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Hey! I absolutely adored looking at your art and reading about your posts on French culture c: Hopefully this hasn't been asked before, but I noticed that you mentioned many of the characters' names are puns. The only pun names I knew about before this was Marinette and Aurore. Is it literally the entire cast who has pun names or just the main characters, and what do their names mean? Thank you so much for all your insightful posts!

Hi there! :)

First of all, thank you so much for your sweet comment!!!! Especially regarding my art because I’m still learning so I’m very happy to know it is appreciated ♥ I’m also experiencing a huge art block this month, it’s getting better so I should post something soon but it hasn’t been easy! :)

& I’m glad you liked the posts about French culture, I’m always happy to share! You’re the first to ask me about the puns in the names so I’ll recap the ones I know of or have guessed; I’m sure I’m missing out some so if some of you know about it, please do share! (I’ll still share Marinette’s one in case some people don’t know about it here)

Puns or hidden meanings in the ML characters’ names:

⇒ Marinette Dupain-Cheng: ‘Marinette’ is a terribly ugly old Grandma’s name means (amongst other things) ‘the one who raises’, Dupain stands for ‘du pain’ meaning ‘some bread’ and the name ‘Cheng’ apparently (to check because I’m not Chinese) means in Chinese ‘success, achievement’. So ‘Marinette Dupain-Cheng’ would be ‘the one who raises bread successfully’ sort of.

⇒ Adrien/Gabriel Agreste: ‘Agreste’ is a butterfly species in French (Hipparchia semele) and its English name is ‘grayling’.

⇒ Nino Lahiffe: I’ve seen Thomas Astruc on Twitter one day stating that Nino’s name was a reference to a French TV channel called ‘Nolife’ about geek & Japanese culture. So the end of his name kinda sounds like ‘no life’.

⇒ Alya Césaire: For this one I had to check on Google because I’m not that cultivated (haha) but I’d say the last name is a reference to ‘Aimé Césaire’, a Martinican writer & politic who created the “Négritude” literary movement that gathered Francophone black people (thank you Wikipedia please students for your essays use a better source of information but this will do for what I’m doing here)

⇒ Chloé/Audrey/André Bourgeois: ‘Bourgeois’ means the same in English and used to refer in the past to middle-class people. However, nowadays, it mainly refers to ‘boho’ or ‘rich people’ if that makes sense.

⇒ Sabrina Raincomprix: It sounds kind of like ‘n’a rien compris’ meaning ‘hasn’t understood anything’. Oops poor girl.

⇒ Roger Raincomprix: In the same vein as his daughter’s name, it sounds kind of like ‘roooh j’ai rien compris’ meaning ‘raaah I haven’t understood anything’.

⇒ Marc Anciel: Take away the ‘M’ and you obtain something that sounds exactly like “arc-en-ciel” meaning ‘rainbow’ 🌈😊

⇒ Rose Lavillant: I don’t know about her last name or I haven’t figured it out yet, but ‘rose’ means ‘pink’ (as well as ‘rose’) and it’s kinda her colour, isn’t it?

⇒ Lila Rossi: I’m pretty sure there must be a signification for her last name that I don’t know about yet, but about her first name: so apart from being the name of a flower, it can be considered an English pun because it sounds like ‘lie-la’, but in French there’s nothing regarding lying puns. However, ‘lila’ just so happens to be the name of a colour shade of… Purple! And which Miraculous’ holder is purple associated to? I wonder…

⇒ Juleka/Luka/Anarka Couffaine: This one I figured it out not so long ago but ‘-a Couffaine’ sounds like ‘acouphène’ meaning ‘tinnitus/ringing in the ear’. Some of these can be provoked by listening to too loud music. Otherwise, I’m not sure about that one, but the end of their name also sounds a wee bit like ‘cacophonie’ meaning ‘cacophony’ so lots of noise.

⇒ Mme Mendeleïev: Direct reference to the periodic table, which conception is attributed to the chemist Mendeleïev.

⇒ Mr Damoclès: Only thing I can find here is a reference to the ‘sword of Damocles’ (& I’ll invite you to read the greek legend about it because too long to explain) but there’s a French expression (that maybe exists in English or there languages, I wouldn’t be surprised) saying that ‘having a sword of Damocles hanging above the head’ means that you’re in constant danger. I’d say it’s linked to his role as the headmaster watching out for every students’ move.

⇒ Penny Rolling / Jagged Stone: I’m pretty sure this must be a reference to the Rolling Stones.

⇒ Clara Rossignol: A ‘rossignol’ or ‘nightingale’ in English is a bird famous for his beautiful singing.

⇒ Mr Xavier Ramier (aka Mr Pigeon): The ‘pigeon ramier’ is a species of pigeons (Columba palumbus), which is ‘common wood pigeon’ in English.

⇒ Clara Contard: It’s one of Nadja Chamack’s journalist if you forgot (in Dark Owl notably) and it the end sounds like ‘racontar’ meaning ‘gossip’.

⇒ Ondine: An ‘ondine’, or ‘undine’ in English, is a river nymph or beings associated with water. When we say from someone that they’re an ‘ondine’, it means they are at ease in water.

⇒ Aurore Boréale: An ‘aurore boréal’ is an aurora borealis or northern lights. ‘Aurore’ is actually a real French name.

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Aaand I think that’s about all of the puns or meanings I know of in the show. I’m pretty sure there’s more, especially regarding the classmates’ names, but I haven’t figured them out yet! Kagami might have some Japanese pun or meaning but I don’t know enough about it to know it. If I realize I forgot some, I’ll reblog this post & add the new ones.

If some of you know more, please do share I would love to know it!

Have a sunny day anon! ♥

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