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<li><p>Shinku’s artificial spirit is <em>Hollie</em>. This could be connected to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly" rel="nofollow"><em>Ilex</em></a> (e.g. <em>Ilex aquifolium),</em> the prickly plant with the red berries.</p></li>
<li><p>Hina-Ichigo’s artificial spirit is <em>Berrybell.</em> Potentially a connection of a ringing bell and a (straw)berry.</p></li>
<li><p>Kanaria’s artificial spirit is <em>Pizzicato.</em> This is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzicato" rel="nofollow">violin playing technique</a> also referred to as <em>plucking</em> — fitting with the general violin/music theme of Kanaria.</p></li>
<li><p>Souseiseki’s artificial spirit is <em>Lempicka.</em> This has the same spelling as the Polish <em>art deco</em> painter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka" rel="nofollow">Tamara Łempicka</a>, although the katakana spelling of the spirit implies a different pronunciation. I don’t know if a connection exists.</p></li>
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<p>Each of the Rozen Maiden Dolls has an artificial spirit. Since there is so much in this series that has a deeper meaning of some sort (<a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/24295/">episode titles</a> and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/26829/">doll names</a> jump to mind) I’m assuming that their names will also have a deeper meaning — especially since there are names such as <em>Pizzicato</em> (Kanaria’s artificial spirit) that are clearly not Japanese at all.</p>

<p>The only one that partially makes sense to me though, is <em>Berrybell</em>, Hina-Ichigo’s artificial spirit which fits into the general word-cloud <em>strawberry</em>. What significance is behind the names of the other dolls’ artificial spirits?</p>

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Is there a significance in the names of the artificial spirits?
# Is there a significance in the names of the artificial spirits?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-01-20
Each of the Rozen Maiden Dolls has an artificial spirit. Since there is so much in this series that has a deeper meaning of some sort ([episode titles](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/24295/) and [doll names](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/26829/) jump to mind) I’m assuming that their names will also have a deeper meaning — especially since there are names such as *Pizzicato* (Kanaria’s artificial spirit) that are clearly not Japanese at all.

The only one that partially makes sense to me though, is *Berrybell*, Hina-Ichigo’s artificial spirit which fits into the general word-cloud *strawberry*. What significance is behind the names of the other dolls’ artificial spirits?
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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-10-28. Score: 2
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* Shinku’s artificial spirit is *Hollie*. This could be connected to [*Ilex*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly) (e.g. *Ilex aquifolium),* the prickly plant with the red berries.
* Hina-Ichigo’s artificial spirit is *Berrybell.* Potentially a connection of a ringing bell and a (straw)berry.
* Kanaria’s artificial spirit is *Pizzicato.* This is a [violin playing technique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzicato) also referred to as *plucking* — fitting with the general violin/music theme of Kanaria.
* Souseiseki’s artificial spirit is *Lempicka.* This has the same spelling as the Polish *art deco* painter [Tamara Łempicka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka), although the katakana spelling of the spirit implies a different pronunciation. I don’t know if a connection exists.
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