The Meanings of Names
Derivations for our Favorite Characters and Actors
The X-Files
Samantha-- Listener
Dana-- from Denmark
Katherine-- Pure
William (Mulder's middle name, Mulder's "father's" name, Scully's brother's name)-- Resolute guardian
Marty (Mulder's sometimes-alias)-- Warlike
Melissa (Scully's sister)-- Bee (I'm not kidding)
Walter (Skinner)-- Powerful warrior
Melvin (Frohike)-- Millworker
John (Byers)-- God gave
(Langly's first name is unknown)
Sharon (Skinner's ex-wife)-- Princess
Eugene (Tooms)-- Born lucky
Emily (Scully's daughter?)-- Industrious
Max (Fenig, The NICAP guy)-- The greatest
Alex (Krycek)-- Defender of mankind
Jose (Chung)-- God adds
Holly (see any episode written by Vince Gilligan)-- Holly grove
REAL PEOPLE
Chris (Carter)-- Christ-bearer
David (Duchovny)-- Beloved
Gillian (Anderson)-- Downy haired
Mitch (Pileggi)-- Who is like God
Babylon 5
Jeffrey (Sinclair)-- God's peace
John (Sheridan)-- God gave
Susan (Ivanova)-- Lily
Michael (Garibaldi)-- Who is like God
Zack (Allan)-- Remembered by God
Elizabeth (Lochley)-- God's oath
Vir (Cotto)*-- man
Anna (Sheridan, deceased)-- Gracious
David (Sherdan, son of Delenn and John Sheridan)-- beloved
Alfred (Bester, Psi-Cop)-- Counselor
Stephen (Franklin)-- crown
Talia (Winters, telepath)-- born on Christmas
Marcus (Cole, Ranger)-- Warlike
REAL PEOPLE
Bruce (Boxleitner, John Sheridan)-- Woodlands
Mira (Furlan, Ambassador Delenn)-- Wonderful
Peter (Jurasik, Londo Mollari)-- A rock
Richard (Biggs, Stephen Franklin)-- Strong ruler
Claudia (Christian, Susan Ivanova)-- Lame
Walter (Koenig, Alfred Bester)-- Powerful warrior
Joseph (Straczynski, Creator)-- God adds
Tracy (Scoggins, Elizabeth Lochley)-- The unmastered, wild
Andreas (Katsulas, Citizen G'kar)-- manly
William ("Bill" Mumy, Lennier)-- Resolute guardian
Jeff (Conaway, Zack Allan)-- God's peace
Patricia (Tallman, Lyta Alexander)-- of nobility
Andrea (Thompson, Talia Winters)-- manly
Stephen (Furst, Vir Cotto)-- crown
Jason (Carter, Marcus Cole)-- healer
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These derivations represent what the names themselves mean, not how the series chose them.
*- while "Vir" was not actually in the name database, it is in fact the Latin word for "man"
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