| Japanese Name | English Name | Meaning |
| Son Gokuu | Goku | When Son Gokuu is written out, the characters look like the Chinese characters for "monkey" |
| Saiya-Jin | Saiyan | All Saiyans have vegetable names. The word Yasaijin means "vegetable people" |
| Son Gohan | Gohan | In Japanese, means either rice or meal |
| Kakkarotto | Kakkarot | Carrot |
| Vejita | Vegeta | VEGETAble |
| Nappa | Napa | Either a type of tofu or cabbage eaten with a soup |
| Raditz | Radditz | Radish |
| Buruma | Bulma | Bloomers, a slang for women's underwear |
| Burifusu | Professor Briefs | Briefs, a slang for men's underwer |
| Turunkusu | Trunks | Trunks, a slang for pants |
| Pan | Pan | The Japanese word for "bread" |
| Furiza | Freeza | Freezer |
| Kura | Coola | Cooler |
| Korudo-Sama | King Cold | Cold (???) |
| Burori | Brolly | Brocolli |
| Taurusu | Turliss | Um, this was a hard one. "Lettuce" is my best guess. |
| ?? | Chi-Chi | Boobs, tah-tahs, breasts, etc. |
| ?? | Bra | Women's upper undergarment |
| Gyumaoh | Ox-King | Lord of the Oxen |
| ?? | Mr. Satan | Taken from the ruler of Hell, Satan |
| ?? | Videl | Scrambling of the word "devil" |
| Tenshinhan | Tien | Tien Chun Fan, a type of fried rice |
| Kuririn | Krillin | Chestnut |
| ?? | Maron | Japanese pronunciation of the Frencyh word "marron" as in chestnut |
| ?? | Oolong | Taken from the Chinese word Wulong, a type of tea |
| Yamcha | Yamcha | Cantonese word for drinking tea at dim sum |
| ?? | Puar | Taken from a type of Chinese tea |
| Chaozu | Chao-Zu | Vampire |
| Lunch | Lunch | Midday meal |
| Pilaf | Emperor Pilaf | A very tasty seasoned rice dish |
| Shuu & Mai | Shao & Mai | Dim sum steamed dumplings |
| Piccolo | Piccolo | A small flute |
| Drum | Drum | A drum |
| Piano | Piano | The name says it all |
| Tambourine | Tamborine | A percussion instrument |
| Cymbal | Cymbal | Another percussion instrument on a drum set |
| Tsuno | Tsuno | A variation of the Japanese word for "horn" |
| Dende | Dende | Denden-mushi, which means any mollusk-type of animal |
| Nail | Nail | Name for any type of garden snail |
| Kargo | Kargo | Taken from french word "escargot", meaning "snail" |
| Gurudo | Guldo | Taken from Japanese word "yoguruto", meaning "yogurt" |
| Jees | Jeice | Cheese |
| Ginyu | Capt. Ginyu | Japanese word "gyunyu", meaning "milk" |
| Rikoom | Recoome | A variation on the Japanese word "kuriimu", meaning cream |
| Bahta | Burter | Butter |
| ?? | Dodoria | A Japanese dish called "doria" |
| Zabon | Zarbon | Variation on Japanese word "zabon", which is known as "pamelo" in English |
| Kiwi | Kiwi | The fuzzy green fruit |
| Goten | Goten | "Ten" means something relating to Heaven or the sky |