Didn't get right, but I like the name
Chōko	DP086	Chanel	After the designer brand, Chanel	Cocoa	Well, I kinda got it right. Gabrielle Coco Chanel.
Aoi	DP088	Violet or Amy	Her Japanese name means blue and something close to that would be violet.	Angie	E... sorta similar to Amy.
Kensuke	DP090	Kenneth	Yes Maxim guessed this first, but I agree with him. But it might be too similar to Kenny.	Kendall	Close enough
File:Mitchell PSA.png Mitsuki	DP090	Never guessed		Mitchell	Well I never bothered thinking up a prediction
Yuri	DP094	Ursula	Donno. Just think so.	Lila	Missed. But I guess it fits because Yuri means lily and Lila is sort of like lilac.
Professor Karashina	DP096	Professor Chrysanthemum	Well it sounds similar and its a plant, like the other professors.	Professor Carolina	Wrong. Seriously, WTF? Did we have to go for a name that sounds almost like another important character's name...
File:Barry.png Jun	DP101	Barry or Josh	Barry because it's one of the default names. Josh cause it starts with J. I don't know.... It'd be a little weird if his name was Barry because it sounds too similar to Gary.	Barry	Yay

Galactic Battles

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	VA prediction	Actual US name	Actual VA	Comments
Urara	DP114	Gabrielle or Renee	Gabrielle sounds like Gabite. If you can figure out why I guessed Renee you get a prize! The clue lies in Zoey.	Liza Jacqueline	Ursula	Melissa Schoenberg	Puh... Ursula. Gabrielle would have been better. Seems that everyone predicting got this right though.
File:Christopher Sinnoh.png Yūsaku	DP117	Sundance	Only picking it cause I'm thinking of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Even though he's more related to Jessie and James.	Tom Wayland	Christopher	Sean Schemmel	Christopher? Really? Now all we need is Christopher (Hoenn) and we'll have one in every region.
File:Taylor Sinnoh.png Tetsuo	DP118	Travis	Cause	Jason Griffith	Taylor	Billy Regan	Wrong
File:Porto.png Porto	DP118	Port or Gordo	Don't know if they'll want the extra "o" there. Or they'll just change it completely.	Dan Green	Provo	Sean Schemmel	Wrong
Sanpei	DP118	Sandy	Sounds like Sanpei. Ohnoes Maxim is going to kill me for using a unisex yet mostly feminine name... Though I'm not sure I'm spelling it the male way.	Billy Beach	Steveland	Erica Schroeder	Steveland?!? Really?
File:DP121 teacher.png Teacher	DP121	No name	Because she wasn't important enough. I don't know why I'm even listing her.	Bella Hudson	No name	Rebecca Soler	Right about her not being named
File:DP124 cotd.png Ō	DP124	Master O	Ō is an unusual name... I think they'll pull another Sho and leave it. He should go on a date with J.	Scottie Ray	O	Jason Griffith	That's basically right. Gonna go make some OJ 8D.
Hakua	DP124	Harold	Cause.	Tom Wayland	Halverson	Tom Wayland	What the hell? I have never heard of that name in my life.
Marilyn	DP125	Marilyn	Western-sounding name. Won't change.	Kether Donahue	Marilyn	Bella Hudson	Right
Ubukata	DP126	Mr. Stanford	Random guess... He's an professional-looking adult so he will probably have Mr. in his name.	Craig Blair	Jeremiah	Tom Wayland	Wrong
Mikoto	DP128	Miley	Starts with "Mi". Plus with Miley Cyrus being at the height of her popularity. Heh, it be funny if Mikoto and Cyrus met XD	Amy Birnbaum	Maria	Rebecca Soler	Wrong. Fine I guess.
Osabaki	DP131	Oscar	Sounds like Oscar. Yeah I know there is already an Oscar but not like they haven't used names more than once.	Sean Reyes	Olivier	Sean Schemmel	Wrong
Konoha	DP134	Maple	Konoha means leaves so I came up with Maple, for maple leaves.	Amy Palant	Verona	Amy Palant	Wrong name right VA
Atsuki	DP135	Ronnie	A gender spin on Bonnie and Clyde. Kinda like what happened to Oscar and Andi.	Billy Regan	Azure	Parker Anderson	Wow that was totally unexpected.
Chishio	DP135	Blythe	A gender spin on Bonnie and Clyde	Lisa Ortiz	Crimson	Rachael S. Stern	So was that.
File:Lulu.pngLulu	DP137	Lulu	Western name. Won't change.	Rachel Lillis	Lulu	Eileen Stevens	Right
Noa	DP138	Noel	Cause it's similar	Emily Williams	Noelle	Angora Deb	OMFG! That's essentially the same name. Only spelled different. But it looks more feminine that way.
Iizō Iino	DP138	Andy Anderson (Mr. Anderson)	Starts with a vowel. Also, I think there gonna pull another Mitch Mitchum and make the first name sound similar to the surname. Similar to there Japanese names.	Dan Green	Izzy	Ed Paul	Wrong. Again a name that I guessed for one character is used for another.
Kane Iino	DP138	Karen Anderson (Mrs. Anderson)	Cause it's similar	Kayzie Rogers	Cara	Georgette Reilly	"Cara", "Karen", sounds similar.
Nayuta	DP138	Nathan	Starts with an "N"	Zoe Martin	Nathaniel	Meghan McCracken	Damn! I chose the diminutive but they went with the full!!!
File:MasterSinnoh.png Master	DP138	Unnamed	No name	Rodger Parsons	Sayer	Mike Pollock	Well he was named.
Kotone	DP143	Melody or Harmony	Same as game	I still don't know	Lyra	Eileen Stevens	Yay.
Kazunari	DP143	Kameron or Carson	Similar. Might start with a C also.	Wayne Grayson	Khoury	Christopher Noisi	No comment really
Bokuzen	DP144	Unnamed	I don't believe he'll have a name	Billy Beach	Benjamin	Bill Tost	That's a perfect dub name for him
Mobuo	DP146	Moses	Starts with an M	Sean Schemmel	Mario	Tom Wayland	Itza Me! MARIO!!
File:Mitchell.png Michiru	DP148	Michael	I really want to say Mitchell but they already used that in Sinnoh. And I don't expect PUSA to be stupid like 4Kids and make to characters of the same name in the same region.	Erica Schroeder	Mitchell	Amy Palant	I have lost all faith in PUSA... You fail hard for this.
Ruchiru	DP148	Lucille or Michele	Ruchiru is almost like the romanization of Lucille. Michele is similar to Michael	Rebecca Soler	Rhyanna	Lisa Ortiz	Peh...
Dr. Kodama	DP148	Dunno	N/A	Billy Beach	Professor Kodama	Tristan Goddard	They left this one alone.
Mitsuzō	DP154	Old Man Skyler	Random guess...	Never guessed	McCann	N. Ronald Levine	Pfft...
File:Maya.png Mayo	DP154	Megan	I just have that feeling	Rebecca Soler	Maya	Amy Palant	Didn't think about that name.
File:Rebecca Sinnoh.png Rebecca	DP155	Rebecca	No brainer on that one.	Bella Hudson	Rebecca	N/A	Right...

Sinnoh League Victors

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	VA prediction	Actual US name	Actual VA	Comments
Kijūrō	DP159	Kieron	This ones kinda hard.	Dan Green	Clayton	Parker Anderson	Better than what I thought
File:Daniel.png Yūta	DP160	Yusef	So is this one.	Michele Knotz	Daniel	Ed Paul	Umm... okay?
File:Bartender.png Master	DP165	Master	Ehh I don't know really	Marc Thompson	Proprietor	Bob Senkewicz	N/A
Takumi	DP167	Timothy	Kinda like Bokuzen and Benjamin. Not necessarily the same vowels, but sounds similar.	Amy Palant	Thomas	Lucien Dodge	Why Thomas? Timothy makes more sense.
Natsuya	DP169	I don't know	He's a game character so it could be anything. I mean... Hajime became Kellyn...	Probably some random new VA.	Ben	???	Told you it would be random.
Yōshichi	DP170	Eric	A random choice cause I have no freaking clue.	Tom Wayland	Roland	Eli James	N/A
Princess Salvia	DP171	Unchanged or Princess Silvia	May be the same. But if they do decide to change it, this is what it would most likely be.	Emily Jenness*	Princess Salvia	Bella Hudson	One of the few times where a look-a-like doesn't share the same English VA.
Makina	DP173	Michaela	Same sounding	Some random new VA	Narissa	Lisa Ortiz	It figures. I guess new VA and it isn't.
Mamī	DP178	Maddie	Same sounding	Some random new VA	Mamie	Rebecca Soler	That sounds racist. Of course I didn't watch the episode so I don't know how it's pronounced.
Takuto	DP183	Tobias	Sounds similar. It's a strong name to fit a strong Trainer.	IDK	Tobias	J. Michael Tatum	All I can say is OH YEAH!
Nobuko	DP190	Norina	Sounds similar.	IDK	Normajean	N/A	What is this I don't even...

Best Wishes

Black & White

I'm stopping with the VA thing. They add someone new in like every episode so it's impossible to guess.

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
Shooty	BW001	Shooty, Shoot, Cameron	Many guesses as you can see. No need to explain why.	Trip	lol Power Rangers references...
File:Dan Unova.png Dan	BW003	Dan	Western name. Won't change.	Dan	Of course
Don George	BW004	Don George or Don Jorge	It could either stay the same or use this spelling. You know, cause Jenny and Joy start with "J".	Don George	Stayed the same.
Flint	BW010	Fredrick	I'm sure the dubbers wouldn't let this guy keep the name of two other important characters.	Pierce	Wrong but fine.
File:Daniela Unova.png Yuri	BW012	Lydia	Going in the direction of Lily, which was what the other Yuri was named after.	Daniela	N/A
Kikuyo	BW012	Cornelia	Not really sure why other than she looks like a Cornelia.	Karena	N/A
Hirota	BW012	Hayden	Starts with an H?	Avery	N/A
Dr. Seger	BW017	Professor Seger	They'll probably leave it.	Dr. Zager	Oh wow they took a totally different direction.
Shinko*	SS024	Sidoney	Originally thought "Sidney" but remembered that another one already exists.	N/A	N/A
Cabernet	BW019	Clover	Actually stole this from Jo The Marten :P She brought up a good point to why it could be this name. And after learning more about her Japanese name origin, I don't believe the dubbers will keep it anymore.	Burgundy	Aww well
Sally	BW021	Sally	Personally I think it's spelled that way. But thanks to Google Translate.... Was always Sally.	Sally	Of course
Emmy	BW027	Amy	Western name. Won't change.	Emmy	Pffffffffttttttttt...
Kenyan	BW028	Canyon	I had a friend named Canyon so it kind of stuck with me when I heard this name.	Stephan	That works.
Dr. Imori	BW030	Professor Newton	Yeah, I'm aware we have a Newton. But this is why. Imori means newt in Japanese. And Isaac Newton was an astronomer.	Professor Icarus	Not right. It's A-OK.
Langley	BW033	Langley or Lindsay	Unsure. But a similar name just in case	Georgia	Possibly the biggest fail in dub names that they have ever made. Where did you even come up with Georgia!?
Tuttle	BW034	Tuttle	The same I guess?	Mr. Garrison	Is this getting back for Chinpokomon?
Arata	BW035	Arthur	I don't know how it could not be this name.	Doyle	Oh come on! They guy he's named after is Arthur Conan Doyle! You couldn't use Arthur???
Rina	BW035	Rena	Because	Christie	N/A
Mao	BW035	Meg	One syllable M name.	Mimi	You can never have too many Mimis.
Luke	BW038	Luke	Don't see why it would change.	Luke	This makes up for Georgia.
Matthew	BW038	Matthew	Same.	Mr. Matthews	Must you add "Mr." to everything now?
Antonio	BW039	Antonio	Western name. Won't change.	Antonio	Right
Sekimoto	BW039	Solomon*	Because	Scooter	Hurr... *Is thinking of Muppets*
Yoshihiko	BW039	Bartholomeus*	Name starts with a "Y" and not many western names have Y. So I just aimed for something with similar syllables.	Jimmy Ray	Wow... just what? Freaking random.
Dino	BW039	Dino	I don't even care anymore.	Dino	Right
Ibushi	BW039	Edmond	Because.	Emmanuel	Ah, of course. Better than what I thought
File:Omega.png Omega	BW039	Omega	Really using it as a default. Not entirely sure.	Omega	Right
File:Sylvester Unova.png Sanshirō	BW039	Sawyer	Because.	Sylvester	N/A
Takemitsu	BW039	Theodore	Because.	Freddy O'Martian	Again... just what? This sounds like a voice actor name.
Mischa	BW044	Mischa or just Misha	Western name	N/A	N/A
File:Leon.png Leon	BW045	Leon	Same. Though I have a feeling this guy will be given a thick French accent. So the name might be pronounced "lay-own".	N/A	N/A
Cliff	BW046	Cliff	Western-sounding name. Won't change.	N/A	N/A
Erina	BW051	Elena	Because.	N/A	N/A

Season 15

It should be season 15 by now anyway.

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
File:Tobio.png Tobio	BW053	Toby or Tony	Same thing but without the O at the end. Thought of Tony the other day as a play on the Tony Awards.	N/A	N/A
Maa-kun, Raa-kun, and Cacchin	BW053	Mar, Rac, and Tus	I did it cause I wanted to >:(	N/A	N/A
File:Robert Unova.png Robert	BW054	Robert	Western name	N/A	N/A
File:Koharu.png Koharu	BW055	Cora	Similar...	N/A	N/A
Bobby	BW056	Bobby	Western name. Won't change.	N/A	N/A
A☆Gilder	BW057	EXCELgor, Accelgor Man	This is a tricky one. I'm just going to cut away the star because I doubt they'll keep it. What they may do instead is corrupt the name. So I think they could use the world excel rather than accelerate. Or they could just be lazy and use man. Really tough guess.	N/A	N/A
File:Freegeoman.png Freegeoman	BW057	Cryogoman, Cryogomask, Cryogonal Man	Again, very tricky	N/A	N/A

Movies

Movie 11

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
Mugen Graceland	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Mugen Graceland	Same name	Newton Graceland	I thought they wouldn't change it, oh well...
Zero	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Zero	Same name	Zero	I'm sure we all knew this.
Infi	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Infi	Same name	Infi	Right
File:Layla.png Leila	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Leila	Same name	Layla	Same thing, but spelled differently. OMG! Americans won't understand the ei sounds like ay! Let's dumb it down for them.
Moose	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Moose	Same name	Moose	Right. Thanks Maxim for finding out the name.

Movie 12

Character	First appearance	US name prediction	Why	Actual US name	Comments
Damos	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Julius	From Julius Ceaser	Damos	Same as Japanese.
Sheena	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Sheena	Same name. Sounds "not Japanese". They'll keep it.	Sheena	Right.
Kevin	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Kevin	Western name. They'll keep it.	Kevin	Right
Gishin	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Marcus	From Marcus Junius Brutus, the guy who killed Ceaser.	Marcus	That's incredible! I just took a shot in the dark and I was right!