I saw this done on a Lost message board, and I'd thought we'd try it out here. I thought I would look up the meanings of all the main characters names and see if any of them are fitting for the character! Now I realize that TPTB of CSI: Miami probably didn't give much thought to the meanings of names like Lost did, but some of them were really funny! Here we go! Horatio = I actually couldn't find the meaning in very many places, but one website said that it meant Guardian. Which seems fitting, really. Eric = Eternal Ruler, Honorable Ruler Ryan = Little King lol Calleigh = This one is tricky to find. But based on what I've seen I believe it means "Beautiful" or "Lovely." Natalia = Christ's Birthday or Born on Christmas Day Frank = Free man or Javelin Jake = Supplanted, Held by the Heel Julia = Down-Bearded Youth (No joke, that's what it said) or Youthful Kyle = Narrow, Strait of water or Handsome Tim = To Honor God Raymond = Advice or protecting hands Well that's all I've got for now. I might look up some others later. I couldn't find the meaning of Yelina or Valera. If you guys want to look some up and post them, feel free!
Valera is her last name. Her first name is Maxine. Maxine = Greatest Origin: Latin === Yelina in English is actually Helen and it means "light". ======= Rick (Stetler) = English for powerful, rich ====== Marisol = Spanish for sunny sea. === Ron (Saris and also Ryan has an uncle named Ron ["Crime Wave"] lol) - adviser to the king. === And since Cath and Warrick were in Miami once, I can do theres too: Catherine = pure Warrick = strong leader === Peter (Elliot)= A rock. His last name "Elliot" means: my god is the lord. == Erica/Erika (Sykes, the newswoman who is always buggin Ryan lol) : Honorable Ruler :wtf: === Anya (Natalia's sis): from the name anna which means gracious. === John (Hagen) : God is gracious, merciful. == Clavo: Couldn't find it, but I believe this was the name of Doug Penhall's nephew on "21 Jump Street" and when asked what his name meant, the boy said it meant "nail". == Rachael (the girl Horatio was dating that Walter Redsin killed): Innocent lamb. === Walter: Ruler of the army. === Nick (Natalia's ex): Victorious people. === And since Mac was in Miami once too, I'll do his: Mac = Celtic for "son of" ===
^^"Mari" is the short of "MarĂa"="Mary"(I think it means light) and "sol" is the Spanish for "sun", I can't find the "sea" anywhere but who knows. :lol: ^^Yep, "clavo" is the Spanish for "nail" (the one you hammer in not the anatomy one), so I guess that wasn't his real name but a nickname.
I think I found the Marisol meaning on name-meanings.com, but now that site isn't working for me. This is what another site says: Origin: Hebrew Meaning: Uncertain, maybe bitter
That's hilarious that Ron's name means "advisor of the king" & Ryan's is "little king". I don't really have any to add, only that Boa Vista means "hot/good view":lol: Where's Alexx????:wtf:
Thanks for all the name meanings, guys! I can't believe I forgot that Valera's first name was Maxine. I thought Ryan's was the funniest. Little King. I bet that's what he thinks he is, too. How weird is is that Rachel means "innocent lamb?" Maybe the writers picked that on purpose.
According to this site, Alexx means 'Protector of Mankind'. Makes sense as she's supposed to be the victims' last voice. Well since 'Eric' means the same thing, it's no stretch to think the female version would be similar. I found a few sites that suggests both the Latin and Italian meanings are 'Hour in Time' or 'Time Keeper'. Also, Horatio seems to be a variant of Horace meaning 'Keeper of the Hour'. There are, of course many variations in different languages like Horatia from Old English or Horatius in Ancient Roman. I also found the 'Guardian' meaning too.
Yeah, I wonder if that's the nickname Ryan's uncle Ron gave to him. :lol: I can see that. teehee. Oh, how did I manage to forget Alexx? Shame on me! :lol: about the Erica thing. I wasn't even thinking about it being the same as Eric. :lol: I missed that completely. :lol: I forgot Megan (remember her?) :lol: ... her name means "Pearl". I also forgot Dan Cooper. Dan means "God is my judge" and cooper means "barrel maker". The later would have been funnier if Cooper had been the ballistics expert. :lol: Although I'm sure that's not the type of barrel it means. :lol: Should we do the actors names now? Jonathan means Gift of God; God has given. Emily means Rival Adam means "man or red" David means beloved one Khandi - can't find it Kim (Delaney [Megan] & Coates [Saris]) - leader Rory - red Boti (Bliss, Valera) - can't find it... it might be a stage name Johnny [Jake]-God is Gracious Eva- Breath of life Evan [Kyle] - Young warrior, well-born Elizabeth [Julia] - Consecrated to God Marg - can't find it and am not sure what if anything it is short for Gary (Sinise and Dourdan)- "carries spears" Rex [Frank]- King Sofia [Yelina] -wise Brendan [Cooper] - little raven I think Rob Estes was Nick (Nat's ex) and Rob means "brilliant, illuminated fame". I don't know either Raymond's real name (sr or jr). I don't know the rest of the real names offhand either. :lol:
Good choice. Very appropriate. Hear that, Emily? Call me. Raymond Caine Jr #1 = Hayden Tank Raymond Caine Jr #2 = Alex Buck Raymond Caine Jr #3 = Carter Jenkins Raymond Caine Sr #1 = Dean Winters Raymond Caine Sr #2 = Christopher Stapleton
Thanks, but that was actually what I found. I couldn't find any meanings for just "Calleigh," so I looked it up spelled a couple of different ways and most of them came back as "beautiful" or "lovely."
I think it is a name her parents gave her but it's not a common name - it's something unique they made up. Oooh! I know this one! Marg is short for Margaret - and it means "pearl"
Yeah, I just checked on imdb and apparently it is her real name. Her middle name is Ann. Ann means "gracious". I think Stetler's real name is David also, so I've already got that meaning up there. :lol: