How do you understand the meaning of each monsters name?

[Lafite]

No sarcasm ,but this has been bothering me for a while.
days earlier i was joking with some guy from US.and i ask him if he knew what 'Anjanath' means,he said he had no clue of what it is and has never seen it in his life ,the name is most likely originated from Latin or Greek .
apparently as qualified hunters we surely know what it is , it looks like T-rex, and we know it spits fires.
so what if you have never played this game before ,when you come to names like Bazelgeuse or Dodogama , what's the first thing that comes to your mind? or words like these are just like some proper nouns in physics that requires you to read papers long enough just to figure out what it stands for.
well , on the other hand,monster titles written in japanese kanji seems easier to understand.for example Jyuratodus - mud fish dragon or Paolumu - dragon flow in the air ,etc...
would be really appreciate if you could share your ideas in this thread , thanks

[Remi]

I guess localization butchered some of the hidden meanings, something like Raizex (Astalos) meaning "thunder insect" or Ostgaroa (Nakarkos), Ost(eon) meaning bone and garoa refers to Tangaroa, a god of the sea, dead and squids.
But then something like Mizutsune, mizu being "water" combined with Kitsune, it's not too bad.

My favorite Japanese monster name is Hororohoruru which got localized to Malfestio, which isn't too bad either. But I like to think that his JP name is some sort of onomatopoeia of an Owl, which is really funny.

[YamaTsunami]

Originally posted by Remi:

I guess localization butchered some of the hidden meanings, something like Raizex (Astalos) meaning "thunder insect" or Ostgaroa (Nakarkos), Ost(eon) meaning bone and garoa refers to Tangaroa, a god of the sea, dead and squids.
But then something like Mizutsune, mizu being "water" combined with Kitsune, it's not too bad.

My favorite Japanese monster name is Hororohoruru which got localized to Malfestio, which isn't too bad either. But I like to think that his JP name is some sort of onomatopoeia of an Owl, which is really funny.

There's a line between names that mean something and names that sound cool though. I much prefer Malfestio over Hororohoruru, and its also easier to type and pronounce.

[Ordaeli]

Originally posted by Josh1.0:

There's a line between names that mean something and names that sound cool though. I much prefer Malfestio over Hororohoruru, and its also easier to type and pronounce.

And his roar isn't anything close to a hororo or horuru either, that name is a scam I tell ya!

[Smug Kot]

most of the names comes from ♥♥♥ folk and some from other cultures.

like Kirin.

[Washing Machine]

I assumed Odoragon means Dragon and Dog with an O in front.

[Holografix]

New names with new monsters.
I don't try and find some sort of meaning from the name by itself.
For me, the name is the monster. So Pukei Pukei evokes an image of Pukei Pukei. The meaning is the monster + name, the name without the monster is meaningless to me.

[ElvisDeadly]

Originally posted by Washing Machine:

I assumed Odoragon means Dragon and Dog with an O in front.

Me too

O Dog Dragon
Odoragon

[アリエルP]

anjanath should be renamed to barney

[Myst?c]

odogoron
a dog, o RUN

[Apothecaryᴿˣ]

I know what they mean. They all translate to “more frags for me.”

[Ragosta tin Dei]

Barroth- sp for mud. Mud devil
Bezelgeuse- Beelzebub + geuse (taste/tongue) ie" the devil's tongue, named for monster's tonguelike profile and explosive scales.
Deviljho- lit; 'evil Joe' in Jp Romanji
Dodogama- dodoo- (Jp sfx symbol for explosion sound) + gama (toad) + maru (circle), lit. Round toad who explodes.
Rathalos- wrath + talon 'wrathful talon'
Jyuratodus- Jyura's tooth; possibly a corruption of the word duratodus, lit' 'hard tooth'
Odogaron- Oda (Nobunaga) + Dragon 'Oda's Dragon' possible from japanese odo-odo (to feel uneasy in Japanese)

[Ragosta tin Dei]

Alread read this as part of the naming thingy discussion on reddit.
Nergigante - Nergal (god of war) + gigante (giant)
Zora Magdaros- Zora (slavic word for dawn) + Magdaros- magma + darake (to be covered in)
Xenojiva- xeno (outsider) + jiva (life force)
Vaal Hazak- valhala + hazard
Teostra- Tecuciztecatl, moon god who immolated himself
Lunastra- Same, but with Luna (moon) instead of Teo
Kirin- actual existing mythological monster with antlers and a hooves.