Name puns are
basically just what character names mean in Japanese. Most of
these names are food.
The Z Warriors
Ever see a DBZ character name and think to yourself,
"That sounds like...", well many people have. This
section will tell what many of the DBZ character names are
"puns" on or about.
Humans/Misc
Bulma - bloomers, japanese for womens
underwear/shorts.
Marron - marron, japanese spelling of the french word.
ChiChi - slang for breasts in japanese
Pilaf - pilav, japanese for rich dish
Dr.Briefs - mens underwear
Yamcha - means "dim sum" in chinese
Chaozu - chinese for "gyoza", stickers
Lunch - pun on "launch", to let go
Tienshinhan - a type of fried rice
Puar - chinese pun of "puh er" a type of tea
Kuririn - japanese for "chestnut"
Oolong - chinese for "wulong", or Amber Tea
Videl - "devil" variation
Mr.Satan - satan
Namekians
Piccolo - type of instrument, flute
Drum - a drum
Nail - pun on "snail"
Cymbal - a cymbal
Dende - japanese for "denden mushi"
Kargo - pun on "escargo"
Piano - a piano
Tsuno - japanese for "horn"
Tamborine - a tamborine
Kami - japanese for "god"
Saiyans
Kakkarott - pun on "carrot"
Gokou/Goku - "ku" japanese for sky
Radditz - pun on "radish"
Goten - "ten" japanese for heaven or
afterlife
Nappa - chinese for "cabbage"
Gohan - japanese for "rice"
Bra - pun on a women's bra
Pan - pun on multi-language word for "bread"
Trunks - pun on boys underwear
Vegeta - pun on "vegetable"
Brolly - pun on "brocoli"
Tarus - pun on "taro" or a bull call
Freezer,Ginyu,Cell,
etc
Bibadi - pun on Cinderalla
Babadi - " "
Buu - " "
Cell - a cell
Cooler - something cooler
Guldo - pun on "yoguruto" japanese for yogurt
King Kold - cold
Jeese - pun on "cheese"
Freezer - freezing
Burter - japanese saying for "butter"
Kuwi - egg sized chinese fruit
Ginyu - japanese for "milk"
Dodoria - pun on "doria", japanese for tasty
dish
Recoome - pun on cream
Zarbon - a japanese fruit
