What´s In A Name?

Have you ever wondered what the X-men’s names really mean and what that may say about them? Whatever you have or not……..here are the answers. All in (…) are last names, codenames or explanations.

Scott
Means:
“ From Scotland”
In
Celtic

Ororo
Means:
“Beauty”
In
Swahili

Jean
Means:
“ Gracious, merciful”
In
Celtic

Charles
Means:
“Manly, Full Grown”
In
Latin

Alex (Scott’s brother)
Means:
“ Protector Of Man”
In:
Old Greek

Nathan (Scott’s son)
Means:
“Gift Of God”
In:
Hebrew

Marie (Rogue’s name in the movie)
Means:
“ Star Of The Sea” or “Sea Of Bitterness”
In:
French version of “Mary”. From old English.

Remy (Gambit)
Means:
“ From Rheims, France”
In:
Old French

Warren (Angel)
Means:
“ Enclosure, from La Varenne”
In
Teutonic, French

Robert (Iceman)
Means:
“Bright Fame”
In
Old English

John (Pyro (the guy who plays with fire in the movie))
Means
“ God Is Gracious”
In
Hebrew

Katherine ( Kitty = Shadowcat)
Means
“ Pure, Virginal”
In
Old Greek

Peter (Colossus)
Means
“Stone”
In
Old Greek and Latin

Hank (Beast)
Means:
“Ruler Of The Home”
In
American name from “Henry”. Old English.

Rachel (Scott’s daughter)
Means:
“ A female sheep” or “Ewe”. Rachel is also a fertility Goddess in Irish/Celtic myths
In
Hebrew

Elizabeth (Psykelocke)
Means:
“ Oath Of God”
In
Hebrew

Cecilia (Reyes)
Means:
” Blind”
In
Latin

Kurt (Nightcrawler)
Means
“ Courteous”
In
Old German

Logan
Means:
“ Small Cove”
In
Old Irish

Erik (Magneto)
Means
“ Ruler Of All”
In
Old Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish etc)

And just for the Hell of it, the webmistress *G*):

Nadja
Means
“ Hope”
In
Comes from “Nadia”. In Russian

Lee
Means
“ Fair soldier” or “Field Meadow”
In
Old English; Gaelic.

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