Meaning of some Final Fantasy Name !
 

Well i know the meaning of the name of many characters/items/place. But i will just put a few. If your interested in knowing about some other name feel free to ask ;)


FF6

Locke Cole
Could be named after John Locke, a philospher whose beliefs were instrumental in shaping America's early history. There's also the obvious pun on the word "lock" - you need him to unlock the doors in Narshe - and in that vein, there's a company named "Cole" that produces keys! His Japanese name actually was Lock. Also,there is mentions that the character's name is rather ironic, since John Locke wrote a lot about the justice in acquisition of property rights, and Locke the character's is ignoring all that.


Ultros
Ultros is a mistranslation, his Japanese name was Orthros, a two-headed dog in Greek mythology owned by Geryon who was slain by Hercules during one of his Labors. This would explain his association with Chupon/Typhon - Orthros was one of the sons of Typhon in Greek mythology. Of course, how they got a nutty purple octopus from a two-headed dog is anyone's guess.



FF7

Cloud Strife
Both "cloud" and "strife" are English words.

-Cloud’s Christian name alludes to his mysterious, unclear past and his unpredictable development in the future: his memory is ‘clouded’, he has his ‘head in the clouds’ and no one knows what his next move will be. In nature, clouds do not move by themselves but are driven by the wind. Likewise, Cloud’s development is influenced by others rather than by his own decision. At first, Sephiroth/Jenova is controlling him; later, it is Tifa who has to show him his true nature.
-"Strife" illustrates Cloud’s aggressive behavior towards others, as well as his inner fight that is the central conflict of the story. In the last duel between Cloud and Sephiroth, this fight finds its conclusion.


Shin-Ra
~Probably of Egypt origin, translates into "Dark God" and is used to describe a mythological creature similar to a vampire.
-Shin-Ra, Inc. is evil, hungers for power and seeks total world domination- hence "dark god". Also, they rely heavily on Jenova’s powers.
-Barret: "It [Mako energy]'s the life blood of the planet. But Shinra keeps suckin' the blood out with these machines." Quite vampiric.


Sephiroth
The name Sephiroth was a name cleverly picked by Squaresoft. In religious Hebrew teachings there are 10 Sephiroth (plural: Sephirah) symbolised in the Tree of Life. Each Sephiroth represents a path of ideas, attributes and concepts that one must realise and understand within oneself. Once that is done a person will have reached divine perfection, realised their Inner Christ and so forth. I find this extremely interesting in relation to Sephiroth-sama, as throughout the game he is striving to become a god, to reach that perfection and to go to the Promised Land.



FF8

Squall
There had been somewhat of a mystery as to Squall's paternity. What seemed obvious (and possibly an intentional red herring, which I'm sure Square enjoys creating to enrich the whole FF mythos), was that Laguna and Raine were Squall's parents. What was the hint? That all of their names are water-related. "Squall" referring to a storm at sea, as was mentioned on your site; "Laguna" is Spanish for "lagoon" (a calm, enclosed body of water sharply contrasting a squall); and "Raine"...well for rain." Continuing on that theme.

Edea
based on Medea: "In Greek mythology, Medea was a princess and sorceress of Colchis who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece from her father, lived as his consort, and killed their children as revenge for his infidelity. This might have something to do with her being taken over by Ultimecia and trying to kill the Orphanage gang who in a sense were her own children."



FF9

Zidane
It's coming from "gitan" (a french word meaning gipsy) and "tzigane" (this one also exists in English). In RPG, the gitan class is close to the thief class, so it fairly fits for FF9's main character. Also Tribal alludes to how the gipsys live (in tribes), and Zidane is also living with a band."

Kuja

Kuja is a Hindu god who came to earth as a crimson ball of flames. The name means "son of the earth"
"Kuja is also known as the equivalent of Mars, the Red Planet in some astrology teachings, also fitting considering that is Terra."

Mikoto
It mean "life" or "angel" in Japanese.

Garland
A garland is a wreath of flowers worn about the head.they were often bestowed upon great military heroes in ancient Greece, and are also left on the graves of fallen warriors or soldiers. Garland's alterego, Chaos, is self-explanatory.

Actually, there's an interesting story. Apparently, one of the designers had a purple plushie octopus he called Orthros that he kept in the office. Somehow, it ended up in the game.

Dammit, RS, you got to it first!

Yes, but what sometimes happens when heavy rain falls over a lagoon? A squall ;)

Hee hee hee...^~^

You could just figure out on your own that Laguna and Raine were Squall's parents. The game gives you clues.

Also...

Ifrit - it means "devil" in Arabic. I also found out that Tales of Destiny 2 for the PS (the actual Tales of Phantasia 2 and not Destiny) has a similarly named summon named Efreet. The Arabic spelling and pronounciation was in fact "efreet". Where have I seen that before...?! O.o;; Whoever you are, thanks for this information...

Kind of off topic, but...

The games are called "Final Fantasy" because way back in the early 80's, squaresoft(before merging obviously) was a very small company competing with famcom(something like that) and the game "Final Fantasy (1)" was named that because it was really there last or Final Fantasy. They were practicaly going out of business, and if the game didn't sell, they would have been out of business. But they didn't, and know they stand were we know them today, one of the biggest Video game company in the world. So the name(and original game)really had a lot of meaning behind it. Just imagine relying on a game that would make or break a company.

Just something i felt like putting out there.

My source for this was a Official Playstation Magazine that is a couple years old. Sometime around the Spirits within film.

It's not off-topic :)
It's actualy totaly on the topic.
Its kinda cool.
I didnt know about how Final Fantasy started.

The US OPM had a couple of pages on all the FF games along with the company origin. It was a page long article, so i think I kind of shortened it a bit.