Iris for a character name

[pasc]

Isn't it really a popular in Japenese games/anime ?

Iris in Megaman Battle Network 6
Iris in Phoenix Wright Trials and Tibulations 3
Iris apparently in some Pokemon anime/game aswell

any I missed ?

Seems weird for such name to appear this often.

 

[nryn99]

Iris on anime?
I don't think I heard it.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

I never really noticed but I found its not as much more common as any other name in anime.

 

[Gahars]

Ah yes, who could forget Mega Man?

 

[chinboogie]

Encountering Iris: Grassi’s Humanistic Rhetoric of Alchemy

by Gerard Wozek


Ernesto Grassi’s incorporation of the legend of Iris as a framework for his rhetorical view helps to elucidate key concepts into his humanistic approach to language and rhetoric. Iris, which means “to speak or announce,” (Foss, Foss and Trapp 156) was the goddess of the rainbow in Greek myth and the feminine counterpart of Hermes, Zeus’
..And a lot more


Google makes me learn so much.
"Iris alchemy meaning"
It ain't that hard to do.

 

[Hells Malice]

Iris isn't any more common than dozens of other names out there. I hardly ever see it.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Atelier Iris?
Btw the game is good.

 

[Arras]

Right, I don't think it's that common TBH. Besides do you know for sure those characters were actually called Iris in the original Japanese version and that it isn't just a localized name? I'm pretty sure most Phoenix Wright characters have different Japanese and English names. You should also check out Japanese names in credits sometimes. Certain names appear pretty often, I'm sure I've seen quite a few Takeshi's for example.

 

[FAST6191]

Poppy
Rose
Lily
Sage
Rosemary
Petunia
Hazel
Ivy
Jasmine
Holly
Flora
Daisy
Camellia
Fern
Heather
Hyacinth
Olive
Myrtle
Marigold

I have not even really gone to obscure ones yet either, I admit a few I have not heard in people under 60 though.
Edit- forgot it was also the name of an ancient Greek god, such things are fairly popular for names as well.