Name origins

[Captain Glomps]

Does anybody know where some of the FF names came from or any theories?  

[Captain Glomps]

for example:

Reeve
An English word meaning:
1. The local representative of the king in a shire until the early 13th century.
2. (In medieval England) A manorial steward who supervised the daily affairs of the manor.
3. (In Canadian government) A president of a local council, especially in a rural area
4. (Formerly) A minor local official
-I think that most of these descriptions match up with Reeve's position. He's the representative for the Urban Development area for Midgar, under President Shinra who is more or less the 'King' of Midgar. He supervises the day-to-day running of the city, he's the president of the 'local council' of Urban Development and as such is a minor local official.  

[Karn1254]

Cloud= a Cloud lol  

[Captain Glomps]

aerith/ aeris = sky coincidence?

also Tidus= sun and Yuna= moon coincidence?  

[Pierre42]

I KNEW IT!!!
All main characters have weather names I think.
Cloud
Squall (I'm sure it is something to do with wind)
Now I know Tidus is Sun!  

[Karn1254]

Wow thats is quite the coincidence.  

[Pierre42]

Yep I figured it out a while back I just need one more confirmation.
FF9's main character....is his name anything?  

[Captain Glomps]

Pierre42

Yep I figured it out a while back I just need one more confirmation.
FF9's main character....is his name anything?

u want me to find out about zidane and garnet (a.k.a Dagger)? i have found something but i'm not sure how accurate the source is. Do you want me to post anyway?  

[Pierre42]

Sure go ahead.  

[Captain Glomps]

Zidane Tribal

possibly came from "tzigane" In RPG, the gitan class is close to the thief class, so it fairly fits for FF9's main character. Also Tribal alludes to how the gipsys live (in tribes), and Zidane is also living with a band."


garnet

Very simple a red gem  

[Captain Glomps]

oh yeh Jenova means new god/ someone that wants to become a god  

[Pierre42]

New God....that sounds pretty fitting for Jenova and Sephiroth  

[Captain Glomps]

Pierre42

New God....that sounds pretty fitting for Jenova and Sephiroth

yeh it figures  

[Captain Glomps]

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[Karn1254]

ok I've given this a million times now...

Sephiroths name is the plural of Sephirot, a Sephirot is a circle on a tree (from some religion not really a tree) The name of the tree (which also sounds like sephiroth) has Sephirots on it, ten which all follow some divine path of the gods.

This makes sense because Sephiroth wants to become a devine god.


there I think thats it.