MY CHARACTERS

Nova Mitchell
First: Nova
Origin: latin
Meaning: a bright star; latin for new

Last: Mitchell
Origin: English and Scottish
Meaning: "big" referring to a descendant of a bearer of a specific name

Symbolic Call Sign: Nightingale
Origin: German and Old English
Meaning: night singer

James "JJ" Kazansky
First: James
Origin: Hebrew (comes from Jacob)
Meaning: Supplanter

Kazansky:
Origin: Russian
Meaning: unknown (literally, it is not defined from what I have found)

Taylor Devereux
Taylor:
Origin: English
Meaning: "Cutter of cloth"

Devereux:
Origin: French
Meaning: Banks of the river

MOVIE CHARACTERS

Jake "Hangman" Seresin:
Jake:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: supplanter (one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another)

Seresin:
Origin: Italian
Meaning: Highly competitive, confidence, studious

Hangman:
Origin: fusion of Old English words "Hang" and "Man"
Meaning: one who hangs or condemns a person

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw:
Bradley:
Origin: English
Meaning: broad wood/meadow

Bradshaw:
Origin: English
Meaning: Old English brad: "broad" and sceaga: "thicket"

Rooster
Origin: Puritan alternative to "cock"
Meaning: the roosting bird

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell:
Pete
Origin: Greek
Meaning: rock

Mitchell:
Origin: English and Scottish
Meaning: "big" referring to a descendant of a bearer of a specific name

Maverick:

Origin: American
Meaning: an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Natasha "Phoenix" Trace:
Natasha:
Origin: Slavic
Meaning: diminutive form of Natalia

Trace:
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Brave

Phoenix:
Origin: Greek
Meaning: symbol of renewal, regeneration, and immortality

Robert "Bob" Floyd:
Robert:
Origin: German
Meaning: bright

Floyd:
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: gray-haired

Bob:
Origin: British
Meaning: bright

Reuben "Payback" Finch:
Reuban:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: behold, a son

Finch:
Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Meaning: nickname for a person that was known to be colorful or have a beautiful singing voice (passed down to the next generation)

Payback:
Origin: combination of the words "Pay" and "Back"
Meaning: Revenge, retaliation

Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia:
Mickey:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "he who resembles God?"

Garcia:
Origin: Iberian
Meaning: closest to "bear"

Fanboy:
Origin: American
Meaning: Young male enthusiast

Javy "Coyote" Machado:
Javy:
Origin: Latin Europe
Meaning: castle or new house

Machado:
Origin: Portuguese
Meaning: are or hatchet

Coyote:
Origin: Aztec root cóyotl
Meaning: trickster