Lucian's name could also come from "lucid" meaning "showing the ability to think clearly", expressed through Lucian's Psychic-type Pokemon and his book.
Diantha could also be based on princess Diana who died in France after crashing because of paparazzis (which would make sense since she is a movie star)
What the elite four members names mean: Lorelei : Temptress Bruno: Brown Agatha: Good Lance: Land or Spear Gary: Hard or Bold Spear Will: Resolute protecter or Will Karen: Pure Sydney: From Saint-Denis Phoebe: The shining one or Mother of Leto Glacia: Glacier Drake: Dragon or male duck. Im serious. Steven: Wreath or crown or honor or reward. Literally meaning " that which surrounds or encompasses." Erin: Peace. It is also a poetic name for Ireland Bertha: Bright one Flint: Stream Lucian: Light or illumination. It is also a form of the name Luke Shauntal: Stony or song Marshall: marshal or steward or horse servant. Not joking. Grimsley: From the dark meadow Caitlyn: Pure. Caitlyn has the same name meaning as Karen. Cynthia: Of Cynthus Alder: From the Alder tree Malva: Soft Siebold: Victory or power or strength. Literally meaning "The strength of victory, winning with the force." Wikstrom: Bay river Drasna: IDK. Probably means dragon. Diantha: Flower
+AWildAdventurerAppeared TH-cam vids and such Plasma is not as much a superheated gas as much as a new stage, like you learn there are three stages, solid liquid and gas, plasma is the fourth one. You do however get plasma by super heating gas, by doing this the elements you're heating will lose their electrons and get ionised.
Where did you get your Mew card t-shirt, BirdKeeperToby? I want to get the exact same t-shirt, myself. :D Great video. It's neat to get to know the meaning behind these powerful trainers' names.
Blue's name comes from the Pokemon Blue version literally the name of the game. Diatha's name comes from flower of the gods. And gennwunners say new Pokemon games aren't creative.
I always thought that Diantha's name came from the word diamond. Because she wears white and her elite four room is all sparkly and she's constantly stressed about being young by others, because diamonds are eternally beautiful and life and eternity is kind of X&Y's theme.
This is so scary. Yesterday I was thinking "Ron should make a video about the Elite Four name origins." And then today he uploads it. There is obviously some form of sorcery going on here.
Wikstrom's name also happens to be Swedish -- a fitting choice for a specialist in Steel types, because the real-life Swedes are known for top-quality steel. :-) The character even _looks_ Nordic: thank you, Game Freak, for the (unintended?) shout-out.
Great video guys! But here's a little bit of info about the Japanese names of some characters mentioned. Cynthia's Japanese name is Shirona, which has shiro meaning white. Cyrus's Japanese name is Akagi, which has aka meaning red. And Siebold's Japanese name, Zumi, is the inverse of mizu meaning water.
I love this video! I didn't know about a lot of the background of these names. Thank you so much for studying up on this and sharing it. You're the best! :3 "Flower of the Gods" Awesome~
Another fun fact: On TV in English, Lorelei's name is Prima (probably because she is the first of the four), and the other ice gym leader Glacia is called "Prim" in Japanese. Whether or one was an allusion to the other, I'm not sure of.
Phoebe is my name. It was super funny playing through Hoenn named Phoebe. Especially when I got to Phoebe. "Hi, Phoebe. How about coming back here again sometime? I'd like to see much tighter your bond has grown with your Pokémon."
Will's japanese name was Itsuki. He was named after a Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya character who also happened to be an Esper, or a person with Psychic abilities.
Bruno could also have his name from Italian-American pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino due to him specializing in Fighting types referencing Sammartino's incredible strength in the ring when he bodyslammed 630 pound Haystacks Calhoun.
I know it was too late, but...here's Kahili (the only Alolan Elite Four member who wasn't a kahuna or captain beforehand)! A kahili is a feathered regalia that became a symbol of all Hawaiian royals. Already seeing it, eh? Feathers? Like birds? But it's not just that - there's the Kahili Golf Course, one of Maui's most popular courses. In fact, Kahili's father is the owner of Hano Grand Resort on Akala Island, the Alola counterpart of Maui. (And there's a golf course right next to the resort building, yes)
Wikström is "vik" (bay, creek) and "ström" (stream) combined together. In Sweden this type of two-part last names are really common so the plant is most likely named after a person called Wikström. It's so annoying that Wikstrom in the games isn't a water-type trainer with a name like that!
1. No Meadow Plated Arceus because that would be too insane and Champions never use Legendaries. 2. No Eternal Flower Floette because that's AZ's Pokémon.
I like the whole Persian background for Cyrus and Greek background for Cynthia. It reminds me of the Pelponnesian War (Greeks vs Persians). Eventually the Greeks won that which is cool in regards to the two characters names because it makes a parallel with Cynthia and the player beating Cyrus.
+MarioMiner003 Whatever was on the screen is the write pronunciation/ spelling. Toby is terrible with pronouncing foreign words so I had to put the correct word on screen :)
someone has probobly aready said it but a Fire Drake was a type of dragon in JRR Tolken's The Hobbit, Smaug was this particular type of dragon. just another thought.
Lucian (Gen 4) is, as you said, close to illusion (and is pretty much derived from it). He wields Psychic-types. Lucian is also a family line in the 39 Clues series, and their particular line is derived from being manipulative and underhanded. Also.. if Alder is from the 'Alder moth', what else looks like a moth? Volcarona. Who has a Volcarona? Alder.
I can’t speak for the Japanese version, but the English version of Caitlin’s name means Pure and is pronounced Kate-Lin. It is also my name so it was fun to see it in a game with the correct spelling and hurt to hear it pronounced without the first i.
Diantha is based on the Flower of the Gods... So why is she still the only gym leader to not get better leveled pokemon when you beat the Elite Four the first time?
Could you tell us the name Origins of the Battle resort trainers (Felix, Kelvin, Josephine, Antoin and Carnation.) and Contest Idol Lisia Sometime? I'm really interested in those guys! ^^
Phoebe (Greek mythos) is also known as woman of the *moon*. Phoebe (Elite 4) has a Hawaiian theme to her outfit. Does she come from Alola or have something to do with the new games?
Gen 4 Remake Confirmed?? Also, Alola Region looks a lot like Hawaiis Oahu Islands.. 2 of their most famous tourist spots include.. PEARL Harbor and DIAMOND Head. Convinced yet? Woot woot!
Excellent work my friends!
MandJTV Pokevids I agree ;)
MandJTV Pokevids Indeeed!
Yes.
LOL I SOUND DO WISE
Watch out.... Phoebe is dangerous
+Vicki Oconnor (JPOJR) haha i beat her like 5 times i have played the game like 5 times i have never lost to her
lawl im invincible
Lucian's name could also come from "lucid" meaning "showing the ability to think clearly", expressed through Lucian's Psychic-type Pokemon and his book.
Or lucid dreaming.
Ya! :D
Alder = Elder
Mind.blown.
yeah that's what I thought
same
Jordan Ang Wut u mean
Jordan Ang Have you ever heard of an Alder
I'M LEGIT SHOOK CYNTHIA'S NAME COMES FROM THE MOON GODDESS, CYRUS'S COMES FROM THE SUN. SO TOGETHER THEY'RE SUN AND MOON. GEN 4 CONFIRMED
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He has a point
Sorry boy wait for gen 8
Today there's the 25 anniversary 🙌
😅
5:32 So THAT'S why Volcarona is Alder's signature Pokémon! Nice!
Are you sure Phoebe isn't derived from Phobos, which means fear. The word phobia is also derived from it.
That's what I was thinking
"Let's start with the first Elite 4 anyone had ever encountered in game."
Malva?
Diantha could also be based on princess Diana who died in France after crashing because of paparazzis (which would make sense since she is a movie star)
And she lives in the Pokémon equivalent of France. Too deep guys.
sorakairi1993 Pokemon is actually dark and twisted underneath.
Troubled Dog I thought she was inspired in Audrey Hepburn
What the elite four members names mean:
Lorelei : Temptress
Bruno: Brown
Agatha: Good
Lance: Land or Spear
Gary: Hard or Bold Spear
Will: Resolute protecter or Will
Karen: Pure
Sydney: From Saint-Denis
Phoebe: The shining one or Mother of Leto
Glacia: Glacier
Drake: Dragon or male duck. Im serious.
Steven: Wreath or crown or honor or reward. Literally meaning " that which surrounds or encompasses."
Erin: Peace. It is also a poetic name for Ireland
Bertha: Bright one
Flint: Stream
Lucian: Light or illumination. It is also a form of the name Luke
Shauntal: Stony or song
Marshall: marshal or steward or horse servant. Not joking.
Grimsley: From the dark meadow
Caitlyn: Pure. Caitlyn has the same name meaning as Karen.
Cynthia: Of Cynthus
Alder: From the Alder tree
Malva: Soft
Siebold: Victory or power or strength. Literally meaning "The strength of victory, winning with the force."
Wikstrom: Bay river
Drasna: IDK. Probably means dragon.
Diantha: Flower
Its Aaron, not Erin. But thats some knowledge :)
Thanks :) But im sure Aaron means the same thing
ella hitchman Lol "Gary"
Alder could also be from the alder moth, as stated in the video. This makes sense because he uses volcarona, a moth pokemon.
Half of Siebold's name meaning is "winning with the force" so I have one question.
Is he a Sith or a Jedi?
omg so awesome! oh and can you do an name origin about the villain teams? team rocket, team plasma, ect.
AH EVLI POKEMON
I can do team plasma right now. Plasma is a super heated gas, and both fire and lightning are plasma. The legendaries are fire and electric.
+AWildAdventurerAppeared TH-cam vids and such Plasma is not as much a superheated gas as much as a new stage, like you learn there are three stages, solid liquid and gas, plasma is the fourth one. You do however get plasma by super heating gas, by doing this the elements you're heating will lose their electrons and get ionised.
Mike Veenhuis As I meant to put it.
Or the Admin/Leader names.
Where did you get your Mew card t-shirt, BirdKeeperToby? I want to get the exact same t-shirt, myself. :D Great video. It's neat to get to know the meaning behind these powerful trainers' names.
"The first Elite Four anyone has ever encountered." Yeah, because it's completely impossible for someone NOT to start with gen 1.
Blue's name comes from the Pokemon Blue version literally the name of the game. Diatha's name comes from flower of the gods. And gennwunners say new Pokemon games aren't creative.
This was awesome the name really have a cool origin. You guys did an awesome job
dragoncross42 Thanks man!
"Dude, who's your favorite Pokèmon champion?"
"It's Flower of the Gods, bro."
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...You high, dude?"
Fascinating video! I love watching these, please keep up this kind of content it's great!
I always thought that Diantha's name came from the word diamond. Because she wears white and her elite four room is all sparkly and she's constantly stressed about being young by others, because diamonds are eternally beautiful and life and eternity is kind of X&Y's theme.
Or maybe Malva just sounds like magma and drasna sounds like dragon?
+Chris Pervolarakis also malva is literally the color of her hair
I say phoebe as (foe-bee) because of phobia
Welcome to the. 301 and under club. .....Which doesn't really exist anymore.....
redshades Thank Arceus it doesn't.
R.I.P. 301 club and HL3 confirmed jokes
jordan stuart Time to make 9/11 jokes then
"Let's start with the first Elite 4 anyone had ever encountered in game."
Liar! The first was Aaron! ...What? I started with gen 4~ :3
Looool same
+x Hasan 4 gen,4ever
I started with black and white
+HD Infinity me to
he was talking to the adults not the 14 year olds
Omg good BGM music choice!!! The DP pokemon league music is so epic!!!!
I thought Alder came from elder, and he's the oldest Champion in the games.
Or the Elder Wand.
This is so scary. Yesterday I was thinking "Ron should make a video about the Elite Four name origins." And then today he uploads it.
There is obviously some form of sorcery going on here.
Analysing Pokemon character's names. I love it!! Great explanation and vid.
Ami the only one who notices that Agatha actually has a ALL poison type team even though shes a ghost type trainer
Great job as always!
Awesome job guys :)
Wikstrom's name also happens to be Swedish -- a fitting choice for a specialist in Steel types, because the real-life Swedes are known for top-quality steel. :-) The character even _looks_ Nordic: thank you, Game Freak, for the (unintended?) shout-out.
Many Greek stuff.. I'm proud of it.. ^^ ❤
3:22 so pokemon moon was hinted, also alola(how she was dressed) since gen 3
Great video guys! But here's a little bit of info about the Japanese names of some characters mentioned.
Cynthia's Japanese name is Shirona, which has shiro meaning white. Cyrus's Japanese name is Akagi, which has aka meaning red. And Siebold's Japanese name, Zumi, is the inverse of mizu meaning water.
Good job on the Japanese names. Glad you noticed
4:03 lol my name is stephanos i feel great
I love this video! I didn't know about a lot of the background of these names. Thank you so much for studying up on this and sharing it. You're the best! :3 "Flower of the Gods" Awesome~
+Tenderheart Hero You're very welcome :)
I love researching name meanings as well. The name meanings are so interesting and may even have to do with your personality.
For example, the name Tobias means " The goodness of god" in Hebrew and the name Ron means " song" in Hebrew.
Awesome video. :D Good job.
Toby's Mew shirt is absolutely amazing!!
Awesome video and I enjoyed it.
That picture around 1:00 is NUDITY RON
FLAGGED
Loljk love your vids. Neat video
Cilan Steele Nah, it's okay. Everything is covered up by her harp and rock :)
Oh that's okay then
Carry on ;)
***** Top 6 champion themes, if possible. I would be happy. Last day of summer break... AWESOME SUMMER THOUGH!
The espurr picture in the beginning is so scary... Nice video!
Another fun fact: On TV in English, Lorelei's name is Prima (probably because she is the first of the four), and the other ice gym leader Glacia is called "Prim" in Japanese. Whether or one was an allusion to the other, I'm not sure of.
you guys forgot bertha, w/c is connected to "wild hunt".
+Jude Anthony Sorry man, but Bertha was included. You might have missed her :)
oh, sorry. ;p
+Truegreen7 I like your vids
What about Iris
Pawniard TV
Also, I thought Bruno might also be derived from "brawny" because he also trains fighting types (including the super brawny machamp).
Can you also do one for The Battle resort trainers, (Felix, Kelvin, Josephine, Antion, and Carnation.) and Pokemon Idol Lisia?
Love the Snow White reference here! Great Video, and some strange origins! Also, Diantha seems to have been inspired by Audrey Hepburn.
Phoebe is my name. It was super funny playing through Hoenn named Phoebe. Especially when I got to Phoebe.
"Hi, Phoebe. How about coming back here again sometime? I'd like to see much tighter your bond has grown with your Pokémon."
the name steven actually means "the crowned one" i found that out a few years ago for obvious reasons
this is the second FMA pic ive seen you use ... im onto you ... because its cool its a cool anime ... finished it recently
Will's japanese name was Itsuki. He was named after a Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya character who also happened to be an Esper, or a person with Psychic abilities.
Bruno could also have his name from Italian-American pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino due to him specializing in Fighting types referencing Sammartino's incredible strength in the ring when he bodyslammed 630 pound Haystacks Calhoun.
I know it was too late, but...here's Kahili (the only Alolan Elite Four member who wasn't a kahuna or captain beforehand)!
A kahili is a feathered regalia that became a symbol of all Hawaiian royals. Already seeing it, eh? Feathers? Like birds?
But it's not just that - there's the Kahili Golf Course, one of Maui's most popular courses. In fact, Kahili's father is the owner of Hano Grand Resort on Akala Island, the Alola counterpart of Maui. (And there's a golf course right next to the resort building, yes)
Well that was epic.
What does Wilkstrom have to do with Steel though? He should've been a Grass type.
Alder's name origin could also be 'Elder' because he is the Oldest person in the league and has been there the longest and you battle him last
Collaborations are awesome.
4:04 Yeah, crown because kings, and kings cause Steven is the best champion.
(runs away before Cynthia fans can catch me)
+Carly Oshawott // The HoennChampionShipper Too late, caught you!
Wikström is "vik" (bay, creek) and "ström" (stream) combined together. In Sweden this type of two-part last names are really common so the plant is most likely named after a person called Wikström. It's so annoying that Wikstrom in the games isn't a water-type trainer with a name like that!
Bird Jesus has come to Truegreen7
if diantha is flower of the gods , why she don't have a meadow plated arceus?? or Eternal Flower Floette??
1. No Meadow Plated Arceus because that would be too insane and Champions never use Legendaries.
2. No Eternal Flower Floette because that's AZ's Pokémon.
I like the whole Persian background for Cyrus and Greek background for Cynthia. It reminds me of the Pelponnesian War (Greeks vs Persians). Eventually the Greeks won that which is cool in regards to the two characters names because it makes a parallel with Cynthia and the player beating Cyrus.
Came for the thumbnail. Came for the thumbnail.
1:02 my favorite TH-cam video ever
This is so cool!
That's really really interesting, I'd love to see a Frontier Brain name origin video
Is it Alunus or Alnus? Toby said something different than was on the screen.
+MarioMiner003 Whatever was on the screen is the write pronunciation/ spelling. Toby is terrible with pronouncing foreign words so I had to put the correct word on screen :)
+Truegreen7 XD
game freak is creative for going in depth about names, having origins and shit, i wouldn't of been like choose this name cuz i like that name
I think Loreli's name comes from something else - The Lor- sounds like auRORa and -li sounds like ice.
someone has probobly aready said it but a Fire Drake was a type of dragon in JRR Tolken's The Hobbit, Smaug was this particular type of dragon.
just another thought.
Lucian (Gen 4) is, as you said, close to illusion (and is pretty much derived from it). He wields Psychic-types.
Lucian is also a family line in the 39 Clues series, and their particular line is derived from being manipulative and underhanded.
Also.. if Alder is from the 'Alder moth', what else looks like a moth? Volcarona. Who has a Volcarona? Alder.
mal is not only a prefix for bad but it's the spanish word for bad or unwell
Can you do one for trial captains and Kahunas? And maybe add in Wallace and iris? Just to complete the series
why don't we see all the elite 4 in the anime. but only a few of them
Because Ash would never win a league,unless the writers decide they're gonna end the series with Ash winning the league and defeating the champion
I can’t speak for the Japanese version, but the English version of Caitlin’s name means Pure and is pronounced Kate-Lin. It is also my name so it was fun to see it in a game with the correct spelling and hurt to hear it pronounced without the first i.
Love the origin of Diantha's name. Alder's name sure is deep.
4:00 WAIT, CROWN? LIKE A KING WOULD WEAR? AND STEVEN GAVE THE KID A KING'S ROCK, STEVEN STONE
Alder’s name is also derived from elder as a reference to his old age and grandfather to Benga.
Its pretty weird as alda means wave as both malda and aldrin are based on fire?
Wave as a water wave
"Let's fly over to Johto shall we" No let's surf there
I love the origins they are so cool and I agree with bird keeper Toby Karen's character design smoking and I love her dialog
“The next Elite 4 member is Bruno.”
Me: 🫢🤫
Steven Stone is my favorite champion and The one in x and y too
R4MP4G3 R3KT Diantha
1:38 Alphonse, best armour ever.
SieBOLD commonly calls you a fool if you say that battling isn't an art. Pretty BOLD of him if you ask me.
Diantha is based on the Flower of the Gods...
So why is she still the only gym leader to not get better leveled pokemon when you beat the Elite Four the first time?
Uh shes not a gym leader
superpixel You know what I mean.
Could you tell us the name Origins of the Battle resort trainers (Felix, Kelvin, Josephine, Antoin and Carnation.) and Contest Idol Lisia Sometime? I'm really interested in those guys! ^^
Phoebe (Greek mythos) is also known as woman of the *moon*. Phoebe (Elite 4) has a Hawaiian theme to her outfit. Does she come from Alola or have something to do with the new games?
probably,also cyrus=sun,cynthia=moon does that mean sinnoh remakes? #sinnohconfirmed
cool vid!
I don't know why but whenever I see Danny Phantom I get really excited
siebold should be in the Titanic movie
Kahuna? I'd love a video about their name
Wont synthia and sirus have a role in pokemon sun and moon?!?
Gen 4 Remake Confirmed?? Also, Alola Region looks a lot like Hawaiis Oahu Islands.. 2 of their most famous tourist spots include.. PEARL Harbor and DIAMOND Head. Convinced yet? Woot woot!
also,you misspelled both of their names.
*Cynthia
*Cyrus
actually when you mentioned Phoebe comes from Phobia which comes from the Greek Phobos or Φόβος which means Fear
I always just assumed alder was like, elder but with an A
1:56 Hey, I have that exact same mug!
Where did Bird keeper Toby get his shirt?
I think Elite Four Drake is reference for captain Drake who was in the service of her Majesty.
where can i buy that shirt ?
Are you a fullmetal alchemist brotherhood fan, truegreen7?? Because i notice the references in some of your videos 😁
Great video
Wheres steven
Ahwai Low After the Hoenn Elite Four. If you were paying any freakin' attention, you would know that.
Flower of the gods, makes sense