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• Aaron is a Hebrew name that likely means "high mountain" or "exalted"
• Ana Lucia is a double name consisting the name Ana, a short form of the latinized name Hannah that means "favor" or "grace". Lucia is an Italian name that means "light"
• Bernard is a Germanic name derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave/hardy"
• Boone is an English name with French and Latin origin and means "good"
• Charlie is a pet name for the Germanic name Karl (English: Charles) that means "manly" or "full grown"
• Claire is the English version of the French Clara derived from Latin "clarus" that means "clear/bright/famous"
• Desmond is a Gaelic name coming from a surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster". Munster is a province in Ireland which was once an ancient Irish kingdom
• Hugo is a latinized form of Hugh and means "bright in mind and spirit"
• Jack is an Old English name with Hebrew roots. It is related to both John and Jacob
• James is an English name with Greek and Hebrew roots of unknown meaning
• Jin is a Chinese name meaning "gold/metal/money", "elegant" or "ferry"
• John is a Hebrew name that means "the Lord is gracious"
• Katherine has three possible origins - the Greek for "torture", the Greek for "pure", and the Coptic for "my consecration of your name"
• Libby is a pet name of Elizabeth being of Hebrew origins and meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"
• Michael is a Hebrew name that means "who is like God?"
• Nicole is a French name from the Greek word for "victory"
• Paulo is the Portuguese, Galician and Esperanto form of Paulus (English: Paul), from the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin.
• Rose is an English name that simply means "rose" from the word for the fragrant flower (derived from Latin rosa)
• Sayid is an Arabic name that means "happy". (Frequent transliterations include Said, Saïd, Sa'id. The name should not be confused with the title "sayyid", a different word, which means "lord", "sir")
• Shannon is a Celtic name from the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland. It is composed of the Gaelic elements sean "old/wise" and abhann "river"
• Walt is the short form of Walter, a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and heri "army"

Others

• Benjamin is a Hebrew name that means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"
• Colleen is an Irish name that means "girl"
• Danny is a pet name of Daniel, a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge"
• Ethan is a Hebrew name that means "solid", "enduring" or "strong one"
• Goodwin is an English name and derived from the first name Godwin that means "good friend"
• Isabel is a name of Spanish and Latin origin. It's a variant of Elizabeth
• Jacob is a Hebrew name that means "held by the heel"
• Juliet is a French name that means "soft-haired" or "youthful"
• Mikhail is a Russian form of Michael
• Richard is an Old German name that means "powerful leader"
• Tom is the short form of Thomas, the Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin"

Recurring characters: On-Island

• Alexandra is the female version of Alexander from the Greek name Alexandros, that means "defending men"
• Danielle is a French name that means "God is my judge"
• Karl is the German and Scandinavian form of Charles meaning "man"
• Kelvin is an Irish name that means "friend of ships"
• Leslie is a Scottish name meaning either "garden of hollies" or "garden by the pool" in Gaelic
• Scott is an Old English name from a surname which meant "Scotsman" in Old English. The original meaning of the word Scot is debated, but it may mean "tattoo", so given because Scotsmen often had tattoos.
• Steven is the English version of the Greek Stephen meaning "crown"
• Vincent is a Latin name coming from the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"

Recurring characters: Off-Island

• Anthony is a Latin name coming from the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin.
• Cassidy is a Gaelic name that means "ingenious" or "clever"
• Charles is of Old German origin. Its meaning is "man". From Karl, similar to Old English Churl, meaning "man/serf"
• Christian is a Latin name that means "Christ like"
• Clementine is a Latin name that means "merciful"
• Nadia is an Arabic name from the Quran that means "the caller", "the announcer" or "the first dawn on a flower". (It should not be confused with the Russian name Nadia, which means "hope")
• Penelope is a Greek name that means "silent worker"
• Sarah is a Hebrew name that means "lady" or "princess"