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Names and Meanings:

Goten:
Simply means "air"
Gohan:
This one's kind of cool, it means "fried rice"
Goku:
The "ku" in Goku means "sky"
Kakarot:
A play on the word carrot
Vegeta:
Vegetable (hehe)
Nappa:
Chinese salad (or a type of cabbage in the U.S.)
Raditz:
Radish (there's something about vegetables...)
Chi-Chi:
Something like (breast) in Japanese [also speculated to be "father"]
Bulma:
A kind of girl's gym shorts, also said to mean "bloomers"
Bra:
DUH!!!
Trunks:
Means "boxers" in Japanese
Frieza:
Freezer
Cooler:
Well... cooler
Krilin:
Chestnut in Japanese
Jeice:
A play on the English word "cheese"
Burter:
Butter
Ginyu:
Milk in Japanese
Zarbon:
A kind of fruit in Japanese
Yumcha:
Chinese for "drink tea", and also said to mean a "type of dim sun"
Dr. Briefs
This one is pretty self-explanatory...
Ginyu
Means "milk"
Bata
I can't believe it's "butter"
Guldo
Play on "yogurt" (guldo = gurdo in Jap. = yo-guldo = yogurt)
Recoom
Recoom - play on "cream" (cream = cuh-reem = ree-cuhm)
Namek
Literally means "slug"
Saiyajin
Play on "yasai"="vegetable" in Jap., also could be a play on "saiyaku" meaning a disaster.
Brolly
Broccoli!
Paragusu
(as)paragus, yummy...
Piccolo
Everyone's favorite musical instrument (a small flute)
Videl
Let's switch around the letters a bit, shall we? Lediv? dilev? Oh! DEVIL.
Mr. Satan
Think VERY hard about how they thought up this name... There's a small and subtle clue (hint: the "Mr." part is trying to trick you).
Other Fun Facts:
In the Garlic Junior Saga, the Spice Boys names are all spices.

Bulma's entire family is named after underwear! Her father is Dr. Briefs, and her kids are named Trunks and Bra.

All the Gunyu Force are named after dairy products.

All Namek-seijin are named after slugs and snails. In fact "Namek" means "slug." EXCEPTION: Piccolo and his brothers are named after instruments.

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