I know only some of the Naruto series name meanings, anyone else know any?Uzumaki Naruto-"@" "Crab cake"Haruno Sakura-"Of Spring" "Cherry Blossom"Uchiha Sasuke-original ninja related name, but don't know from where...i know there was an old anime called "little ninja sasuke" and a character in a SNK game.Hatake Kakashi-"?" "Scarecrow"Iruka-"Dolphin"Yamanaka Ino-"" "Boar"Akamichi Chouji"" "Butterfly"Nara Shikamaru "some type of deer" "Deer Boy"
QuoteUchiha Sasuke-original ninja related name, but don't know from where...i know there was an old anime called "little ninja sasuke" and a character in a SNK game.Sarutobi Sasuke was a legendary ninja, one of the 10 braves of Sanada. A big bunch of old ninja stories are based on him.
Because maru is a common male name suffix. Just like suke, nosuke, ichirou, jirou, shirou, tarou, maro, ichi, ji. Or ko for girls. Those are the most common ones, there are like a ton of gender-specific name suffix like that. That's not just anime, that's Japanese.Orochimaru and his snake, Jiraiya and his toad, and Tsunade and her slug are three characters taken on another Japanese legend (tales of the galant Jiraiya). The Orochimaru in this one was named after Orochi (which is written with the kanjis for "giant snake"). There's a huge crapton of references to Chinese and Japanese mythology in Naruto (that's the only point I like in it).
