Automaton Names?

[Ciros]

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Nadeshiko
E100
Koume
X-32
Poppo
Asuka
Sakura
Tao
Mao
Gadget
Marion
Widget
Quirk
Sprocket
Cogette
Lecter
Coppelia
Sparky
Clank
Calcobrena
Crackle
Ricochet
Josette
Fritz
Skippy
Pino
Mandarin
Jackstraw
Guignol
Moppet
Nutcracker
Erwin

Doctor Lecter?
...Doctor Lecter?!

[Xalu]

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I went with Mashira... no reason.

[NixNot]

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I paid the 10k to switch mine to Nine.

Was hoping there were more words meaning small, or little, like Bambino, cause my main's name is Pipsqueak, and my mule is Microscopic

I was really hoping i could name my puppet speck, cause Pipsqueak and Speck sounds good.

[Lilani]

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Tournefoux <,>

Pronounced Tor-ne-foe, for me anyway. I wanted an outragously long and hard to prounounce name, just to prevent steriotyping

Widget
...
Nutcracker

Lawlz

[Taskmage]

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I wanted to name mine R-66Y

[Murphie]

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I finally settled on Amidon for mine, but I'm still not altogether sure that I'm happy with that.

[Daryn2889]

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I named mine Luron, just because I was pressed for time and I kinda liked the name. I might change it to Xaver when I get to level 10 and get mage frame.

[Cybilcora]

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Hey I went around for the first list of names and tried to give them some meanings. Now I claim that not all of these are probably acurate, and I was probably reading too much into a completely made up name. However it's still something to give a origin to a other wise meaningless name.

Please add corrections if you have them (especially on the japanese meanings)

here goes. I'll be adding the others as I get to them. Hope you like.

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Luron- fr. noun masculine Sprite or boy
Drille- fr. Hand drill (figures right)
Tournefoux- fr. Tourne= jump Faux= fake, false, deceptive
Chafouin - fr. wily, foxy, sly, tricky
Plaisantin- fr. Joker, phoney
Loustic- fr. Funny man, flake
Histrion- fr. Noun Masculine wadering minstrel
Bobeche- fr. A usually crystal collar on a candle socket used to catch drippings or to hold suspended pendants.
Bougrion- this was pretty impossible for me to translate a meaning for.
Rouleteau- I think this name is supposed to be phonetic spelling of Roulette. Kinda engrish.
Allouette- Fr. Lark (a bird) (common mis-spelling)
Serenade- It. An instrumental composition written for a small ensemble performance given to honor or express love for someone
Ficelette- It. Found only one reference for this word in a pdf from this web site. http://www.cittadini.it/ I believe this has something to do with fishing net or some type of woven mesh or net.
Tocadie- Sp. Tocad means "you touch", ie wouldn't mean anything. so hmmm...
Caprice- Fr. Whim
Capillotte- It. capill prefix is latin for hair, and otte is a diminutive suffix, kinda like -ette(ex diskette) or -let (piglet)
Quenotte- Fr. Applying what I did with Capillotte to this; "Qu'en" is french for "that there" so maybe the meaning is "little matter" or "that little thing there"
Pacotille- Fr. shotty goods
Comedie- Fr. Funny festivity, origin greek Komos+aoidos "revel+singer". Funny festivity
Kagekiyo- Jp. Kage=Shadow Kiyo=contribution, service So I figure something like Shadow Servant, or Shadow assistance.
Toraoh- Jp. Tora means Tiger, what the "oh" does as a suffix I dunno.
Genta- Jp. Gen means original, ta as a suffix might be to determine who. So kinda like saying "it's an original" I guess.
Kintoki- Jp. Kin means little or fitting in size, and toki means either time/occasion or a meals that are exchanged by priests.
Koumei- Jp. Justice
Pamama- "Pa mama" means "for mother" in the papiamentu language
Lobo- Sp. Wolf
Tsukushi- Jp. Horsetail plant latin-Equisetum hyemale
Oniwaka- Jp. Oni- demon, waka- japanese poem or just poem. if you want to learn about waka, search waka in wikipedia
Kenbishi- Jp. I believe bishi would mean "seperation" or "apart from" and ken to mean heaven. So Fallen Angel maybe?
Hannya- Jp. Wisdom or also known as Demoness with fangs and horns
Marshira- This one was really out there too. Might be a girls name from some where. It might be macedonian phonetic of marcia, or marsha.

[Daryn2889]

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Wow that's pretty cool! Where did you find these, or do you just know them?

[Cybilcora]

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Wow that's pretty cool! Where did you find these, or do you just know them?

you had to ask....

I spent hours in the wee morning searching them all one by one and breaking some down to try and pull meanings from them.

So all that you see up there was me, a search engine, and online dictionaries.

[Daryn2889]

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Ahh I see. Lol well thanks!

[mytoy]

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mines Oniwaka

I had a debate over what to name it lol i liked all 3 of tehse but i ended up picking Oniwaka: Tsukushi, Oniwaka, or Serenade

[Cybilcora]

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Here is the long awaited second part to the series ^.^b Finally finished for your pleasure.

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Nadeshiko – Jp. (feminine) In Japanese the name literally means "an affectionate touch for a child" flower Dianthus superbus, commonly called ‘pink’
E100 – This type of name really can’t be translated as the letter and number could stand for any number of things. I tried to reference it to something related to final fantasy or the Kabbalah (which many final fantasy names came from) but with little success.
Koume – was the name of one of the twin witches in Legend of Zelda Orcarina of time. Koume of fire and Kotake of ice. "Ko-ume" (ko- jp. Small ume- jp. For plum) is a type of Japanese apricot or plum. It has a sour taste.
X-32 - This type of name really can’t be translated as the letter and number could stand for any number of things. I tried to reference it to something related to final fantasy or the Kabbalah (which many final fantasy names came from) but with little success.
Poppo – Jp. ( ポッポ ) means pigeon, or some form of bird. Also the Japanese name of the Pidgey pokemon.
Asuka – Jp. ( 飛鳥 ) a Male or female name. Also the name of a Jp. Capitol in the 6th century. The kanji first part Fly second part bird, could translate into flying bird.
Sakura – Jp. Cherry Blossom tree. If you didn’t know this one, your not into the Japanese enough ^.^;
Tao - Ch. Path, way, or Road. Taoism is a popular Chinese religion or philosophy.
Mao – A game of Cards, in which the rules are never taught but learned through experience, and observation. Also a Chinese surname which means Bald, or shaven head.
Gadget – a device of various uses or secific function. This is a made up word with a fuzzy origin. Mainly it derived from French words "gâchette" or "gagée".
Marion - It was a name for a devotee of the Virgin Mary. Tracing the origin of the name further, we found the name Marion was derived from the Hebrew name Miryam, which means wished for child. A boy's and girl's name Variant of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea."
Widget- Oooh this one is fun! In computers a widget is known as the graphical user interface tools, like a window with buttons or seletion menus; Windows media player controls can be described as a widget. "window" + "gadget"= "widget". In the Marvel Universe Kitty Pryde (seen in X-3 the movie) far into the future ended up trapped in a robot body with amnesia, and was dubbed widget.
Quirk - [also written; querk or qwark] A peculiarity of behavior; A petty distinction or an irrelevant objection; An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; A sudden sharp turn or twist. {The origin of the word "quirk" itself is, unfortunately, a mystery, but we do know that it first appeared in English around 1565 meaning "a verbal trick" or "an evasion." In "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599), Shakespeare used "quirk" to mean "a witty quip [sarcastic remark]" and by "Twelfth Night," written in 1601, he was using it in our modern sense to mean "a peculiarity of behavior."-http://www.word-detective.com/}
Sprocket - is a tooth on the rim of gear wheel, which meshes with a chain or track. Sprockets are used in bicycles, motorcycles, cars, tanks and other machinery.
Cogette - synonym to sprocket, a cog is a part in a big machine. Adding -ette (french Suffix) would mean it is a very small.
Lecter – Latin, Lector means reader. Also, Lecter is the surname of the Doctor turned serial killer in the story Silence of the Lambs. The name was originally spelled Lecktor in the first film “Manhunter”.
Coppelia- Coppelia, a ballet performance, is a story of a toy maker whose doll comes to life.
Sparky - Animated; lively. In a British comic book series; Sparky is a little boy with an over active imagination. His adventures often involve objects that magically come to life and talk to him. Also Sparky (Sabu) the Mechanic from Speed Racer (Mach Go Go Go).
Clank - sound description-A sharp and hard but not resonant metallic sound. From the game Ratchet & Clank; A Robot who is intellectual but small, and weak in strength.
Calcobrena - Boss Final Fantasy 4: Calbrina in the Dwarf Castle. Cal and Brina dolls join to become Calbrina. Original sound (song) version from FF4 “Dancing Calcobrena” (Dancing Doll Calcobrena)
Crackle - sound description- To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; To show liveliness, energy, or intensity; A network of fine cracks on the surface of glazed pottery, china, or glassware. Crackle also one of the three elves on the box Rice Crispies. (Snap Crackle and Pop)
Ricochet - To rebound at least once from a surface. Ricochet Rabbit from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon would bounce off walls yelling yipyip and stuff. From Transformers; Ricochet transforms into a submachine gun, he was a member of the Targetmasters.
Josette - French nickname form of Josephine which French feminine form of Joseph, which means, "he will add".
Fritz - nickname for Friedrich Germanic meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". English version is Fredrick.
Skippy - Is nickname of sorts. The name Skip is of English origin is usually used as a nickname; as in "skipper", the term for the captain of a ship or boat. American comic in 1923, Skippy is an odd mix of mischief and melancholy; he may equally be found stealing from the corner fruit stand, or failing to master skates or baseball, or complaining about the adult world, or staring sadly at an old relative's grave.
Pino- Sp. Pine ; Portugese. Bolt
Mandarin - Chinese dialect most common form of Chinese language. or Beifanghua ( 北方話 ) The north story or literally Northern Dialect
Jackstraw - Jack Straws or Jackstraws is another name for the children's game Pick-up Sticks. Also the name of a Greatful Dead song.
Guignol - a French puppet show for children, was devised between 1810 and 1812 by Laurent Mourguet, from Lyon an unemployed silk weaver, but because of a lack of money became a dentist He would travel from place to place pulling teeth with his large pincers, and eventually the people became scared of him, after hearing the screams of those having their teeth pulled, and would hide from him. To solve this, he created a puppet in his likeness to tell funny stories and ease people's fear of him. The puppet became so popular he stopped being a dentist completely and became a renowned puppeteer. The idea caught on, and there were many Guignol shows (similar to the English 'Punch and Judy' shows that were satirical, and used to complain about God, the lords, King, and anyone the people had any grievances about) around France. The government was very afraid of these gatherings, and made puppet shows illegal, which just encouraged the shows more. Puppeteers would just setup shop in the middle of a marketplace and move on when they were done. – Wikipedia.
Moppet - A young person between birth and puberty. Old English obsolete mop, fool, child, from Middle English moppe. In the Movie Ms. Doubtfire, the main character calls one of the puppets Moppet, and used it as a term of endearment in the film. It’s very British.
Nutcracker - Nutcrackers in the form of wooden carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century. These nutcrackers have a large mouth, which opens by lifting a lever in the back of the figurine, insert a nut into the mouth and press down to crack the nut. Modern nutcrackers figurines are reserved for decoration mainly at Christmastime. Also it is the basis of the famous ballet, and story.
Erwin - Derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and win "friend".

[PTT]

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As for the name "Kenbishi" , I typed this into google, and it is apparently the name of the robotics company in Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the one that makes the blue spider-legged tank thing with AI.

The Japanese word for heaven, based on the chinese kanji, is "Ten"

[Cybilcora]

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As for the name "Kenbishi" , I typed this into google, and it is apparently the name of the robotics company in Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the one that makes the blue spider-legged tank thing with AI.

The Japanese word for heaven, based on the chinese kanji, is "Ten"

Ok so japanese word for heaven is not Ken, but Ten? Do you have a alternate translation for kenbishi?