Mascot Naming Contest

[Aeris]

These are the top five submissions to our mascot naming contest, presented in alphabetical order.

You can pick one answer, which you are allowed to change any time until March 13, when voting ends. Feel free to discuss why you made your decision below.

[Elphaba1776]

What do the names mean ?

[Aeris]

None of these names have Japanese translations, at least as far as I know. It will make the phoenix more unique.

[Elphaba1776]

Oh okay Thank You

[Anna]

In the world of baby-naming, Tomo is a unisex name of Japanese origin that references intelligence. Tsukihiro may be based off of "tsuki," or moon, with the male name ending "-hiro." Alone, the Japanese unisex name "Hiro" generally means generosity or prosperity. The other names don't seem to have particular meanings, but are still "real" names (save for Tsubarel, as far as I'm aware). In Ponako (which is coincidentally Polish, I believe...?) "-ko" is a common Japanese female name ending. I believe Kato-shi, with the hyphen, happens to be a city. Satoshi, on the other hand, is also a reference to intelligence or wit, but one letter difference can change things entirely. Tsubarel sounds fun and may be completely original or derived from one or more sources.

This doesn't mean the names were created/suggested for any reason aside from sounding good, but just some extra meaning to go along for people interested in that kind of stuff!~ I am too fascinated in name meanings myself and somehow end up browsing baby-naming sites a lot even though I have absolutely zero plans for one anytime soon, but sometimes they're awesome for finding meaningful character names.

I picked a name I narrowly preferred over the others, but the deciding factor between choosing either it or my second choice was that the second choice is also that of a character I can't stand at all. :X

[get_mik]

Jean Grey?

Personally, I would like a name to have a meaning of some sort...

What are the stories behind these names we have to choose from? That might give us more insight on deciding which one would be worth voting.

I know it would for me...

Mik

[Aeris]

If the people who submitted these names would like to comment, it would be great to know how you came up with them.

[Fly]

Wasn't I the one who submitted in Katoshi? Wow... You dunno how shocked I am to see it make top 5! xD I was spazzing out around 2-3am and couldn't get to sleep from the excitment.

[Matman]

i still want it 2 be named Anna May...

but guess i'll go with Katoshi...

[Fly]

As for how I came up with the name... Simple. I have my own ways of creating the weirdest to the coolest of unique names. Typically all origins come from the creativity of snatching a few letters that feel strongly for a character, then just mix/match with it til it sounds right. I never really look up fancy names(Meanings or not behind them) anyways. xD Just enjoying my own originality!

In this case: I read the story and thought how cute the Phoenix was acting in gathering Pocky. Almost like it's own way of 'catching' food. C suddenly turned to a K and thus I had my letters to work with! =^^= I um... Hope that helped anybody?

[Aeris]

Our mascot's new name is Tomo! Thanks for voting, everyone!