Folterer - means 'torturer' in German.

Depravo (the rat) - was the name of the rat mascot of my college (Grizedale) at Lancaster University. 

Colin Angus Adamson - both my wife and I have an Uncle Colin. Also named after former Burnley FC (BFC) players John Angus and Jimmy Adamson.

Rose Song - Rose is my daughter's middle name.

Jack Wilson - Jack is my son's name. Wilson is my middle name. Jack Wilson was also my grandfather and my wife's grandfather was called Jack.

Charlie Wood - named after former BFC player Chris Wood

Amelia McIlroy - Amelia is my daughter's name. Also named after former BFC player Jimmy McIlroy.

Mrs. Lisa Marney - Lisa is my wife's name. Also named after former BFC player Dean Marney.

Isla Marney - Isla is an anagram of my wife's name. Also named after former BFC player Dean Marney.

Clay Porter - named after my friend whose surname is Clay.

Mr. Michael Dobson - named after my secondary school sports teacher.

Elliot Harrison Blake - named after former BFC players Wade Elliott, Gerry Harrison and Robbie Blake.

Lenny Farrell - named after former BFC players Lenny Johnrose and Andy Farrell

Prof. Carlisle Duff - named after former BFC players Clark Carlisle and Michael Duff

Rasul - means 'messenger' in Arabic.

Ella - named after my goddaughter.

Ashley Barnes - named after former BFC player Ashley Barnes

Paul Barnes - named after former BFC player Paul Barnes

PC Derek Conroy - named after my former cat Derek and former BFC player Mike Conroy.

Maureen Woolstencroft - named after my Auntie Maureen whose maiden name was Woolstencroft.

PC Aisling Taylor - 'Aisling' in an Irish name meaning 'dream'. Also, named after my nephew Taylor.

Alan Woolstencroft - named after my Uncle Alan

Billy Moloch - 'Moloch' was an idol associated with child sacrifice

Alex Sutcliffe - named after my primary school secretary.

Olivia Moss - named after my friends' daughter Olivia and twin brothers I knew in secondary school (Moss Bros!).

Bonnie Moss - named after my friends' daughter Bonnie and twin brothers I knew in secondary school.

Sebastien Hill - named after my friends' son.

Mr. Scott Benjamin - named after my musical hero Ben (Scott) Folds.
 
Mrs. Barbara Richardson - named after my secondary school maths teacher.
 
'Herbert Cheeseborough' (character in character) - named after former BFC player Albert Cheeseborough
 
'Gordon Eckersley' (character in character) - named after the Barenaked Ladies album and former BFC player Richard Eckersley.
 
Lottie Grace - named after my cousins' daughters Lottie and Gracie.

Isaac Flanagan - named after my nephew Isaac and former BFC player Jon Flanagan
 
Annabelle Cameron - named after my friends' daughter Annabelle and son Cameron.
 
Lady Emily Chadwick (character in character) - named after my cousin Emily and former BFC player Luke Chadwick.

Tog Twigpepper - 'Tog' means 'train' in Danish

Eeleye Slugcandle - named after former BFC player Roger Eli.

Fynsent Coppercloud - named after the character 'Vincent' in the movie 'Twins'.

Dewlyus Coppercloud - named after the character 'Julius' in the move 'Twins'.
 
Dominus Badgerheart - 'Dominus' means 'Lord' in Latin. Bob Lord was a former butcher and BFC chairman
 
Zoragarria Mee - 'Zoragarria' means 'marvellous' in Basque and Ben Mee is a former BFC player
 
Milo Aphrodite - 'Milo' refers to the Venus De Milo statue; 'Aphrodite' was the Greek goddess of love (Venus being the Roman goddess of love)

Stephen (the damselfy) - named after my father-in-law
 
Agent Bufftail - named afterthe 'buff-tailed bumblebee'
 
Agent Bombus - the Latin genus for bumblebee is 'Bombus'

Felonious Moondragon - 'felonious' means 'involved in crime'

Tasha Butterfrost - 'Tasha' means 'station' in the Hausa language

Acar Dier - 'Acar' means 'key' in Azerbaijani and 'Dier' means 'door' in Luxembourgian

Nyckel Drumweasel - 'Nyckel' means 'key' in Swedish

Durga - 'Durga' means 'castle' in the Bangla language

Clavis Majstar - 'Clavis' means 'key' in Latin and 'Majstar' means 'master' in Belarussian

Kaiata Gadara - 'Kaiata' means 'butler' in Maori and 'Gadara' means 'traitor' in Punjabi

Sirriam - 'Sirriam' means 'sheriff' in Irish Gaelic

Ragel - 'Ragel' means 'Guy' in Maltese

Phineas Munrab - named after the circus showman Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum. 'Munrab' is 'Barnum' spelt backwards.

Barbaflamma - 'Barbaflamma' means 'flaming beard' in Latin

Loxo (the elephant) - named after the African Forest Elephant (Latin name Loxodonta cyclotis)

Evie Wister - name is an anagram of the Australian wildlife educator 'Steve Irwin'. Also named after my nephew Evie.

Donta (the elephant) - named after the African Forest Elephant (Latin name Loxodonta cyclotis)

Pumilio (the elephant) - named after the African Pygmy Elephant (Latin name Loxodonta pumilio)

Cyclo (the elephant) - named after the African Forest Elephant (Latin name Loxodonta cyclotis)

Belinda Rain - named after Australian wildlife educator 'Terri Raines Irwin'

Parsimonious Moondragon - 'parsimonious' means 'unwilling to spend money'

Vratar - means 'concierge' in Croatian

Columba - the Latin genus for pigeon is 'Columba'

Breadsnapper (the pigeon) - 'Bob Breadsnapper' was the owner of the bike shop in the 1980s chidren's TV series 'Pigeon Street'

Rad Morroi - 'Rad' means 'council' in Danish and 'Morroi' means 'servant' in the Basque language

Captain Aqueira - 'Aqueira' means 'archer' in Spanish

Lietenant Banza - 'Banza' is Haitian Creole for 'archer'

Larix Strongbark - the Latin genus for the larch (tree) is 'Larix'

Nyssa - the Latin genus for the tupelo (tree) is 'Nyssa'

Ocean Queen Leira Salstone - 'Leira' is the name 'Ariel' (The Little Mermaid) spelt backwards

Samudra Neverstorm - 'Samudra' means 'ocean' in the Bangla language

Akjan - 'Akjan' means 'ocean' in Belarussian

Montana Falconbone - 'Montana' means mountain in Spanish

Gora - 'Gora' means 'mountain' in Polish

Audax (the eagle) - named after the Wedge-tailed Eagle (Latin name Aquila audax)

Salinja - 'Salinja' means 'murderer' in the Korean language

Erimos - 'Erimos' means 'desert' in Greek

Orken Sandhawk - 'Orken' means desert in Danish

Parrington Peacock (Lilacbeard) - named after my mother-in-law's maiden name (Parrington)

Kamen beetles - 'Kamen' means 'stone' in Croatian

One-eyed Jake Passer - 'one-eyed Jack' is a playing card reference for the Jack of Spades and the Jack of Hearts which, traditionally, have only one eye visible. 'Passer' is a Latin genus name for the sparrow. 'Jack Sparrow' is a fictional pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean). 

Terzi - named after the airship pioneer Francesco Lana de Terzi

Rufus Quinn - 'Rufus Quinn' means 'Red Five' in Latin. 'Red Five' was Luke Skywalker's X-wing call sign in Star Wars: A New Hope

Battler (the eagle) - named after the Bateleur eagle

Whitebelly (the eagle) - named after the White-bellied sea eagle

Short-toe (the eagle) - named after the Short-toed Snake Eagle

Aztra - named after the (former) French airship company 'Astra-Torres'

Ferdinand - named after the airship pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Micajah - named after the airship pioneer Micajah Clark Dyer

Casus Majstar - 'Casus' means 'spy' in Azerbaijani

Derek (the bat) - named after my cat from years ago

Dood Flamecherry - 'Dood' means 'death' in Afrikaans

Mari - 'Mari' means 'husband' in French

Armik Hollowfang - 'Armik' means 'enemy' in Albanian

Madame Atezaina - 'Atezaina' means 'gatekeeper' in the Basque language

Harriet McIlroy - named after the aviator Harriet Quimby

Dolly (the khorasan) - 'Dolly' was the name of the first mammal cloned from an adult cell (sheep). 'Khorasans' are hybrid crossbreeds of Arabian and Central Asian camels.

Gado - 'Gado' means 'guard' in Japanese

Razarac - 'Razarac' means 'destroyer' in Croatian

Mr Bob McDonald - named after my secondary school chemistry teacher and form teacher

Hilimi, The Dream Tailor - 'Hilimi' means 'dream' in Hebrew