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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Asking what the names of certain anime characters mean is really along the same lines as looking up the names of characters on a US sitcom to see what they mean. Imagine someone doing that then going on and on about how perfect the meaning was for the character or how cool it was for the character to have a name meaning such-and-such like is common with anime names.
It sounds a bit silly when put into those terms, doesn`t it?
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Most people seem to go completely overboard with this whole name thing but there are some stories that have characters with names that are deliberate play on words or puns, which are totally lost in dubs and translation.
I don't think it's wrong to want to understand where a joke is coming from but all too often they seem to go about it the wrong way; it's like asking why the idea of an amorous dwarf called 'Cassanunda' is supposed to be funny and being told "Oh, well, 'cassa' means 'house' and 'unda' means 'shadow' and he like... sneaks into people houses to seduce women all the time, lol!".