Name origins

[Captain Glomps]

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.

yep thats sephiroths. I just couldn't think of away of explaining it  

[Captain Glomps]

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[Pierre42]

wow didn't know that about Quina....though I hated that he/she was sooooo annoying statwise  

[Captain Glomps]

i'll post again if i find something interesting  

[lack-of-originality]

well the one about quina is funny  

[lack-of-originality]

i know. maybe VIVI comes from the latin word "vivo" which means to be alive

you all impressed?  

[Pierre42]

eek you guys al know moe about name origins than me crying  

[Captain Glomps]

Pierre42

eek you guys al know moe about name origins than me crying

of course. i am the wise master blaugh  

[lack-of-originality]

Zu was a demonic tempest bird from Mesopotamian mythology. It lived in the underworld and stole the tablets of fate from Enlil, a major Mesopotamian deity

Yojimbo is japanese for bodyguard  

[Pierre42]

Really? well Yojimbo's name fits but looks like thats what Bahumut is  

[Captain Glomps]

Quetzalcoatl is an aztec god.  

[lack-of-originality]

metal-gear-gear

Quetzalcoatl is an aztec god.

known as the "feathered serpent" right?  

[Kalile Alako]

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!

Then there's Terra... that's earth.
Don't know about Cecil, though, I'm afraid, or Hero. xd



The most obvious one to me is Shiva. Quetzacoatl, too, but that's been said. Shiva is a Hindu god of destruction, usually with multiple arms. Something to do with dancing. I'm afraid that I don't know too much about it.  

[Pierre42]

Kalile Alako

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!

Then there's Terra... that's earth.
Don't know about Cecil, though, I'm afraid, or Hero. xd



The most obvious one to me is Shiva. Quetzacoatl, too, but that's been said. Shiva is a Hindu god of destruction, usually with multiple arms. Something to do with dancing. I'm afraid that I don't know too much about it.

YAY! A forgotten member speaks up.
but anway Shiva is rather strange.
Yes she is a god of destruction
but Shiva is the Hindu god of dance and destruction and is male (I think) and also use fire not ice so kinda strange  

[Captain Glomps]

Pierre42

Kalile Alako

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!

Then there's Terra... that's earth.
Don't know about Cecil, though, I'm afraid, or Hero. xd



The most obvious one to me is Shiva. Quetzacoatl, too, but that's been said. Shiva is a Hindu god of destruction, usually with multiple arms. Something to do with dancing. I'm afraid that I don't know too much about it.

YAY! A forgotten member speaks up.
but anway Shiva is rather strange.
Yes she is a god of destruction
but Shiva is the Hindu god of dance and destruction and is male (I think) and also use fire not ice so kinda strange

Ok. i had a discussion about this a while back, there seems to be all sorts of wierd and wonderful theories for her name origin. Some dude told me that the original Japanese spells her name "Siva." People have indicated that Siva is actually a Slavic goddess whose name is pronounced "Shiva" or "sheeva", and whose name means "living, being, existing". That would explain the female part. Saying that i haven't really found anything to support this theory

And just for you pierre Wakka means means "water" in the Ainu language.