Hello again! So after being nagged mercilessly by @dotr-rose-love I decided to make another post about my OCs (you win xD).
This time I'm playing the name meaning game, which means I'm going to list the names of my main cast and their meanings. Finally, I'll add some comments on whether the meaning of the name actually fits the character and tell you if I had intended this or was actually caught by surprise.
-> Skye Ryuuko (she has 2 names because her father is Japanese)
Skye simply means sky xD It's apparently taken from an old Norse word meaning cloud. This is completely irrelevant to her, since she is a "firebender" (called Emberblade in my book) but she is the love interest of Noah weeeeeell you get it. Ryuuko, written as 竜子 , probably has many meanings but I chose it to mean "dragon child". It has to do with her extra powers, since she is also the Sun-blessed, the fire deity's chosen one.
Skye's father, I picked the name to mean "lion king", a strong-sounding name for the Dragon General and one of the greatest Emberblades in history.
A Hebrew name, it means "rest" or "repose". I guess the meaning has a loose connection to him as a character but I didn't pick it for this, I just like how it sounds.
-> Aleksei (Alek for shorts)
This is a quite famous name, meaning "man's defender" or "warrior". Alek is the Moon-blessed, a "waterbender" (still working on their name in my world xD) and again, I just picked this name cause I like it.
The Spanish version of Matthew, it means "gift of God". His name was originally Rey, but I changed it cause I wanted it to be more similar to his twin sister's name, Maya (so obviously the meaning has nothing to do with him). He is a Materialist and, together with Maya, a Naturalist, they are the Life-blessed.
Maya can mean a lot of things apparently. It can mean "illusion" or "dream" in Sanskrit, but it's also an alternate name for the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty and prosperity. In the Maori language, it means "courage" or "bravery". The name is also related to the Greek word for "mother". In Roman mythology, Maia was sometimes considered the mother of the earth. She became associated with growth and expansion, lending her name to the month of May, which was appropriate since Maia was also the goddess of spring. Generally speaking, Maya is a name strongly tied to the divine.
Now this definition I found was a very pleasant surprise to me, who picked this name because I liked it only to find it fits perfectly with my Naturalist girl (especially the Roman interpretation). Her powers are strongly related to anything nature, from plants to animals, so she is indeed a mother of the earth and goddess of spring. The "courage" meaning also fits nicely, since Maya begins as a timid and shy girl, and slowly develops into a brave warrior and a strong leader towards the end of the story. Even the "mother" meaning fits figuratively, since she is the mother friend of the group. xD
A Latin name, meaning "prevailing". Now this is my villain, so I believe the interpretation fits him well.