Mostly for fun, because im too tired to draw but I want to do something!
Chiro’s name is obviously a slight respelling of “Ciro”, which is the name of the show’s creator.
But Chiro itself is a name (not common at all, though) a Spanish or Greek name meaning “Sacred name”
Ciro is a shortening of the Greek name Cyrus, which means “lord”, “sun”, “miserable”, or “heir”
Fun fact: Cyrus is also where Gyrus Krinkle gets his name!
Antauri’s name is derived from Alpha Centauri, which is the closest star system to our own.
It’s technically a triple star system, but while the two larger stars are similar in size to both each other and our own sun, the third star several times smaller.
Antauri is named after the whole star system, each star has their own names.
the largest is Rigil Kentaurus
The second largest is Toliman
The smallest, the one invisible to the naked eye, is Proxima Centauri
The word Centauri comes from Centaur, the mythological creature that is half-man half-horse
Nova’s name is derived from supernova, a celestial event that occurs when a dying star collapses, but instead of becoming a black hole, the energy of the collapse heats up the remaining matter. This expands, the biggest kind of explosion we know possible.
If a supernova were to hit the Earth, we’d likely have no idea it was coming until the entire planet was vaporized.
The actual word nova means “new” in Latin, but that doesn’t have as much to do with Nova herself.
Gibson’s name has several origins, being both a first and last name.
Hal is likely a reference to HAL 9000, from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is short for Henry or Harold. Henry means “House Ruler” and Harold means “Army Ruler”
Gibson is a common English surname. In fact, it was almost in the top 100 English surnames. It means “son of Gilbert”, which is usually shortened to Gib. Gilbert can actually turn out to mean “Bright hostage”.
It’s rarely used as a first name.
Sprx is a futuristic and robotic spelling of “Sparks”, a natural product of friction on metal, or electricity. There is no confirmed source on if SPRX is an acronym.
77 is a puzzle, as it could be referencing any number of things, if anything!
The periodic table element 77, Iridium, is not particularly magnetic, but it has an incredibly high melting point, is found in meteorites, and is a byproduct of electrorefining copper and nickel.
SPRX-26 would not only sound better if you ask me, but would reference Iron, the poster child element of all magnets.
The number 7 in general is associated with good luck, and sometimes angels.
Otto derived from far too many things to count, as it is a shortening of any germanic name with the prefix, aud-
It means wealth and prosperity. By far the most common name out of any character here.
Phonetically, it sounds like Auto, as in automobile or automatic, which was likely the origin for this particular character. It fits with his mechanic trait well.
Fun fact: The world’s oldest living dog (for a period of time) was named Otto
Jinmay is a mashup of “Jin” and “May”
Jin has a bazillion different meanings. In Chinese it means “gold, metal, or money”. In Japanese it means “Gentle”
May also has a bazillion different related names and meanings.
So many that I don’t want to discuss every name that “May” can be short for.
Notably, the month of May is derived from the Roman Goddess, Maia. She is the Goddess of Spring.
I love the fact that Jin and May, two incredibly common names were mashed together to create a name with the same amount of popularity as Antauri. As in literally only the character shows up when you google it.
