Interesting points by everyone (as expected). Yes we always are happy to see new faces around here!
Name stuff – He wasn’t Hook until after the Rumple stuff so he needed another name to start with whereas James Hook was….well he wasn’t *always* Hook but it fit him and it’s the name we knew when we started with him because that had already happened to him, whereas we’re seeing his origins here! (Much improved story too!)
Why wasn’t it James? Well…I think we have a few too many named James already. We have actual James, then Charming (actually David) pretending to be James and while that led to us having quite a laugh about Grumpy wanting to know if David is his “name name” (which also led to some funny stuff from back then that I’m not sure where is now), well….it would be confusing! Plus it would tie in with the traditional Hook who is the villain so I’m fine with him having a different name!
As for name meanings for Killian, from what I can tell they are varied. Depending on what part of the world, which source you use, etc etc. I’ve seen completely opposite things in some cases so I’m not sure what to believe in regards to that. Names on the show are definitely interesting! Though Emma was supposed to be Anna originally etc etc. Not all are obvious like Regina/Queen but I like that some are. I’ve always loved ArchiBALD HOPPER = Jiminy Cricket (since he’s bald in the cartoon) for one. That said I’m sure we could all find name meanings for things that would be easy to misconstrue with shipper goggles and then wonder what they were thinking!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.