We shouldn't put OWI on a pedestal and say that every single idea they have has to be the most original thing since Copernicus said that the Earth went round the sun.
I am sure they have good reasons for those names. As Oddsville said, they do have a southern feel.
And let's list the names of a few of Oddworld's other characters: Abe, Alf, Sam, Maggie, Buddy etc etc. My point is that people have this stupid expectation that original means foreign/weird sounding.
If OWI insisted on entirely original (by your definition) names for all their characters, Abe would be called "Heratsdp" and Alf would be "Cecil B. de Quincy Cogo".
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Spending as long as I do here, it's easy to forget that Oddworld has actual fans.
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