The Name Zidane

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lol Holy hell, I walked away from this post for a few minutes and when I came back I almost hit "Submit New Thread". lol That one line would've been the whole topic....

Does Zidane's name stick out of the series? Like a lot? Terra refers to the earth. Cloud... to clouds. Squall... to storms and Richard Simons. Tidus to the sun and so on and so forth. Heck, even Vaan refers to wind somehow. My point is that Zidane doesn't really refer to anything at all. And it's also the only name I've ever heard as a real person's name:

"Wine and Dine" Zinedine Zidane, the soccer player
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So where do you think they got the inspiration for this name? It certainly couldn't be from the soccer player, could it?
 
That's one of the funniest gifs I've ever seen xD
I have no idea where the name comes from though. I never usually look into the names too much, but some are obvious (Squall namely)
I don't actually know what meaning the name has come to think of it...
 
this is seriously doubted, but maybe they didn't intend for any of the names to mean anything, the beggning names didn't really stand for anything, so why not??
 
hhahahahahahahah lmfao that picture is brilliant did u do that urself? if u did id shake ur hand thats awesome!!!!

hmm dont think zidane refers to anything, wel not to my knoledge but my knoledge is lacking.
 
Good picture! To be honest, I dunno. Perhaps they wanted a name not referring to anything at all?
 
I found this mentioned on origins' of FF characters names on an FF-info site:

"Several people have sent me the name of a popular French soccer player named Zinedine Zidane. I'm extremely skeptical that Square would base one of their main characters on an actual person, though. Ebony opines: "For me it's coming from "gitan" (a french word meaning gipsy) and "tzigane" (this one also exists in English). In RPG, the gitan class is close to the thief class, so it fairly fits for FF9's main character. Also Tribal alludes to how the gipsys live (in tribes), and Zidane is also living with a band." A note from ShinyMasamune: I was messing around with anagrams, and I discovered that "Zidane Tribal" can be rearranged to "Lazier Bandit". Probably not at all relevant, yet a fun and striking coincidence "


So not much info there, but that's a suggestion - I'm a big football fan and it would be amusing if he had been named after Zinedine Zidane, but I don't think that's the case.
 
Actually, Zidane might refer to something. A "gita" (meaning gipsy in French) and "tzigane". It'll explain all in a dictionary, just in case you're wondering. Anyway, in RPG, the gitan class is close to the thief class, and well, Zidane is one heck of a thief, isn't he? ;) "Kidnapping a princess" indeed. :P Also, Tribal refers to how gipsys live in tribes, and Zidane is also living with a band, yes?



 
I actually thought he was named after the football player...
 
Yes, I heard that too. Who knows? Maybe they named him that for both reasons.
 
I've never heard the name Zidane used outside of the soccer world, and the closest after that has been "Zane" (not close at all).

Zidane:
1) (noun) Captain of the French National Football team during the World Cup 2006. Apparently has a sister involved in not-so-Catholic activities. We know nothing about his mother.

2) (verb) to zidane someone/something: Irrational act of head butting during a crucial moment and being caught in the act by a third-party.

3) (verb) to go zidane: Act of accusing people of saying "bad things" about you and your family and not having the balls of saying what those exact words are to the media, leaving millions of fans in limbo and frustrated.

Example:
Judge: Defendant how do you explain your actions?

Defendant: "Your honor, I was full of rage. He said bad things about my momma. The only thing I can think of was to zidane him in the nuts."

Judge: "What did he say exactly?"

Defendant: "Bad words. I can't repeat."

UB
 
Quality post, BustaMo. lol Yea, I have no idea where his name came from. It seems like the only name in the 2nd era of FF games that doesn't have any rhyme or reason. I tried to look up the name Kuja to see if it had any meaning... and then draw that back to Zidane... but I didn't find anything there either.
 
I am also a football fan so when I first saw Zidane's name, I immediately thought of Zinedine Zidane. Because I am familiar with the Zinedine Zidane (The Zidane being prounced like "Zee-dan") I started pronouncing Zidane Tribal's name the same but I have heard of a few people pronounce it "Zee-dane" and was wondering is it pronounced like "Zee-dane" or is it just their preference?
 
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Hmm, interesting thought. Maybe it was intended that his name stuck out like that since he isn't human. The other characters are relating to the planet in some way, but he is a genome...
 
Hmm, interesting thought. Maybe it was intended that his name stuck out like that since he isn't human. The other characters are relating to the planet in some way, but he is a genome...
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that makes alot of sense, and is probably right, lol.
 
I have no clue as to where they got the name. But I really want that vid now! That is freaking hilarious!
 
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