Are the Gym Leaders' names derived from their types?

Norman (Normal+ Man)Candice (Cand +ice)Whiteny (White+ ny) (White is the colour of the Normal-type)Wattson (Watt+ son)Gardenia (Garden+ ia)Chuck (Chuck Norris(an americanmartial artist))Volkner (Volt+ kner)Wake (Wake as in WAVE)Blaine (Blaze+ ine)Jasmine (Jas +mine) (mining minerals)Bugsy (Bug+ sy)Winona (Wind+ ona)Skyla (Sky+ la)Brawly (Brawl+ y)Anymore you have noticed?

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Basically, yeah. Every Gym Leader has a pun in their name derived from the type they specialise in.

KantoBrock = “rock”. Self-explanatory.Misty = “mist”, normally a form of water. However, Misty is a frequent anime character so such a normal name may be because they wanted him to have a normal name throughout the anime to cause less confusion. This may apply to Brock as well.Lt. Surge = “surge”, as in an electrical surge.Erika = “erica”, a type of flower.Koga = “kogaryu”, a ninja school.Janine = “ninja”. You know, take away the ‘e’ and it’s an anagram of ninja. Seems legit. She is the Koga’s daughter, so that demands some ninja-ness.Sabrina = I don’t really know.Blaine = “blitz”, “blaze”… you get the jist.Giovanni/Blue = Giovanni is the Team Rocket leader so it seems there may not have been a direct pun on his name. Blue has various types. However, Giovanni has “geo” in his name, which is a frequent reference to geography, or ground, his specialty type.

JohtoFalkner = “falcon”, a type of bird.Bugsy = “bug”, self-explanatory.Whitney = What you said, “white” which is a ‘normal’ colour.Morty = “mort-”, a common prefix that is relevant to life. E.g., ‘post-mortem’, ‘mortal’ etc.Chuck = “Chuck Norris”, a karate dude.Jasmine = “mine”, mining minerals.Pryce = I would have said reference to “ice”, but his name is spelt with an ‘i’ so it may be wrong.Clair = a suggestion stated “lair”, as in dragon’s lair. I don’t really know how this comes into play, but it seems to make sense I guess.

HoennRoxanne = “rock”. Self-explanatory.Brawly = “brawl”, a way of fighting.Wattson = “watts”, a measure of electricity.Flannery = “flame”, “flare”, something beginning with “fla-".Norman = “normal”. Self-explanatory.Winona = “wings”, the way birds fly. :PTate and Liza = “meditate”, maybe? I don’t know one for Liza though.Wallace = “wallow”, maybe. A way of crying, which may refer to water.Juan = Dunno. I seriously dunno.

SinnohRoark = some pun on “rock”.Gardenia = “garden"Maylene = “melee”, a type of fighting style.Crasher Wake = It sounds pretty cool, and “wake” may be some pun on “wave” or some other form of surfing or something.Fantina = “phantom”, a type of ghost.Byron = “iron”, a type of steel.Candice = “ice"Volkner = “volt”, a measure of electricity.

KalosViola = “viola”, a type of plant. This may seem to go well with bugs. This is also true as a pansy is also a type of plant, and also the name of Viola’s sister.Grant = “granite”, a type of rock.Korrina = apparently it means “athletic girl”. I’ve never heard of it before unless it’s some other dialect but whatever. I have a few people confirming it so I guess it’s right. :PValerie = apparently this name comes from “corn salad” and “faerie” (which is German for fairy, Valerie’s name is the same in both English and German.) I don’t know how corn salad comes into this, but it’s Japanese name ‘maashu’ means ‘corn salad’, so… o_oClemont = this probably comes from “lemon”. Again, have no clue how it relates, but it’s Japanese ‘shitoron’ has ‘shito’, from ‘shitorasu’, which means “citrus”. Maybe that’s his favourite food. :POlympia = “Olympus”, as in “Olympus gods”. She may have some relation to this, having her godly appearance.Wulfric = his appearance may relate to “wolf”.

But those are all the gym leaders addressed. If anyone can help me fill in the blanks that would be nice.

Hope I helped. :)Source, Bulbapedia and the commenters who helped. Thanks.

Yes.Lots of them I have noticed are.

Brock -rockMisty-mist waterLT.Surge -SurgeBlaine -BlazeGiovanni-Gio (geo)Falkner-FalconBugsy-BugWhitney-White(Normal’s colour)Morty-MortalChuck-Chuck NorrisJasmine-Mine,idkPryce-IceRoxanne-Rox,rocksBrawly-BrawlWattson-WattFlannery-FlameNoman-NormalWinona-WindRoark-RockGardenia-GardenMaylean-IdkCrasher Wake-WaveFantina-PhantomByron-IronCandyce-IceVolkner-VoltLenora-NormalBurgh-BugElesa-ElectricClay-ClaySkyla-SkyBrycen-IceDrayden-DragonMarlon-Marlin a type of sea mammalViola-Flower maybe mimicking vivilionGrant-GraniteKorrina-Korrina means an athletic girl