| Name | Meaning(Pun) |
| Bulma | Bloomers |
| Dr. Briefs | Men's Underwear |
| Oolong | Chinese Tea |
| Gohan | Rice or meal |
| Goku | Air |
| Goten | Sky,the 'ten' means heaven |
| Radditz | Radish |
| Vegeta | Vegetable |
| Mr.Satan | American word for Satan |
| Videl | Devil Mixed up |
| Piccolo | Piccolo (a type of flute) |
| Freeza | Ice |
| Kamesenin | Turtle |
| Kakkorot | Carrot |
| Trunks | Boxers |
| Pan | Bread |
| Nappa | Cabbage |
| Krillin | Chestnut |
| Marron | French chestnut |
| Bibbity, Babitty, Buu | The nursery rhyme |
| Yamcha | another word for dim sum. (Chinese Appetisers) |
| Pu'ar | a special kind of Chinese tea that is formed into bricks |
| Tenshinhan | Tenshin are Chinese Deserts |
| Jackie Chun | A pun on Jackie Chan |
| Chaozu | another reading for his name is gyoza, or pot stickers |
| Kinto'un | Kinton is boiled, mashed yellow sweet potatoes with chestnuts |
| Saiyan | rearrange the syllables to make the word yasai, meaning vegetables(All pure saiyans are named after vegetables) |
| Raditz | Raddish |
| Vegeta | Vegetable |
| Nappa | a general term for greens and a type of cabbage |
| Kakkarot | an interesting mutation of the word carrot |
| Namek | add 'uji' and you have namekuji, meaning slug |
| Dende | add 'n' and you have denden; denden-mushi is snail in Japanese |
| Cargo | add 'es' and you have escargot, the French word for edible snails |
| Nail | Nails (Hammer and nails) |
| Gine | Japanese for Milk |
| Guldo | Japanese for Yogurt |
| Recoom | Japanese for cream |
| Jees | Comes from the American word for Cheese |
| Baata | Comes from the American word for Butter |