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Meaning of character's name

Thenir

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Nirnaeth
Hi!
I have a question about Aerith's last name.
The names of the characters generally have a meaning related to their role:
Cloud Strife clearly refers to his personality, Zack Fair too. Tifa Lockhart is about her shyness. Barret recalls the word bullet, Cid Highwind is related to his role as a pilot, and so on...
I know that Aerith is a transliteration of "earth". But what about Gainsborough (or Faremis if we want to consider her biological father's last name)? I checked on the web but I couldn't find anything interesting. As a non-native English speaker I can't understand if it could sound like something meaningful.
Thank you!
 

JBedford

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JBed
Faremis is a joke on "Famires". There's a family restaurant in Japan called "Gusto", and "famires" is the common shortening of "family restaurant" in Japanese. His Japanese name just switches two characters around. This joke makes more sense when you consider his surname is discovered in the Shinra library where Mayor Domino['s Pizza] and Deputy Mayor Hart (or [Pizza] Hut) are.

I have no theories about Gainsborough though.
 

Stiggie

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Stiggie
Hi!
I have a question about Aerith's last name.
The names of the characters generally have a meaning related to their role:
Cloud Strife clearly refers to his personality, Zack Fair too. Tifa Lockhart is about her shyness. Barret recalls the word bullet, Cid Highwind is related to his role as a pilot, and so on...
I know that Aerith is a transliteration of "earth". But what about Gainsborough (or Faremis if we want to consider her biological father's last name)? I checked on the web but I couldn't find anything interesting. As a non-native English speaker I can't understand if it could sound like something meaningful.
Thank you!

IMO "lockhart" refers to her role in the plot, it's a reference to the "tender feelings locked deep inside Clouds heart", as well as the secrets about Cloud that she keeps locked up inside her own.
 
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