Name Meanings/Puns

Babidi - Pun on Cinderella (Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo)

Bardock - Root

Bebi - Baby

Bibidi - Pun on Cinderella (Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo)

Bura/Bra - Japanese term for women's brassiere

Burori - Broccoli

Buruma/Bulma - Japanese word which means women's underwear; bloomers

Buu - Pun on Cinderella (Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo)

Cell - Self-explanitory

Chaozu - Chinese word for gyoza stickers (food)

Chi-Chi - Japanese word which means breasts; could also mean father

Cooler - A cooler

Dr. Briefs - Men's underwear

Dr. Willow/Wheelo - Wheel

Freezer - A freezer

Gohan - Japanese term for rice

Goku - 'Ku' is the Japanese word for sky

Goten - 'Ten' is the Japanese term for heaven/afterlife

Kakarotto (Saiyan name for Goku) - Carrot

Kami - Japanese word which means God

Kuririn - Japanese word which means chestnut

Lunch - Self-explanitory!

Mai - Linen robe

Maron (Krillin's first girlfriend) - Chestnut

Marron (Krillin's daughter) - Japanese translation of the french word which means chestnut

Mr. Satan - Satan

Muten Roshi - Filter Paper

Nappa - Chinese for cabbage

Oolong - Chinese for 'wulong'; Amber Tea

Pan - Spanish term for bread

Paragus - Esparagus

Piccolo - Flute

Puar - Chinese pun of 'puh er' a type of tea

Radditz - Radish

Tenshinhan - Means Fried Rice

Trunks - Boy's Underwear

Vegita/Vegeta - Vegetable

Videl - When unscrambled it makes the word 'devil'

Yamucha - Chinese word for dim sum

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