A majority of my OC names are jokes, references to other things, or something thematic to their character:

Ijinks H. Iwerx has a lot of name inspirations! Her first name “Ijinks” refers to “eye” and “hijinks”. Her last name “Iwerx” refers to the fact that only one of her eyes work (the other is blind). Her last name is also a reference to prolific animator Ub Iwerks. Finally, her middle name is “Heidi” which is a reference to old vintage animation using “hidey-ho”, “hidey-hee”, “hidey-hay”, etc in songs.

Wayne Gates is a corruption of “gains weight”.

Ella Pawman is named after the cat she was based on, also named Ella!

Hugh Forric sounds like “euphoric”, referring to the euphoric fedora guy meme.

Diana Diamondhart is named after both her beauty and gold-digging tendencies.

Dr. Ozmium Krypton Boomer’s name abbreviates to “OK Boomer”. It also refers to his expertise in chemistry and his ability to conjure fire.

Redward DeLobb, Yelliot DeLobb and Bluey DeLobb are named after their primary colours mixed with typical male names to contrast against their odd appearance.

Tips Fedora is named after his fedora and his suave, polite behaviour as a spy/private investigator.

Jonah T. Tentious… the “T. Tentious” part refers to “tea” (because he’s a living teapot) and it rhymes with “pretentious”.

Gene Beauregarde is named after actor Gene Wilder and character Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” movie.

Cloud Dotcomm is a “marketing name” and is referencing the company who created him. Brainstorm Software created the “Cloud AI” software that allows Cloud Dotcomm to exist.

Dr. Marty Bananas… “Bananas” is due to him being a proboscis monkey with a stand-up comedy hobby. “Marty” is the name of the voice actor of the character he was originally based on (which is King Koo-Koo from “Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure”).

Mayor River Moon Willows is named after the willow tree, and the tendency of hippie characters to have names relating to nature.

Cherri Niwaki’s name refers to cherry trees and her Japanese heritage. “Niwaki” is Japanese for “garden tree”.

Charleston Waltz, Madison Waltz and Dizmo Waltz are referencing Walt Disney and dancing. “The Charleston” and “The Madison” are both old dance crazes. Dizmo’s name is a combination of “disco”, “gizmo” and “dismal”.

Beeball is… both a bee and a inflatable ball!

Dr. Hans Sans Panzer’s name refers to something catastrophic that happened to him in the past (the “Sillycon Valley incident”)! I’ll talk about this eventually.

Fluent:

🐌 Dr. Hans Sans Panzer is bilingual German + English

🐕 Cherri Niwaki is bilingual Japanese + English

🐉 Gene Beauregarde is a hyper-polyglot

☁️ Cloud Dotcomm is fluent in all the languages his programmers installed in his AI software

🔵 Bluey communicates in American Sign Language.

Non-fluent:

👻 Wayne knows basic Japanese, 🇨🇦 Cat Canada knows basic Québécois French.

💰 Hugh and 💖 Diana also know basic French

❌⭕️ Jaycee knows basic American Sign Language. ⭕️❌ Ella has basic knowledge of many random, obscure languages around the world.