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[Big D]

'Sabin' is a rare name, but a real one nonetheless. It's feminine form, 'Sabine', is still popular in Europe though. I'm glad it was changed. How many royals would name their twin baby boys Edgar and Mash? I can just imagine it...

Queen Figaro: "Oh, what a beautiful child! What should we call him?"

King Figaro: "Why not call him 'Mash'? After all, he might want to be a martial artist when he grows up, then he'll be able to 'mash' anyone he doesn't like!"

By that same logic, they could've called Edgar 'Pointy Object', for many reasons.

[Strider]

Oh, yeah, Kishi, would "Cayene" really be the same as "Cayenne"?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It would be a lot closer than "Cyan," brother sir.

Originally posted by Big D
How many royals would name their twin baby boys Edgar and Mash? I can just imagine it...

Applying logic like that to the names of Final Fantasy characters won't get you too far. How many people name their little girls Ultimecia?

[MJN SEIFER]

As all ways Kishi has a point (Haha Suck up!) FF5's Lenna was a perfect example! i mean "Lenna" means "Queen" so she is actually "Queen Queen" and she's the SECOND child!

[Big D]

Originally posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi
It would be a lot closer than "Cyan," brother sir.Applying logic like that to the names of Final Fantasy characters won't get you too far. How many people name their little girls Ultimecia?

Good point, but crown princes would have less reason to want to change their names. Something like Ultimecia could be viewed as an alias, an attempt to sound 'bad' and malevolently omnipotent.

Changing one's name to 'Mash' is somewhat harder to justify... and even if it was an alias, Edgar would just prefer to call him by his real name, I'd imagine.

[BG-57]

Yeah, but Ultimecia is hardly omnipotent if she can be defeated. She should have been called Penultimecia.

[InDeCeNt_CaReSs]

yeah but cayenne pepper is written with 2 "n"s... at least in french...

[Big D]

Originally posted by BG-57
Yeah, but Ultimecia is hardly omnipotent if she can be defeated. She should have been called Penultimecia.

Wasn't she called 'Artemicia' in the Japanese version? Nice to see the mythological reference to Artemis return to FF... but this is fiendishly off-topic.

I prefer 'Cyan' over 'Cayenne'. Naming someone after a colour just seems less silly than naming them after a pepper. I mean, take The Spirits Within for example - imagine if Gray had been named 'Jalapeno' or 'Cracked'.