Demographics: Name Meanings

A List of Names That Are Repeated
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Edward/Edmund

Meaning: (Old English) guardian of prosperity, guardian of the mists
Character: Ed Mars, the Marshall
Eddie, Anthony Cooper's security guard

Eddie Colburn, the young cop who betrayed Locke

Edmund Burke, Juliet's ex-husband

See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - DEUS EX MACHINA

Flashback Cast & Summary - FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Flashback Cast & Summary - NOT IN PORTLAND

Redshirts and Supporting Cast - The Marshall

Historical References - Edmund Burke

Name Meanings - Mars

Name Meanings - Colburn

Name Meanings - Burke

Eko

Meaning: name of the small village that eventually became Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria.

Eko is also a homophone of echo,the repetition of a sound.

Echo was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology, who, as the result of a punishment by Hera, could only repeat the last words of another person's sentence.

Character: Mister Eko

See also:

Elder

Meaning: Older person; A religious elder is valued for his or her wisdom, in part for their age, by the logic that the older one is then the more one is likely to know

Character: Jason Elder, man who shot Ana-Lucia, and who Ana-Lucia kills

See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - COLLISION

Name Meanings - Jason

Eli

Meaning: (Hebrew) Whose God is the Lord. Shortened variation of Elijah, an Old testament prophet, whose return is thought to foretell the coming of the Jewish messiah.

Character: Tail survivor taken by the Others

See also: Redshirts and Supporting Cast - Eli

Elsa

Meaning: German derivative of Elizabeth: "My word is a vow"

Biblically, Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist, and a descendant of Aaron. She, like Mary, is visited by the angel Gabriel with news that she will bear a son who "will be great in the sight of the Lord."

Character: Elsa, German woman that betrays Sayid

See also: Name Meanings - Elizabeth

Name Meanings - Libby

Name Meanings - Lisa

Name Meanings - Lizzy

Elizabeth

Meaning: (Hebrew) Consecrated to God (A nickname for Elizabeth);

Biblically, Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist, and a descendant of Aaron. She, like Mary, is visited by the angel Gabriel with news that she will bear a son who "will be great in the sight of the Lord."

Character: Elizabeth "Libby," tail section survivor; name of Desmond's boat

See also: Name Meanings - Annabeth

Name Meanings - Beth

Name Meanings - Libby

Name Meanings - Lisa

Name Meanings - Lizzy

Emeka

Meaning: (Ibo) Nickname for the name Chukwuemeka, meaning "God has done great"

Character: Emeka, bad man that takes the vaccines from Yemi's church

See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - THE COST OF LIVING

Emma

Meaning: (Old German) universal, all-embracing

Character: Emma, sister of Zack, tail section redshirt abducted by the Others

See also:

Emmanuel

Meaning: (Hebrew) God is with us

Character: Emmanuel Rafael Ortiz, redshirt who died in the crash. Memorialized during the fuselage funeral.

See also: Crash Victims' Memorial

Name Meanings - Rafael

Name Meanings - Ortiz

Emily

Meaning: (Old English) rival, those in the next valley

Character: Emily Annabeth Locke, John Locke's mother

Emily Linus, Ben's mother

See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - DEUS EX MACHINA

Flashback Cast & Summary - THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Name Meanings - Annabeth

Name Meanings - Locke

Name Meanings - Linus

Essam

Meaning: (Arabic) Safeguard

Character: Essam Tasir, friend of Sayid's, potential suicide bomber

See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - THE GREATER GOOD

Name Meanings - Tazia

Ethan

Meaning: (Hebrew/Latin) strong, firm, constant

Character: Ethan ROM (Other Man), abductor of Claire and Charlie

See also: Name Meanings - Rom

*Note, all names and references from babynamesworld.com and wikipedia.org unless otherwise noted.