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[madwitch58.livejournal.com]

this has been playing around my head for a few days. i know no one can leave storybrook, but is that leave as in move to anther place or leave as in go to go on vacation. i know Henry left but he had to return. could someone else leave as long as they returned? if so that would enplane how Mr. Gold was able to get Henry.

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[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

All the names do have meanings :D I know dizilla and I have started to work on a list. I should tell her to get it sorted and post it up, so we can keep track of the names etc.

But this is what we know so far:
Mary Margaret Blanchard - Blanchard means "white". The Mary Margaret is a homage to the two different 'princesses' that are thought to have inspired the snow white tale.
David Nolan - David means "beloved" Nolan means "Champion"
Regina Mills - "Queen" "of the Mill"
Emma - the deserving,the worthy, the diligent, whole, universal
Henry - estate ruler, ruler of an enclosure, home ruler
Archie Hopper - "genuine, bold" Hooper is an obvious reference to cricket
Sheriff Graham - "gravelly homestead, abode" (I think he is the Hunstman)
Mr. Gold - references Rumple's love of gold
Ruby - "red gemstone, jewel, a ruby jewel"
Leroy - "the king, proud, selfish" - which is interesting about Grumpy!
Kathryn Nolan - "pure" which is interesting considering the self-absorbed character she was in fairy tale land!

I love that the writers have done this background search about the characters and their names. There are too many of them to fit so 'well' for it to be a fluke, it is obviously deliberate. :) I know some people think that Billy might be the Big Bad Wolf, but now I think about it, him being Billy Goat Gruff could be fun too!

[dontbitethesun.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, you two should post it up!

And now that I look at your lovely list, I agree, it does look very planned out and not at all a fluke. And here I had thought they were all random!

[middlegirl.livejournal.com]

One more for your list:

Ashley - "from the ash tree field" but "ash" is also a synonym for "cinder" (as in Cinderella).

That's one name that took me a while to realize why the writers picked it, but once I figured it out it floored me. These writers are being so fantastically clever with these names.

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

They are! Thanks for that. I'm going to bother Diz later to actually post up a full list of characters etc in another post for people to see and add to as we get more reveals. :D

[babettew54.livejournal.com]

This so cool. Thanks for this! :D

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

You are welcome, but I have to say that most of this was prompted by the wonderful brain of dizilla

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I got the "Blanchard" part, but I didn't know where "Mary Margaret" came from. That's some good researching right there! :-)

And don't forget Ashley -- ashes = cinders.