Bakugan & Name Meanings | NV
Mira & Keith Fermin: "Mira" is a short version of various Slavic names containing the element "mir", meaning "peace", and sounds identical to Hindi name meaning "sea, ocean". It's also the name of a binary star in the constellation Cetus. "Keith" on the other hand is derived from an old Celtic word meaning "wood". "Fermin" is a variant of "Firmin", meaning, well, "firm".
Ace Grit: self-explanatory. I love it when a name just speaks for itself.
Baron Leltoy: "Baron" is definitely from the noble title. For "Leltoy" I have no idea. It sounds vaguely Russian, but doesn't have any meaning that I can find. Furthest I can stretch it is that it's similar to the Russian word "leto", meaning either "summer" or "year". The Japanese dub changes it to "Baron Rich" for some reason.
Zenoheld: either from Greek "Zenon" meaning "of Zeus" (which itself is derived from a Proto Indo-European root meaning "bright" or "sky, heaven") or "xenos", meaning "foreign, strange", and either Old Germanic "hildiz", meaning "battle", or Dutch "held", meaning "hero".
Hydron: most likely from a Greek root meaning "water". Could also be a weird spelling of the name "Hadrian", but that too also comes from a word meaning "water". So if you're keeping track, that's two Subterra brawlers whose names have something to do with water. Weird. Alternatively, it might have been chosen for its similarity to Arabic "Haidar" (meaning "lion, warrior") and English "Hayden" (meaning "hay hill"), but I find that rather hard to believe.
Gus Grav: "Gus" is short for "Augustus", meaning "venerable", while "Grav" is most likely short for "gravity".
Volt Luster: "Volt" is from the unit of electric potential, in the International System of Units. It is derived from the surname of Alessandro Volta, which is itself derived from an Italian word meaning "turn, rotation, spin". "Luster", meanwhile, is from the English word meaning "shine, polish".
Shadow Prove: "Shadow" is self-explanatory, while for "Prove" I have no clue, especially since it's pronounced weird. Based on pronunciation I'm inclined to think it was chosen as a variant of "Provost", which refers to the head of a religious establishment, and other officials in position of power and responsibility, by extension. It was also used as a nickname for a self-important person, which tracks when you consider Shadow's personality.
Mylene Farrow: "Mylene" seems to be a blending together of Marie and Hélène, both of which have unclear meanings. It's also used sometimes as a French form of "Milena", a Slavic name meaning "gracious, dear". Should be pronounced "Mee-len", but the English dub incorrectly puts it as "My-lean" for some reason. Nelvana, you guys are Canadians. French is an official language over there, you of all people should know better. Anyway, "Farrow" is an obscure English word meaning "litter of piglets", and was apparently a mistransliteration of "pharaoh".
Lync Volan: "Lync" is most likely from the English word "link", influenced by the spelling of "lynx". Visually resembles the Cyrillic spelling of the name "Luis" ("Луис"), if you tilt your head and squint from very far away. As for "Volan", it means "steering wheel" in various Eastern European languages.
Okay, jokes aside, I think it's probably comes from Italian "volante", mostly because it means both "flying" and "freelance", a reference to both his element and his tendency to switch sides at the drop of a hat depending on who gives him a bigger reward—the English word "freelance", after all, originally meant "mercenary". It's also pronounced the same as the Polish name "Wolan", which is derived from a word that means "will, volition", and that has the more dated meaning of "freedom, liberty", like in the Polish word for "slave", "niewolnik" (literally, "without free will").
Is also part of the Russian name of Voldemort, "Volan-de-mort". This in turn is in reference to the novel "The Master and Margarita", where the character of Professor Voland is Satan in disguise. Alice being Russian, I think this would not be lost on her.
