Meaningful Name/Quotes

What does it matter what your name is? Take on whatever you wish, make it your own. But know this: a thousandfold names can not change the nature of a man. —Dak'kon, Planescape: Torment

"Didn't anybody hear that? Phil Mygrave? Isn't anyone going to make a joke about that name?" —CAR, The Replacements

Hard. Head. It's not just a name, you know. —Hardhead, Transformers: Revelation

Margaret is greek you geek It means pearl I'm a pure girl... —Philistine, No More Heroes 2 OST

Believe it or not, one of the most difficult tasks you face as Dungeon Master is dreaming up cool names for all those places, gods, monsters, and NPCs you create. As superficial as this chore might seem, nothing kills interest in an AD&D® game faster than goofy names. The minute your players are attacked by Gargathrank the Unclean, a great deal of the credibility you've carefully fostered flies straight out the window. Don't forget that the players' first impressions of your game world are based, in part, on the names you choose. —Ray Winninger, "Dungeoncraft", Dragon Magazine (May 1999)

"DuBois. — It's a French name. It means woods and Blanche means white, so the two together mean white woods. Like an orchard in spring! You can remember it by that." —Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire

"My name is Alice, but--" "It's a stupid name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently; "What does it mean?" "Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully. "Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh... -- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass (Interestingly enough, it is largely because of this work that the name Alice does mean something.)

Eino Leino! It was an finnish Homopoet who was extremly negative: "Ei" means No in Finnish, and "No" means No in English. So his name was No No Lei No! And what Lei means, no one knows. —Robert Gustavsson, as the Homofobic Herman Ers majestät, in one of his scetches.

Geddit? Know me - I'm alone! Genius! —The Nostalgia Chick on Nomi Malone and dripping with sarcasm.

Nomen est omen —Latin proverb

When a reader reads that Armand de Bois-Tracy met Nob, he or she will have no problem with distinguishing which one is a viscount and which one is a miller. —Andrzej Sapkowski, quoted here.

"His name is Brute? Yeegh, that doesn't sound too promising." —Jack, Rapunzels Revenge

Terry: What's the creepy lady's power? Tamara: I don't know, but they call her 'Bombshell'. Terry: Oh, that's encouraging. —Batman Beyond

Twilight Sparkle: Hey Fluttershy! Meet Mr. Wright, he's Rainbow Dash's lawyer. Phoenix Wright: Hello there, nice to meet you. Fluttershy: ... Phoenix Wright: So... Ponyville's a really nice place huh? Fluttershy: ... Phoenix Wright: (Talk about quiet... certainly lives up to her name.) —Turnabout Storm