Champion Name Origins
Simple Tell us the origin of the name of one of you favourite champs!
e.g.
Nautilus:
Comes from the greek word ναυτίλος, meaning sailor.
(Also, the name is used for this creature below)
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is the pronunciation of the letter Z in Commonwealth English. Zed is also a popular name for people and fictional characters.
Zee end.
:A board used as a footbridge between a ship and a dockside
meh seems legit
Greek for Liberator.
Volibear 
is named for Riot Dev "Volibar" who put forth the idea of an armored bear
Sun Wukong from chinese classic Journey to the West
Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt, birth, and primarily the Moon. Etymology as may refer to the shine of the Moon.
In hindsight, a terrible name for a Solarii child.
is from Latin for 'manly moustache'.
Diana : The Roman goddess of the moon, called Artemis by the Greek
is a common feminine variant of Morgan, a popular Celtic name that often translates to 'Sea Chief' or 'Sea Defender.'
is an extremely rare variant of 'Kayla,' meaning 'Pure One' or 'Full of Joy' in Greek. However, if we derive it from the same language group as Morgana (IE, a Celtic language, in this case Gaelic) its meaning changes to simply 'Slender and Fair.' Which also fits.
Possibly Vivi from FFIX, definitely visually based on Black mage in FFI.
Apparently 
's name originates from a Doctor Who character...but I don't like Doctor Who!
: The thing you put dead bodies into after shooting them with bullets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_(given_name) But I was joking saying that it originated from Doctor Who (which I think is highly overrated) but it says there's a character in Doctor Who named .