MY CHARACTERS

Malina Neilson
Malina:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “from the tower”
OR
Origin: Czech / Polish / Jewish / Greek
Meaning: raspberry

Neilson:
Origin: Irish & Gaelic
Meaning: “Son of Neil” OR ‘champion’

Reyna Gonzalez
Reyna:
Origin: Spanish, either roots in Latin, German, & Yiddish
Meaning: ‘queen’ or ‘counsel’ or ‘pure’

Gonzalez:
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: ‘battle’ or ‘war’

Maribel Gonzales
Maribel:
Origin: Latin
Meaning: ‘beautiful Marie’

Gonzalez:
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: ‘battle’ or ‘war’

Carter Callahan
Carter:
Origin: Irish / English / Scottish
Meaning: ‘traveler’ or ‘non-native’

Callahan:
Origin: Irish
Meaning: ‘bright-headed’ or ‘strife’ or ‘contention’

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

Floyd:
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: gray-haired

Bob:
Origin: British
Meaning: bright

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

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" refering to a decendant of a bearer of a specific name

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

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

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

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

Machado:
Origin: Portuguese
Meaning: axe or hatchet

Coyote:
Origin: Aztec root cóyotl
Meaning: trickster