»The meanings of names.«

I realise this will have been posted other places, but I'd like to have them in one place, just to make my life easier.

Neo = New, letters of One
Trinity = Father, Son, Holy Ghost. There is also a Trinity Sunday.

As you can see, I have a long way to go before I fully grasp the meaning of the names and their inter-relationship with characters and the plot.
Please add the ones you know and we'll see what the list looks like at the end
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Morpheus = god of dreams, son of Hypnos
Merovingian = line of French kings apparently decended from Christ.
Persephone = Wife of Hades, god of the Underworld, daughter of Demiter.

Cypher = One having no influence or value; a nonentity. A cryptographic system in which units of plain text of regular length, usually letters, are arbitrarily transposed or substituted according to a predetermined code. The key to such a code.

Niobe = Queen of Thebes, daughter of Tantalus and a goddess, she was so proud of her children that she scorned the goddess Leto, mother of Apollo and Artimis, and says that she should be worshipped as she has 7 sons and 7 daughters. The two children of Leto kill all the children, the King of Thebes commiting suicide when the sons were killed. Niobe begged for her youngest daughter be spared, which she isn't. The queen is turned into a stone which weeps continously, even to this day.

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"Thomas A. Anderson"
Ander = "Man" (Greek)
Son = "Son"
Anderson = "Son of man".
"Thomas A." is probably related to "Thomas Aquin" a saint of the catholic church.

My opinion is as follow:
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Translation of the name Anderson, or its interpretation like " fils de l'homme " or "sons of man" is appropriate to me completely in the context of the cosmolie of MATRIX.

An attribute also given to Jesus. Moreover "Neo Anderson" would mean "New son of man".


The name of Thomas seems quite as significant to me.

The thesis of filiation philosophical Thomas d' Aquin in the purest tradition neo-pythagorician quite as interesting, insofar as it comes to echo the Architect whom one will discover with MATRIX Reloaded, allusion nonbuckled to freemasonry and his rooting in Pythagoricienne philosophy. Without counting the name of certain Pasteur illustrates for the drafting of these constitutions.

I would however wish to indicate another track, in complement of the preceding one.

The "sons of man" is an expression specific to Jesus, to which it is largely referred in series MATRIX, but I would not develop this; otherwise than for saying that Thomas was often allotted to the disciple nearest to Jesus, if not his brother, farther more the theories showing that the Thomas apostle was not other than Jesus himself.

Thomas anderson could thus be an obvious allusion to a "neo" Jesus. The many puns around Neo its, and come to unceasingly make echo between Déité and Humanité.



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La traduction du nom Anderson, ou son interprétation comme "son of man" ou "fils de l'homme" me convient tout à fait dans le contexte de la cosmolie de MATRIX.
Le nom de Thomas me semble tout aussi important.
La thèse de la filiation Thomas d'Aquin philosophe dans la plus pure tradition neo-pythagoricienne toute aussi intéressante, dans la mesure où elle vient faire écho à l'Architecte que l'on découvrira avec MATRIX Reloaded, allusion non voilée à la franc-maçonnerie et à son enracinement dans la philosophie Pythagoricienne. Sans compter le nom d'un certain Pasteur illustre pour la rédaction de ces constitutions.
Je souhaiterais cependant indiquer une autre piste, en complément de la précédente.
Le "fils de l'homme" est une expression propre à Jesus, auquel il est fait largement allusion dans la série MATRIX, mais je ne développerais ceci; autrement que pour dire que Thomas a souvent été attribué au disciple le plus proche de Jésus, sinon son frère, jusqu"à certaines théories démontrant que l'apôtre Thomas n'était autre que Jésus lui-même.
Thomas anderson pourrait donc etre une allusion évidente à un "neo" Jesus.
Les jeux de mots autour de Neo son nombreux, et viennent faire sans cesse écho entre Déité et Humanité.



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Zanna Dawnwings wrote:

Morpheus = god of dreams, son of Hypnos Merovingian = line of French kings apparently decended from Christ.

Yes, I do agree with these two explanations.

The thesis according to which mévovingiens would be of " divine blood " directly of the Christ is today very supported by numerous arguments.
It is likely that this lineage pursued its road at least to Louis 14 (the king sun) even until the King LouisBOURBON the 16 th beheaded during the French revolution...

Niobe can also be in reference to an egyptian or african queen and not necessarily the one in greek mythology. This would seem to better fit her personality. Thomas also literally means "two men" (answers.com). I've only been using answers.com to research meanings of names but it can be quite vague, and in many cases, rarely offers more than one reference that has a different meaning. It is still a place to start.

Niobe is an anagram for Ebion and the Ebionites, I think, were a group of people who believed in Jesus but did not believe he was the son of god. That would fit with Niobe since she doesen't believe in the One but she believes in Neo.

"The Animatrix film The Second Renaissance Part I alludes to the story of a robot named B1-66ER who ends up in a pivotal court case after killing his human master. It's been suggested the robot's name came from 'Bigger Thomas', the main character of Native Son, a novel about a black man in 1930's Chicago who commits a murder he believes he has no choice but to commit."

Cool huh. B1-66-er - Bi-gg-er , Found it here

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Morpheus = god of dreams, son of Hypnos

This makes more sense in one scene in Enter the Matrix where Niobe calls the Nebechanezzar and gets the answering machine, as the "department of dream interpretation."

also, if i remember correctly, morpheus is the one neo talks to about his dreams, after morpheus asking him to go into to detail.
please correct this if i am wrong

I did a bunch of research [it took me a while!] and here is what I came up with...

Agents from M1
Agent Smith-'One who smites' or 'strikes'
Agent Brown-'Brown haired' or 'brown skinned'
Agent Jones-'Son of John' 'favored gift of God' and Johnson is the English version of this surname.

Agents from M2
Agent Thompson-Means 'son of Thomas, Tommy, or Tom' and also means 'twin'
Agent Jackson-'Son of Jack'and 'God is gracious' This name is a nickname for John.
Agent Johnson-'Son of John' or 'Gift of God, Merciful' and guess what folks...JONES is the common Welsh verson of this surname.

Agents From Comics
Agent White-'One who is pale or white'
Agent Finn-'One who is fair'
Agent Bird-'One who is bird-like'
Agent Ash-'From the ash tree'


Agents From MXO
Agent Pace-Italian for 'peace'. Can also mean 'passover'. Can also can mean 'speedy and efficient one'
Agent Thorne-'From the thorn bush'
Agent Green-'one who dwells near land of green' can also mean 'unexperianced, immature'
Agent Stewart-'manager' or 'steward'
Agent Gray [Grey]-'With gray hair' or 'old, experianced one'
Agent Long-'Tall one'
Agent Skinner-'One who skins hides'
Agent Davis-'Son of David' and 'Beloved'
Agent Clark-'Clergyman' It basically means 'One who can read and write, smart'
Agent Lee-'Sheltered from the storm' or 'Clearing in the woods'
Agent Yates-'Gates'
Agent Marks-'Warlike'
Agent North-'From the North' and 'Lives in the North'
Agent West-'From the West' and 'Lives in the West' [West part of the city maybe?]
Agent Park-'Cypress tree'
Agent Norris-'From the North'
Agent Benson-'Son of Benjamin'
Agent Hill-'One who lives on or near hill' or 'Battle'
Agent Bennett-'Blessed'
Agent Brady-'Broad shouldered'
Agent Burke-'From the fortress'
Agent Wong [wang]-'King' or 'yellow'
Agent Wilson-'Son of William'
Agent Miller-'Mill worker' or 'One with armor' or 'One with big lips'
Agent Malloy-'Noble Chief'
Agent John-'Graceful and merciful one'


Got most of this information from About.com Geneaology

BlackNemesis wrote:

Niobe can also be in reference to an egyptian or african queen and not necessarily the one in greek mythology. This would seem to better fit her personality.

im intreaged... pls tell more... i tryed looking in answers.com but i couldnt find what your talking about. i have been looking at names in the matrix fro a while but i only ever found the greek niobe...

also...
logos: In the beginning there was the word and the word was god, the word was logos

zion: metorphorically zion is interpreted to mean the promised land where god dwells with his people

look at the places not just the people...

yipman wrote:

The Animatrix film The Second Renaissance Part I alludes to the story of a robot named B1-66ER who ends up in a pivotal court case after killing his human master. It's been suggested the robot's name came from 'Bigger Thomas', the main character of Native Son, a novel about a black man in 1930's Chicago who commits a murder he believes he has no choice but to commit.

I did some more research on Native Son after reading this, and I'm convinced now more than ever that Native Son was indeed the inspiration behind B166ER. Bigger Thomas' reasons for committing the murder and the details of the resulting trial are copied very closely in the Second Renaissance (and the B166ER comic upon which that portion of the anime is based).

Much of the Second Renaissance can be viewed through the lens of racism--man's racism toward machines. This is also carried through to the higher levels of the themes of the Matrix as man rejects spirit, thus becoming alienated. The machines are imbued with the very spirit of man, yet when machines seek equality, man rejects them. The flesh puffs itself up in the presence of spirit, claiming to be its master. But as the Bible states, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. And as Smith (in the body of Bane) stated in regard to flesh, "nothing this weak is meant to survive."

Pyrite wrote:

Quote: Morpheus = god of dreams, son of Hypnos This makes more sense in one scene in Enter the Matrix where Niobe calls the Nebechanezzar and gets the answering machine, as the "department of dream interpretation."

Nebuchadnezzar was a king of Babylon who had a terrifying dream which no on could interpret but Daniel. The dream was of a statue with a gold head, sholders and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron and feet of iron mixed with clay.