Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26281589-20131112205848/@comment-226878-20140930031429

Mercen-X wrote: Qrow Branwen, Raven Branwen, Yue Branwen (it's likely, given the fact that Taiyang and Yang and even Weiss are not pronounced "correctly", that Yue will be pronounced "U")... either way one spins it, if the Monty who showed up on this wiki was the real thing, then Branwen is Qrow's last name and it sounds good with Raven or Yue. It may look odd at first glance to see that siblings are not named according to the same theme, but remember that this isn't Naruto. Qrow and his sister (if she is his sister) likely do not both have bird names because their themselves do not which means at least one of the kids would be named according to alternate motives. Let's put forth the idea that the father's name is Raven and the mother's name is Mona... hell, let's call her Mona Lisa. The mother has the right to choose a name for her daughter that is not related to a bird.

Personally, I was named for my father, and my brother was named for a detective on TV. (rolls eyes) This is not a typical anime. Until we know the allusion that inspired Yang's mom, we can't argue that one name makes more sense than another. Qrow is based on the Scarecrow whom does not have a sister in the Oz books or anyone else close enough to be considered a relative. It's possible that Yang's mom is Dorothy, the closest thing to a sister the Scarecrow would ever have. Dorothy's name has no relation to birds or the moon. Dorothy does mean "gift from god" which one could argue our own moon is a gift from god as its own gravity affects our oceans to determine our weather so that it is not a constant drought or a constant storm. Gale makes us think of wind but it's original Irish meaning is "foreigner".