User:Siegfried/Predictions

These are my predictions of what the names of the main characters of Pokémon Black and White will be or, better, what I’d like them to be in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
This page was inspired by Maxim’s idea.
Enjoy!

English

Japanese	Prediction	Reason
Dent	Silvius, Woody	From Latin silva, forest. Or from wood.
Pod	Rufus, Charlie	From Latin rufus, red. Or from char.
Corn	Livius, Sean	From Latin lividus, blue. Or from sea.
Aloe	Norma, Nora	Do I have to explain this?
Arty	Isaac	From insect.
Kamitsure	Electra, Farah	From electric. Boring but works. Or from farad.
Yacon	Arthur, Sandford, Clay	From earth, sand and clay.
Fūro	Robin, Claude	From robin and cloud.
Hachiku	Fritz	From freeze.
Iris	Kendra, Drusilla	From dragon.
Shaga	Drew, Drayton	From dragon.
Shikimi	Morna, Ruth, Morgan	From mourning and ruth. Or Morgan le Fay / morgue.
Gīma	Dimitri, Darius, Mark	From dim, dark and murk.
Renbu	Marshall	From martial.

French

Japanese	Prediction	Reason
Dent	Valère	From vert (green).
Pod	Roger	From rouge (red).
Corn	Blaise	From bleu (blue).
Aloe	Norma, Nora
Arty	Abel	From abeille (bee).
Kamitsure	Claire	From éclair (lightning).
Yacon	Térence	From terre (earth).
Fūro	Angélique	From angélique (angelic).
Hachiku	Frédéric	From froid (cold).
Iris	Doriane	From dragon.
Shaga	Darius	From dragon.
Shikimi	Amélie, Mira, Fantine	From âme (soul), mirage and fantôme (phantom).
Gīma	Tibère	From ténèbres (darkness).
Renbu	Lothaire, Martial, Côme	From lutter (fight), martial and combat.

German

Japanese	Prediction	Reason
Dent	Günter	From Grün (green).
Pod	Rutger	From Rot (red).
Corn	Balder	From Blau (blue).
Aloe	Norma, Nora
Arty	Wenzel, Klaus, Amos	From Wanze (bedbug), Laus (louse) and Ameise (ant).
Kamitsure	Elrike	From Elektrizität (electricity).
Yacon	Bogdan	From Boden (ground).
Fūro	Flurina	From Flug (flight).
Hachiku	Gerfried, Kalixt	From gefrieren (freeze) and kalt (cold)
Iris	Linda	From Lindwurm (lindworm).
Shaga	Dietrich	From Drache (dragon)
Shikimi	Gesine, Walburga	From Gespenst (ghost) and from Walpurgisnacht (the celebration of Saint Walburga and meeting of witches).
Gīma	Finn	From Finsternis (darkness).
Renbu	Gerwald	From Gewalt (violence).

Italian

Japanese	Prediction	Reason
Dent	Silvio	From Latin silva, forest.
Pod	Rufino	From Latin rufus, red.
Corn	Glauco	From glauco, of the color of the sea. Also from Glaucus.
Aloe	Norma, Nora
Arty	Settimio, Alvaro	From insetto (insect) and alveare (beehive).
Kamitsure	Elettra	From elettricità (electricity).
Yacon	Sisto, Terenzio	From sisma (seism) and terra (earth).
Fūro	Violante, Celeste, Arianna	From volante (flying), celeste (celestial) and aria (air).
Hachiku	Nevio, Frediano	From neve (snow) and freddo (cold).
Iris	Drusilla	From drago (dragon).
Shaga	Diego, Rodrigo	From drago (dragon).
Shikimi	Ombretta, Addolorata	From ombra (shadow) and addolorata (grieving).
Gīma	Oscar	From oscuro (obscure)
Renbu	Ercole, Massimo	From Ercole (Hercules) and peso massimo (heavyweight).

Spanish

Japanese	Prediction	Reason
Dent	Silvestre	From Latin silva, forest.
Pod	Pirro	From Greek pyrros, flame-coloured, red.
Corn	Nereo	From Nereus, a Greek sea God.
Aloe	Norma, Nora
Arty	Gustavo, Héctor	From gusano (worm) and insecto (insect).
Kamitsure	Amparo	From amperio (ampere).
Yacon	Tiberio	From tierra (earth).
Fūro	Paloma, Avelina	From paloma (dove) and ave (bird).
Hachiku	Heladio	From helado (frozen).
Iris	Drusila	From dragón.
Shaga	Doriano	From dragón.
Shikimi	Dolores, Angustias, Olvido	From dolores (pains), angustias (anguishes) and olvido (oblivion).
Gīma	Óscar	From oscuro (dark).
Renbu	Luciano, Pelayo	From lucha (fight) and pelea (fight).