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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...

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.

Brolly

Broccoli!

Paragusu

(as)paragus, yummy...

Piccolo

Everyone's favorite musical instrument (a small flute)

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.