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General Discussion
Talk about Pokemon in general in this forum.

OK, I think this fits the category.

The basic thing is that Pokemon names, for the most part, are easy to decipher. Most of them are simply either compound words, made from 2 other words crushed together like Manhattan traffic at 4:30pm - names like Machop (Macho + Chop) - or they're simply words translated from foreign languages - names like Kabuto (Japanese for 'crab'). Or, in rare instances, both rules apply, such as with Articuno (Arctic + Uno [Spanish for 'one']).

However, there are some names that just seem as though they were chosen completely at random; I'm hoping that the one's I'm confused about can be translated, and if anyone else wants any translations, then they could maybe post here and get some help.

So, to start off, can anyone tell me where the origins for the names 'Ralts,' 'Kirlia,' and 'Gradevoir' come from?