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
Krillen:
Means "chestnut"
Ginyu:
Milk in Japanese
Zarbon:
A kind of fruit in Japanese
Yumcha:
Chinese for "drink tea", and also said to mean a "dim sun"
Dr. Briefs:
This one is pretty self-explanatory...
Ginyu:
Means "milk"
Bata:
I can't believe it's "butter"
Guldo:
Play on "yogurt" (guldo = gurdo in Jap. = yo-guldo = yogurt)
Chaozu:
Gyoza which means "stickers"
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...
Kami:
God
Piccolo:
Everyone's favorite musical instrument (a small flute)
Oolong:
Amber tea
Pan:
Bread
Puar:
Tea
Turles:
A bull call
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.
In Cinderella, the witch said, "'Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo'! The first two are Bebi-De and Baba-dee. The third is Buu.
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