This is all the character name research I have done
Name - Meaning (Language) - Picture
(Note: Some names show up in multiple languages. The exact meaning and name it derives from may be different depending on the language.)
Aldo - old (English) - 1-1
Nina - grace (Hebrew) - 1-2
Rob - bright, famous (Teutonic) - 1-3
Hayatemaru - see About Hayatemaru bellow (Japanes)e - 1-4
Eisele - 1-5 - short pet form of the personal name Isenhart (iisan (iron) + hart (hardy or strong), a nick name for a blacksmith, ironworkser, or dealer in iron. (Old High German & Middle German)
Dilara - In the heart, lover (Turkish) - 1-6
Gustav - staf of God (Latin/Teutonic) - 1-7
Yaichi - one night (Japanese) - 1-8
Sophie - wise (Greek) - 2-1
Frist - as a noun it means a space of time. As a verb in the rarly 13th century it mentnt to delay, the opposite of tryst (Old High German/Old Norse/ Old English) 2-2
Akja - Varient transcription of Akdzha, means means "blonde" or "little and white". (Turkmen) - 2-3
Franz - free (form of Frederick) (Danish)/ free (form of Frank) (German)/ free (form of Fancis) (Sweedish)/ free (Teutonic) - 2-4
Orhan - Derived from the Turkish "or" meaning "great", and the title "khan" meaning "leader". (Turkish) - 2-5
Marie - bitter (form of Mary) (Czechoslovakian/French)/ bitter (Hebrew) - 2-6
Chimg - I was unable to translate this one 2-7
B2 - See about B2 bellow - 2-8
About Hayatemaru
Hayate means the "fresh breaze". The mean of suffix "maru" has several different meanings and the history of it in the use names is of importance.
In ancient times in Japan people believed that illness, infant mortality, and other misfortunes were caused by oni and other evil beings. People relied on numerous superstitions, charms,and kami (spirits or gods) to protect against them.
Maru can mean excrement, feces, and similar dirty things. People believed that since they didn't like touching dirty and ugly things an evil being would not like it either and often gave children names that meant ugly things in hopes that it would deter evil beings from harming the child. The addition of maru as a suffix in a name was common because of this.
Japanese ships in the past and in modern times, also often usually have maru as a suffix on ship names as it was believed in the past that this would protect the ship from sea monsters.
Boys with names ending in maru were very common during the Edo and Sengoku periods.
In modern times the maru is often added to a name to indicate that the boy is a noble child. As the addition of maru was used to indicate a child of a feudal lord, high-ranking samurai, or nobles.
In the the universe of "Naruto" several characters have the maru suffix who are not samurai or noble lords though. Many of the male ninja characters have the maru suffix. In Naruto the use is believed by several to be a superficial one.
In modern times maru is usually meant to mean a circle.
The late Japanese historian, author, and game designer of the Sengoku RPG, Anthony J. Bryant, says that the suffix maru was used to designate affection in the past.
Bryant also mentions that the maru suffix show up attached to the names of various swords.
The author of the information that says maru meant excrement in the past says that in the case of swords the suffix maru derived from the word the word maro which means I and this was done to express that the owner of the weapon were a pair.
Bryant in his information says instead that maro was another word that meant affection. Bryant does interestingly give one famous children's name Oniwakamaru which translates to "dear young goblin" which may add some support to the other author's claim of maru having a negative connotation in the past.
Maru can also mean perfection or purity according to some dictionaries.
In the case of cover art character the maru is most likely being used as a nod to the many ninjas in Nauruto. This is most likely supported because the character has ninja equipment, the hair style of the character. The caharacter also may be a fox type character which would strenth that "Naruto" had a good bit of inspiration in the design. (That the character may be a fox can be seen if one looks closely at the area around the nose and pays attention to the color used before it turns darkish blue.)
Finally, Hayatemaru s the name of chain ramen noodle resteraunts in Japan that even has some restrunts in the U.S.
About B2.
The character may be named after the US bomber, or the vitamin. The letter B is the 2 second letter letter of the alphabet, The number 2 can be a refrence to second.
In military terminology the designation A1 is usedd to designate finest military quality, so B2 may not be the final and best "robot" of the series.
One of the most widely played and still popular D&D modules had the designation of B2.
In the Babylon 5 TV series B2 was the 2nd babylon space station constructed.
Other Additional Information
Chimg - I was unable to find a name meaning for it, but my rough notes are bellow.
Chi m g
chi mu gu
Chi is similar to the kanji for chi is the kanji for sen, which means 1000, but it is unrelated now and chi is used as a phonetic. Some older names may carry the 1000 meaning.
Orhan
This was the name of a 14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Yaichi
Yaichi is a character in the the manga and animated series "The House of Five Leaves" who is the leader of a gang.
Yaichi is one of the Six Samurai in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game.
Anyway I hope someone finds all of that helpful.
I did ask about doing some blog posts to submit to give some detailed information about the myths, origins, etc. of some of the enemies that show up in the various maker games, but never got a reply back.
I most likely am just start posting the information if in the maker drive thread as it will help those making enemy books, etc. and give a good bit of information that would require a lot of time and research that I've already done.
Might end up when all is finished compiling it all into a MV enemies guide book.
