#agent arif

omg ty! ;0; some of them, their names are pretty much just a little bit of keysmashing until it looks right (enough vowels, easy to say, stuff like that) but as far as the ones that have meaning or taken from in-universe languages, lemme think... 

Coshbyss: Taken from two words in this fan zabraki dictionary - specifically, the names section. “Cosh” means “pride,” as in “pride of the family,” and “byss” is a variation of “Bez,” referring to someone who “protects her young.” Since I wanted to go with the idea of protection, I tried to find an alternate spelling of Bez, which is apparently a feminine name only? (but gender binaries are wonky anyway so who cares lmao) But yeah tried to find an alternate spelling that sounded less harsh than “Bez” - since the Z made it a very harsh sounding name.

Rakeshi’s daughters, Mirho Kutaau, and Phida, are all names derived from Greek numerology and/or the Greek alphabet! (Rakheshi, however, was a keysmash name. Same with his surname Keiroda.)

Chaf’aul’iflar aka Fauli was difficult because holy shit, chiss names y’all. I did want something where the core name sounded very... cute? sweet? so finding the house names and core names etc that’d actually fit the bill took.... weeks, i think. lmao.

عارف aka Arif: It’s an Arabic name that refers to someone who’s an expert in their field, or something similar to that. He’s an intelligence agent, so his name ties into that!

Athenyia: Derived from goddess Athena! 

Howlite: I just. Really wanted an OC that had a type of precious/semi-precious stone as a name. It was a little easier to find Chiss names this time, which was nice! 

Davi Mingxin: First name is literally just “David” with the last D taken off. Mingxin is derived from 明星, which pretty much means “celebrity” though the individual characters mean “bright” and “star” individually.

Wanwo: variation of the romanization of 望和. afaik, individually, the first character means either “to expect, to hope for” etc., or refers to the full moon. Second should mean something like “peace” I think?

Ying Zii: very loose interpretation (and definitely wrong lol) of the romanization of 明淨, “luminous.”

Kara Wren: A Mandalorian derived name. Kara refers both to the stars and to a ruling council composed of former leaders to Mandalorians. (I guess I have a lot of star/space based names lmao) and Wren is a surname taken from Sabine Wren from star wars rebels, aka my daughter and Mandalore of my heart.