History MeaningfulName / SailorMoon

* Sailor Mercury: The characters used to write "Ami" can be read as "Asian beauty," and the "Mizu" in "Mizuno" means "water."

* The outer Senshi (sans saturn) take their family names directly from their planet. Haruka Tenoh represents Uranus, or Tenohsei. They also reference their powers. Tenoh = Sky King, Kaioh = Sea King, Meioh = Dark King.
** Sailor Pluto: Meioh [[SpellMyNameWithAnS as in]] Meiōsei, the Japanese for Pluto which means "King of the Underworld Star". Her given name has no inherent meaning, but is a homonym for a Japanese word meaning 'moment'. More specifically, it refers to the Japanese transliteration of the term '[[http://buddhism.about.com/od/Existence/a/About-Time.htm ksana]]' - the smallest measurement of time in Buddhism. "Setsuna" also sounds similar to "setsunai," which is the Japanese word that means "bittersweet" (describing a mixture of feelings such as sadness, heartache, love and nostalgia). Fittingly, the Cloverway dub gave her the name "Trista," which means "full of sadness" in Latin.
** Sailor Uranus: Tenoh [[SpellMyNameWithAnS as in]] Tenōsei, the Japanese name for Uranus literally meaning "sky king star". Her given name in kanji means "distant".
** Sailor Neptune: Kaioh [[SpellMyNameWithAnS as in]] Kaiōsei, the Japanese name for Neptune meaning "sea king star". Her given name means "rising".

Many, ''many'' characters have meaningful names.

*** The majority of Shadow Galaxia's Animamates have the first half of their name taken after metals. There's Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren, Sailor Lead Crow, Sailor Tin Nyanko, and Sailor Heavy Metal Papillion.

** Sailor Pluto, Soldier of the underworld. Pluto/Hades, Roman/Greek god who ruled the underworld.

* Recurring villains from the Dark Kingdom, the Black Moon Clan and the Death Busters are for the most part named after minerals or gems (including Koan of the Black Moon CLan: ''kōan'' is the Japanese name of kermesite, and in this case has nothing to do with Zen).

* The Shitennou are all named after minerals (beryllium in Queen Beryl's case).
* All the Ayakashi Sisters and Witches 5 are named after minerals (including Koan; ''kōan'' is the Japanese name of kermesite, and in this case has nothing to do with Zen).
* [=CereCere=], [=VesVes=], [=PallaPalla=] and [=JunJun=] are named after Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno, names of Roman goddesses and asteroids. [[spoiler: which is fitting as they become Sailors Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno later on]]
* Rubeus, Saphir and Esmeraude ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or any other spellings they happen to go by]]) are obviously named after ruby, sapphire and emerald respectively, and likewise Prince Dimande = diamond.

** Sailor Venus... All the inner Sailor Soldiers have an individual "For Love and x". In her case, it's "For love and beauty". Both of these are domains of the goddess Venus, AKA Aphrodite. Other domains of Venus (but only Venus, not Aphrodite) are victory, and she spams the VSign all the time, and ''war'', and her body count is immense. Also Venus-Love-Me-Chain and it's upgrades have a metal theme. The planet Venus is connected to metal (mostly gold) in Japan.

** Sailor Mercury is the most intelligent and quick-thinking. Again with the Greek/Roman god thing. Domain of Mercury, AKA Hermes. The Water comes from the planet Mercury's water connections in Japan.

* Tsukino Usagi's name is pronounced the same as [[MoonRabbit Rabbit of the Moon]] (and they then had trouble finding the moon princess). Aside for Minako, all the Sailor Senshi have names that reflect their specific elements and their planets.

Many, ''many'' characters have meaningful names. [[http://www.genvid.com/diesgaudii/site/art-ety001.html This is probably the best site to visit if you want to find out what they are.]]

* Mamoru means "to protect". His full name translates as "protector of the Earth". The US dub of the [[Manga/SailorMoon 90s anime]] managed to somewhat retain the pun by giving him the surname Shields.
* Tsukino Usagi's name is pronounced the same as [[MoonRabbit Rabbit of the Moon]] (and they then had trouble finding the moon princess). Aside for Minako, all the sailor senshi have names that reflect their specific elements and their planets.

* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Having been created first]], Aino Minako doesn't have the element pun, her name translating literally as "Beautiful Child of Love"-and as Sailor Venus, she's associated with love. Also, she has a ''different'' planet pun: the kanji in her given name have the alternate reading "binasu", and up to 1991 that was the official pronunciation of "venus" in Japanese.

* Completing the set is Tomoe Hotaru; "Tomoe" = "earth[[note]]dirt, not the planet[[/note]] sprout," "Hotaru" = "firefly." Besides Saturn's Japanese name being "Dosei" (earth star), the firefly's primary mystical significance in Japan is ''carrying the souls of the dead.''

* Metaria (which is the correct spelling as confirmed by WordOfGod) means "of boundaries" or "belonging to boundaries", referring to how she was sealed.
* The Shitennou are all named after minerals (beryllium in Queen Beryl's case).
* All the Ayakashi Sisters and Witches 5 are named after minerals (including Koan; ''kōan'' is the Japanese name of kermesite, and in this case has nothing to do with Zen).
* [=CereCere=], [=VesVes=], [=PallaPalla=] and [=JunJun=] are named after Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno, names of Roman goddesses and asteroids. [[spoiler: which is fitting as they become Sailors Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno later on]]
* Rubeus, Saphir and Esmeraude ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or any other spellings they happen to go by]]) are obviously named after ruby, sapphire and emerald respectively, and likewise Prince Dimande = diamond.

* Artemis was a Greek goddess who was identified with Seléne - the Roman equivalent of Seléne was Luna. Diana, their daughter, was another Roman goddess of the moon, who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis.
* The name "Three Lights" comes from an English translation of "san hikari", something from Shinto mythology (the "san hikari" were believed to be the sun, moon and stars, represented by Seiya, Taiki and Yaten respectively).

* In the ''[=SuperS=]'' movie Perle, Poupelin, Banane, Orangeat, Madame Badiane and the Marzipannu Castle are all named after French (or German in Orangeat's case) sweets and desserts, except for Perle, whose name means "pearl" in French, like the stone, ''or'' like tapioca pearls.
* In addition, the names Seiya, Taiki and Yaten are meaningful names themselves. Seiya's name means "field of stars" and is a homophone of "starry night." Taiki means "atmosphere," and Yaten means "night sky."
* The names of the sailor forms (and other alter-egos).
** Sailor Jupiter, who uses [[ShockAndAwe lightning-based attacks]], one of which is combined with PetalPower (Specifically, oak leaves). Jupiter is the Roman name for Zeus, god of thunder and lightning. The oak tree was sacred to him. Also, the planet Jupiter is connected to Plants in Japan.
** Sailor Mars, who uses [[PlayingWithFire fire-based attacks]]. The planet Mars is associated with fire in Japan.
** Sailor Venus... All the inner Sailor Soldiers have an individual "For Love and x". In her case, it's "For love and beauty". Both of these are domains of the goddess Venus, AKA Aphrodite. Other domains of Venus (but only Venus, not Aphrodite) are victory, and she spams the VSign all the time, and ''war'', and her body count is immense. Also Venus-Love-Me-Chain and it's upgrades have a metal theme. The planet Venus is connected to metal (mostly gold) in Japan.
** Sailor Mercury is the most intelligent and quick-thinking. Again with the Greek/Roman god thing. Domain of Mercury, AKA Hermes. The Water comes from the planet Mercury's water connections in Japan.
** Tuxedo Mask should be self explanatory, but just in case it isn't, he wears a tuxedo accessorized with a top hat, a cape, a cane, and a [[DominoMask domino mask]] with one-way-transparency film in the eyeholes.
** Sailor Uranus, Soldier of the sky. Ouranos/Uranos/Uranus was the sky itself (including space) in Greek myth and the first husband of the earth.
** Sailor Neptune, Soldier of the sea. Neptune/Poseidon, Roman/Greek god whose domain is the ocean.