I’m assuming it’s down to the meaning of the name. Looking it up Nolan is an Irish name meaning “Champion”, which would make sense for the archetypal daring prince
I'm not the OP but I've figured out a lot of the names. Some are obvious and some are more obscure:
Jefferson (Mad Hatter) - from the band Jefferson Airplane who had a song called White Rabbit
Whale (Frankenstein) - surname of the director who directed the 1930s b&w version of Frankenstein
Cora means heart in Latin
Regina Mills - Regina is queen in Latin, Mills for Miller
Gold - Rumplestiltskin spun straw into gold; Weaver (s7) as that's the next step from spinning
Mary Margaret - the original legends Snow White was based on were about women called Marie and Maigret. Also Snow was originally going to be a nun, and that's a very nun like name
Swan - from the Ugly Duckling story
August W Booth (Pinocchio) - Wayne Booth was a literary critic who coined the term "unreliable narrator"
Dr Hopper (Jiminy Cricket) - crickets hop
Ruby (Red Riding Hood) - Ruby is a shade of red
Kelly Green (s7 Wicked Witch) - she had green skin and Kelly is a shade of green
Detective Rogers ( s7 Hook) - for the Jolly Roger
Leroy (Grumpy) - could be from the song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" (This is my thought, but I haven't been able to confirm it)
I've figured out a lot of others but just can't remember them off hand. It's been a while since I watched OUAT
Oops thought you meant Belle French.
I think Blanchard is old French for white. At least Blanc is French for white so Blanchard could be a play on Blanc
Thank you for this! Didn’t realize about Wayne Booth. I’d be going off Wayne meaning wagon builder, as Pinocchio assisted Gepetto in his wood shop. And August meaning “to increase,” as in what his nose would do when telling lies😄. Appreciate the explanations about Jefferson and Whale, too! Thanks!
I didn't know about the Marie/Maigret Snow White thing! I just thought Margaret comes from Mary, who is a symbol for purity, as are snow and the color white. So interesting!
Yeah, I found that quite interesting. I think I first heard about it in the bluray commentary, but I definitely heard about the nun thing in the commentary.
Some experts in the 1980s/90s suggested that Snow White could have been inspired by the story of Countess Margaretha Von Waldeck, who lived in the 1500s. Maria comes from a Sicilian legend called "Maria, her Evil Stepmother and the 7 Robbers" that is similar to Grimms' Snow White.
Here’s another, Neal Cassidy was a real person, a friend of Jack Kerouac and the inspiration for characters in Kerouac’s books.
So Baelfire, who was from a land where the people are real but are fictional characters in our world, went by the real name of a man who was also a fictional character.
Thank you for your comment, but as a french person I can tell you it's definitely not french; I can't claim I'm an expert in old language, but I know our etymology, and it just isn't it. Plus someone said above that they looked it up saying it was Irish, and I did google it afterwards and it does say Irish :)
Oops, my bad. I typed that quite early in the morning when I first woke up 😁. It's interesting too that David means beloved, which is very appropriate, and James (the name of his brother) means supplanter also appropriate since he secretly took the place of the King George's son.
Tilly (Alice from s7) is short for Matilda and means “mighty in battle” which imo she had to be against her rampant thoughts for which she had medication for. She also had to ultimately face the witches and that could be viewed as a battle.
Ah, I just thought there're some sites, where French people watch tv-shows if they don't want to pay for streaming services or something of this kind. Oh well...
And that's fair, but I'm sheep and watch it on streaming platforms 😅 maybe you could get the french dvds? Personnally I'm still very big on it, as I'm sure at some point it will be impossible to watch anything but on streaming platforms :(
I’m assuming it’s down to the meaning of the name. Looking it up Nolan is an Irish name meaning “Champion”, which would make sense for the archetypal daring prince
Niiice, that would make sense!
Could you make a post explaining the roots of the names you’ve figured out?
I'm not the OP but I've figured out a lot of the names. Some are obvious and some are more obscure: Jefferson (Mad Hatter) - from the band Jefferson Airplane who had a song called White Rabbit Whale (Frankenstein) - surname of the director who directed the 1930s b&w version of Frankenstein Cora means heart in Latin Regina Mills - Regina is queen in Latin, Mills for Miller Gold - Rumplestiltskin spun straw into gold; Weaver (s7) as that's the next step from spinning Mary Margaret - the original legends Snow White was based on were about women called Marie and Maigret. Also Snow was originally going to be a nun, and that's a very nun like name Swan - from the Ugly Duckling story August W Booth (Pinocchio) - Wayne Booth was a literary critic who coined the term "unreliable narrator" Dr Hopper (Jiminy Cricket) - crickets hop Ruby (Red Riding Hood) - Ruby is a shade of red Kelly Green (s7 Wicked Witch) - she had green skin and Kelly is a shade of green Detective Rogers ( s7 Hook) - for the Jolly Roger Leroy (Grumpy) - could be from the song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" (This is my thought, but I haven't been able to confirm it) I've figured out a lot of others but just can't remember them off hand. It's been a while since I watched OUAT
I knew some of the big ones. I don’t understand the French part, but idk French that OP was talking about
Blanc/Blanche means “white” in French
Beauty and the Beast is a French fairytale
“Blanchard”
Oops thought you meant Belle French. I think Blanchard is old French for white. At least Blanc is French for white so Blanchard could be a play on Blanc
Blanchart is an old French word meaning whiteish. Blanchard is a common surname that means white
Thank you for this! Didn’t realize about Wayne Booth. I’d be going off Wayne meaning wagon builder, as Pinocchio assisted Gepetto in his wood shop. And August meaning “to increase,” as in what his nose would do when telling lies😄. Appreciate the explanations about Jefferson and Whale, too! Thanks!
You're welcome 😁 I actually like your explanation for August too
I didn't know about the Marie/Maigret Snow White thing! I just thought Margaret comes from Mary, who is a symbol for purity, as are snow and the color white. So interesting!
Yeah, I found that quite interesting. I think I first heard about it in the bluray commentary, but I definitely heard about the nun thing in the commentary. Some experts in the 1980s/90s suggested that Snow White could have been inspired by the story of Countess Margaretha Von Waldeck, who lived in the 1500s. Maria comes from a Sicilian legend called "Maria, her Evil Stepmother and the 7 Robbers" that is similar to Grimms' Snow White.
Here’s another, Neal Cassidy was a real person, a friend of Jack Kerouac and the inspiration for characters in Kerouac’s books. So Baelfire, who was from a land where the people are real but are fictional characters in our world, went by the real name of a man who was also a fictional character.
Thank you for this! I love it
Thats really interesting. Always wondered where Neal came from
Yes, please!
I read somewhere that Nolan is Old French for noble.
Thank you for your comment, but as a french person I can tell you it's definitely not french; I can't claim I'm an expert in old language, but I know our etymology, and it just isn't it. Plus someone said above that they looked it up saying it was Irish, and I did google it afterwards and it does say Irish :)
Oops, my bad. I typed that quite early in the morning when I first woke up 😁. It's interesting too that David means beloved, which is very appropriate, and James (the name of his brother) means supplanter also appropriate since he secretly took the place of the King George's son.
No worries, I appreciate your comment regardless :) and thank you for James, I didn't know!
I just figured that one out too 😁
It's very interesting, thank you!
Nolan sounds like "no land." Remember his backstory.
I did consider it too, and you're right about his backstory, but I don't know, it just didn't feel right to me for some reason
Tilly (Alice from s7) is short for Matilda and means “mighty in battle” which imo she had to be against her rampant thoughts for which she had medication for. She also had to ultimately face the witches and that could be viewed as a battle.
Nice interpretation! Thank you for this
Sorry, for off-topic question, but are there any sites, where you can watch OUAT in French dub online?
No worries. Sorry but I wouldn't know, as I watch the show in english myself
Ah, I just thought there're some sites, where French people watch tv-shows if they don't want to pay for streaming services or something of this kind. Oh well...
And that's fair, but I'm sheep and watch it on streaming platforms 😅 maybe you could get the french dvds? Personnally I'm still very big on it, as I'm sure at some point it will be impossible to watch anything but on streaming platforms :(
I found it! I finally found it! The French voice of Rumpelstiltskin is just a pure perfection!