Author Topic: English names for the girls (Read 19002 times)

Shizzo · « **Reply #30 on:** June 22, 2010, 12:57:01 AM »

Quote from: TidalEspeon on June 21, 2010, 11:48:35 PM

Gensokyo could also be renamed Illusia or Illusionasia. :3

Youkai would be called "bad guys", and they would strive for bullying good people

(Oh my, 4-kids ideas coming to my mind..)

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #31 on:** June 22, 2010, 01:52:37 AM »

Quote from: Linnah on June 22, 2010, 12:57:01 AM

Youkai would be called "bad guys", and they would strive for bullying good people

(Oh my, 4-kids ideas coming to my mind..)

4-kids would have 0 involvement, as it would be left to the people who did Escaflowne, cause Escaflowne is awesome.

Patorikku · « **Reply #32 on:** June 22, 2010, 01:54:24 AM »

Reimu - Michelle (I dunno, something about Reimu makes her look like a Michelle)
Marisa - Marissa (Yes, there's a difference)
Rumia - Rini (pronounced rE`-nE)
Cirno - Chilly Cindy (Yeah, titles, I know...
Hong Meiling - Hong Lee
Patchouli - Patricia
Sakuya - Selina
Remilia better stay the same...
So should Flandre...
Letty stays
Chen - Kitty Kayla (Someone please kill me now...)
Alice stays the same
Lily White, Lunasa, and Lyrica stay the same
Merlin - Meghan (Because Merlin is the same name as an old male wizard from English folktale, and all)
Youmu - Jenna
Yuyuko - Virginia
Ran - Foxgirl Fay (I dunno anymore...)
Yukari - Victoria
Wriggle stays
Mystia stays
Keine - Karen
Tewi - Bunny Beatrice (Okay, I'm outta ideas, I admit...)
Reisen - Lunatic Lucy (FFF---)
Eirin stays
Kaguya - Melissa
Mokou - Taylor

Okay, I'm ending this monstrosity now, as I am not getting anywhere logical. Any of them that names don't match the first letter, I assumed by looks...

Alice★f · « **Reply #33 on:** June 22, 2010, 02:03:29 AM »

Quote from: TidalEspeon on June 21, 2010, 11:48:35 PM

Gensokyo could also be renamed Illusia or Illusionasia. :3

Illusionania

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #34 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:32:06 AM »

Yumemi would probly be something like Raine(ToS) or Berry(Yumemi's theme is Strawberry Crysis), if changed.
Chiyuri getting a name change seems likely considering her last name(it's Siki/Keine caliber big) is something like Kitishirakawa.
Shinki should stay the same, but if changed, something Goddess-ish.
Sariel into Samael maybe :V
Shikieiki/Sikieiki either stays, or becomes something still fitting for an epic judge of an entire REALM made of Awesome,
Yuka... Sunny? I can picture. Fits with some touhou fanons, but not with others >.>
Elly would be Elizabeth :V *gets Megidolaon'ed for 9999 damage

atoms2ashes · « **Reply #35 on:** June 22, 2010, 08:15:03 AM »

Okay, okay, why would Yuka be named after a Milk fairy?

game2011 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 22, 2010, 03:16:45 PM »

Quote from: Linnah on June 22, 2010, 12:57:01 AM

Youkai would be called "bad guys", and they would strive for bullying good people

(Oh my, 4-kids ideas coming to my mind..)

If the dubbed version of Inuyasha taught us anything, then it's that "Youkai" translates into "Demon". That's basically what Youkai means in the first place.

Kinzo the Astro Curious · « **Reply #37 on:** June 22, 2010, 03:45:48 PM »

Quote from: Iryan on June 19, 2010, 12:53:37 PM

You all should read this thread. Don't post in it, for gods sake, but read it.

It is going to be worth it.

Oh man, that thread contains my best early memories of MotK :V

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #38 on:** June 23, 2010, 02:06:17 AM »

Quote from: atoms2ashes on June 22, 2010, 08:15:03 AM

Okay, okay, why would Yuka be named after a Milk fairy?

Not that one >.> Yuka is a Flower loving Youkai with power over Flowers so Sunny would make sense. Also, doesn't Mugenkan(Yuka's home) translate to Garden of the Sun or sumthin like that?

Sabino · « **Reply #39 on:** June 23, 2010, 02:44:40 AM »

Quote from: MystearicaUtsuho on June 23, 2010, 02:06:17 AM

Also, doesn't Mugenkan(Yuka's home) translate to Garden of the Sun or sumthin like that?

I think you're mistaking 夢幻館(Mugenkan) and 太陽の畑(Taiyou no hatake). Mugenkan is mansion of illusionary dreams.
Taiyou no hatake is field/garden of sun.

orinrin · « **Reply #40 on:** June 23, 2010, 03:56:42 AM »

This thread leaves me speechless. Not in the good way either.

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #41 on:** June 23, 2010, 04:58:07 AM »

Quote from: Sabino on June 23, 2010, 02:44:40 AM

I think you're mistaking 夢幻館(Mugenkan) and 太陽の畑(Taiyou no hatake). Mugenkan is mansion of illusionary dreams.
Taiyou no hatake is field/garden of sun.

Oh, it's just I see some fanfics and such that descibe The Garden of the Sun as somewhere near/a part of where Yuka lives.

OkashiiKisei · « **Reply #42 on:** June 23, 2010, 01:00:01 PM »

Quote from: MystearicaUtsuho on June 23, 2010, 02:06:17 AM

Not that one >.> Yuka is a Flower loving Youkai with power over Flowers so Sunny would make sense. Also, doesn't Mugenkan(Yuka's home) translate to Garden of the Sun or sumthin like that?

I still think Flora makes more sense. Yuuka is a flower (flora) youkai, not a sun youkai. Sunny is more fitting for Utsuho.

atoms2ashes · « **Reply #43 on:** June 23, 2010, 01:37:27 PM »

We COULD just name Orin "Kitty" and Okuu "Raven".

...and Chen can be named Myao.

Thata no Guykoro · « **Reply #44 on:** June 23, 2010, 06:05:59 PM »

Didn't 4kids go bankrupt and out of business?

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #45 on:** June 23, 2010, 06:44:40 PM »

Quote from: Thatsonnn Dedeguy on June 23, 2010, 06:05:59 PM

Didn't 4kids go bankrupt and out of business?

^ This. Even if it's not true.

Something XutaWoo-y · « **Reply #46 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:09:40 AM »

Gensokyo - Phantasia, perhaps.
Reimu could probally stay, since she is a miko after all.
Marisa is already English(ish).
Kikako - Remember her? Anyway, Vidya. It's actually Indian, but it could be used as a pun since it looks like video.
Sakuya - Paige; it means servant in English :V
Chen - Sienna. Means (basically) the same thing.
Ran - Indigo. Yeah, that's actually a name. :X
Yukari - Viola or Violet. Don't think I need to explain this one.
Mystia - Sparrow. Yep. :X
Aya - Evangeline. Means good news, even if she doesn't always bring it.
Momiji - Guadalupe. Yeah, it's Spanish, but it means "River of the Wolf". Plus the tengus' music always makes me think of Spanish songs for some reason (i'm weird)

aaaaand that's all i can think of for now

game2011 · « **Reply #47 on:** June 24, 2010, 03:33:54 PM »

Quote from: XutaWoo on June 24, 2010, 10:09:40 AM

Gensokyo - Phantasia, perhaps.
Reimu could probally stay, since she is a miko after all.
Marisa is already English(ish).
Kikako - Remember her? Anyway, Vidya. It's actually Indian, but it could be used as a pun since it looks like video.
Sakuya - Paige; it means servant in English :V
Chen - Sienna. Means (basically) the same thing.
Ran - Indigo. Yeah, that's actually a name. :X
Yukari - Viola or Violet. Don't think I need to explain this one.
Mystia - Sparrow. Yep. :X
Aya - Evangeline. Means good news, even if she doesn't always bring it.
Momiji - Guadalupe. Yeah, it's Spanish, but it means "River of the Wolf". Plus the tengus' music always makes me think of Spanish songs for some reason (i'm weird)

aaaaand that's all i can think of for now

Do you mean Rikako?

Iryan · « **Reply #48 on:** June 24, 2010, 03:38:56 PM »

On a serious note, Eirin's name, if it got changed, would very likely be Selene, seeing as Eirin is from the moon, modeled after the god Omoikane, and all that.

RainfallYoshi · « **Reply #49 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:04:49 PM »

Hatate - Luanne. :3
Patchouli - Sarah or Elizabeth (Liz)
Meiling - For all purposes, could just stay the same. She is the "Chinese Girl" after all.
Chiyuri - Ashley
Yumemi - Josette
Rikako - Megan
Kana - Heather
Sakuya - Natalia
Kotohime - Anise (yes I'm using Tales of the Abyss names <_<)
Chen - Myau (props to whoever knows the game reference!)
Shikieiki - Isabelle
Komachi - Debra

Eh... I think I'm done for now. This is more fun than I initially would have thought.

OkashiiKisei · « **Reply #50 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:07:56 PM »

Quote from: PrismYoshi on June 24, 2010, 04:04:49 PM

Kotohime - Rachel
Kotohime - Anise (yes I'm using Tales of the Abyss names <_<)

Kotohime is suffering under the Department of Redundancy Department there, Prism.

Spoiler:

日巫子 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:28:15 PM »

Rumia ---> Lumia or Lumina
Eirin ---> Erin

Yeah, I got nothing.

Iryan · « **Reply #52 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:33:24 PM »

Quote from: Himiko on June 24, 2010, 04:28:15 PM

Rumia ---> Lumia

I always thought Rumia was supposed to be Lumia, but by taking that in katakana and transliterating it into romaji, ZUN had a moment of epic fail.

Wouldn't be the first or the last time that happened...

RainfallYoshi · « **Reply #53 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:51:34 PM »

Quote from: Amatsu-Mikokashii on June 24, 2010, 04:07:56 PM

Kotohime is suffering under the Department of Redundancy Department there, Prism.

Spoiler:
TVTropian to English translation: You mentioned Kotohime twice, with two different names.

Oh lawld, I didn't see that I did that. Ahaha. I'll drop Rachel then and leave her as Anise. Way to pay attention.

Nyyl · « **Reply #54 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:35:50 PM »

Quote from: Iryan on June 24, 2010, 04:33:24 PM

I always thought Rumia was supposed to be Lumia, but by taking that in katakana and transliterating it into romaji, ZUN had a moment of epic fail.

Wouldn't be the first or the last time that happened...

handcrap

Anyway, if I were ever in charge of the localization of something, I'd leave names as they are and tell everyone else to
:dealwithit:

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #55 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:45:52 PM »

Quote from: PrismYoshi on June 24, 2010, 04:04:49 PM

Chen - Myau (props to whoever knows the game reference!)

Mieu, right?

Rikako - Psyche, cause all fanon I see of Rikako makes her insane beyond logical extremes.
Mima - Tenebraeth or Umbrako maybe? Tenebrae roughly = Shadow and Umbra roughly = Darkness
Youmu OR Yukari - Anna(Dancing Blade Chaos anyone?)
Rinnosuke - Flay :V
Eirin - Selene OR Artemis(both moon goddesses, Artemis also being a Bow-user, a huntress)

Lets play, Spot the Reference!

RainfallYoshi · « **Reply #56 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:51:23 PM »

Quote from: MystearicaUtsuho on June 24, 2010, 10:45:52 PM

Mieu, right?

Close but not quite. Although that's also a good name for Chen. :3

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #57 on:** June 24, 2010, 11:17:34 PM »

Quote from: PrismYoshi on June 24, 2010, 10:51:23 PM

Close but not quite. Although that's also a good name for Chen. :3

The cat-girl from .Hack//GU maybe?

Sophilia · « **Reply #58 on:** June 25, 2010, 01:14:15 AM »

Not gonna ruin the namedrop, though I get it.

Quote from: MystearicaUtsuho on June 24, 2010, 10:45:52 PM

Youmu OR Yukari - Anna(Dancing Blade Chaos anyone?)

In my head, Anna was always a transplanted Youmu x Reimu baby~

Speaking of Reimu, she can be named Mira, because she's the Wonderful, after all.
Sanae is Kyrie. Not to be confused with a demon OC I made named Kirie.
Tenshi is obviously Angela.
Yuyuko-sama can be Gabrielle. I'd have said Cherry, but some other game already beat me to that one. :p
Don't need to change Mystia much, she can just be Myssie.
Flandre...well, Flandina's a known English name, but I think I'll go with Francesca anyway, because, you know, FRANCE.
Suika's full name is Virginia. But she usually goes by Ginny.
And finally, Akyu. Or, should I say, Amy. *killed by Nitori*

MysTeariousYukari · « **Reply #59 on:** June 25, 2010, 02:05:13 AM »

Quote from: Sophilia on June 25, 2010, 01:14:15 AM

In my head, Anna was always a transplanted Youmu x Reimu baby~

Explain the Katana skills AND Gap skills then. >

Dancing Blade Chaos.

Reimu - Reymi :V
Chen - Meryl
Marisa(if changed) - Meuria(sp?)(From Star Ocean 4)