Name Origins, the topic says it all...

Tala means 'to destroy' in spanish and 'thaw' in er, some language but i the thaw part is linked with ice, his element

kai: ocean

maybe that's why he has blue shark fins on his face?

In portuguese Tala is a piece of wood. :sweatdrop: In portuguese the names are so stupid!

Mariah's Jap name Mao is "cat" in Cantonese.
Makes sense.

a famous person called brooklyn.. david beckham's son........... just felt i had to put that :wacko: :unsure:

ray is French and means kingly while Rei is Japanese and means gratitude also it is originally a female name * shrugs*
Yuri is japanese means lily while Tala is american means stalking wolf and the most odd things about his name that both of versions of his name are originally female!!!!
Tyson - is old french which means son of a german (does it make sense? coz it doesn't to me an though that's what I found)
Kai also means collecting or gathering

Lei (or Rei) = thunder (chinese)
Rei = law; strive (japanese)
Kai = fire (scottish)
Ivan = gracious gift from God (russian)
Sergei = an attendant (russian)
Yuri = farmer :sweatdrop: (russian/greek)
Gary = carries spears (english)
Kevin = gentle (celtic), attractive (gaelic)

Taken from 20000-names.com .

Yuriy means glass in Korean.

rei in portuguese means money of account (lol)

Maybe Tala's a girl. :D

J/k... but I'm surprised nobody mentioned the last names yet.

Takao - after Aoki Takao, the mangaka.
Kinomiya - Tree (o_O?)
Kai Hiwatari - Fire
Max Mizuhara - Water

...and according to one site...
[hiwatari] (n) walking over fire or burning coals

I believe 'ki' means 'energy', unless it has various meanings.

rei in portuguese isn't the same as king in english?O.o

Wow, yes! I never noticed that some surnames are attribute-based. That makes sense because of the bitbeast's element.

Good work, guys ^_^

According to the Japanese dictionary, Goki means tone, manner of speaking or the other one "Honourable Spirit"

Reikon (when put together) means ghost :sweatdrop:

I believe 'ki' means 'energy', unless it has various meanings.

That would fit a bit better, I suppose. Although, judging from Dragoon's attacks, I'd guess it to be more of a wind/kaze element. Hm.

Enrique is apparently the Spanish version of the name Henry... and has the meaning "Rules his household."

KAI (1)
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scandinavian, Finnish, German
Possibly derived from Old Norse kaða meaning "hen". Otherwise it could be a Scandinavian form of GAIUS.

KAI (2)
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
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Means "the sea" in Hawaiian.


TYSON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIE-sun [key]
From a surname which is either a variant of DYSON or else is derived from Old French tison meaning "firebrand".


MAX
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: MAKS [key]
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Short form of MAXIMILIAN or MAXWELL

MAXWELL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAKS-well
Originally a surname meaning "stream of Maccus" from the Old English name Maccus combined with wella "stream". A famous bearer of the surname was James Maxwell, a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.

MAXIMILIAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: mak-si-MIL-ee-an, mak-si-MIL-yan
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint. It has also been borne by emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and an emperor of Mexico.


REI
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Means either "thanks" or "grace" or "worship" in Japanese.

RAY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Short form of RAYMOND or RAYNER. Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury and musician Ray Charles are two notable bearers of this name.

RAYMOND
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: RAY-mund (English), ray-MAWN (French) [key]
From the Germanic name Reginmund, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and mund "protector". This was the name of several (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists.


KENNY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: KEN-ee [key]
Pet form of KENNETH

KENNETH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: KEN-eth [key]
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED. This name was borne by the Scottish king Kenneth (Cináed) mac Alpin, who united the Scots and Picts in the 9th century. Another famous bearer was Kenneth Grahame, the Scottish novelist who wrote 'The Wind in the Willows'.