Ever wonder what all those names in Gundam Wing meant??
Well...here are the answeres....if there are any more you'd like to know email me and I'll try to find out!^_^






One


Heero Yuy:

Presumably the "hee" part is Japanese for "one." The last name "Yuy" is supposedly the kanji of "Yui", which means only. In any case, both the firstname and the lastname have the connotation of "one". Thus as some put it: The one and only.


Lady Une:

"Une" is french for "one".


Midii Une:

The girl from Trowa's Episode Zero. "Une" is still "one".


Solo:

The boy from Duo's Episode Zero. "Solo" is english and basically means "alone" or "single".


Odin Lowe:

The man from Heero's Episode Zero who raised Heero until he reached the age of 8. Odin is Russian for "one."


Two


Duo Maxwell

Unclear whether it's supposed to be the Italian "due" or just the english "duo". But both mean two.


Three


Trowa Barton

"Trowa" is supposedly the romanization for the french word "trois" which means "three". His name is supposedly a homage paid to director Tim Burton, who has the same initials.


Triton Bloom

Trowa's real name according to the Endless Waltz novel. Triton was a greek sea-god and the name is also derived from the old greek word for "three", "tri".


Four


Quatre Raberba Winner

“Quatre" is french and means "four"


Quatrine Winner

Quatre's mother. Katakana spelling: Katoriinu. Still "four" in french.


Five


Chang Wufei

The "wu" is Chinese for "five."


Six


Zechs Marquise

"Sechs" is german for "six".


Seven


Septem

"Septem" is latin for "seven".


Eight


Otto

"Otto" is "eight" in Italian.


Inspector Acht

In some subtitlings this guy is called Hahad. "Acht" is German for "eight".


Nine


Lucrezia Noin

Noin is pronounced the same way as the german "neun".


Ten


Dekim

"Decem" is "ten" in Latin.


Twelve


Tsubarov

His name is supposedly derived from the German "zwölf", which means "twelve".


Thirteen


Treize Kushrenada

"Treize" is "thirteen" in French.


Fifteen


Quinze

"Quinze" is "fifteen" in French.


Sixteen


Sedici

Sedici was Quinze's chief flunky before Zechs joins White Fang. His name means "sixteen" in Italian.


Twenty


Venty

Venty was a guy who died on the shuttle with Noventa. "Venti" is "twenty" in Italian.


Thirty



Trant

Trant is the guy who made Duo fly the Wing Zero and also tested ZERO on himself. His name supposedly means "thirty" in Italian/French.


Ninety


Noventa

"Noventa" is "ninety" in Spanish.


Billion


Milliard Peacecraft

"Milliard" is "billion" in Swedish.

"Milliard" also means "billion" in French.