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I've also seen the definition as "love fire", which is also obscenely appropriate. XD

The rest of the names aren't so poetic, though.

I'm sure you know that Hiccup is literal (though it also has the meaning of a sudden interruption, or exclamation- i.e., "but that was the hiccup in the plan"). Cowell plays with that book 5, though it probably wasn't her original intention with his name. He started out as "the Viking who was seasick", after all. :D

(Here's a bit of what she says on that: http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/q-and-a.asp?index=1 )

Stoick is a misspelling of the word stoic. Actually more fitting for movie-Stoick than book-Stoick.

Gobber is derived from "gob", which means "mouth", which went with his horrendously loud ranting and raving in the books, of course.

Snotlout almost literally seems to mean "stuck-up (snotty) jerk" XD. Describes him more in the book than the movie.

Fishlegs. Ever heard the phrase, "about as useful as legs on a fish?" Exactly.

Tuffnut. Possibly a reference to a "tough", and thus, thick, skull. XD Ruffnut, of course, didn't exist in the books, and was given a twinsy name. XD

The last names, as far as I know, are just Norsey-sounding, though of course Thorston would be a reference to Thor.

You probably knew all that, though. XD Remind me not to browse the internet at 2 AM.