Overwatch Heroes’ Name Meaning

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Lena: “shining”, from the Greek “Helena”
Fareeha: “joyful”, from Arabic
Gabriel: “God is my strength”, from Hebrew
Jack: “God is Gracious”, from English
Reinhardt: “strong counsel”, from German
Jesse: “gift”, from Hebrew
Torbjörn: “thunder bear”, from Swedish
Ana: “graceful”, from the Hebrew “Hannah”
Moira: “destiny”, from Greek
Akande: “first born”, from Yoruba
Angela: “angel”, from Latin
Mei: “beautiful soul”, from Mandarin
Genji: “two beginnings”, from Japanese
Hanzo: “middle”, from Japanese
Satya: “truth”, from Sanskrit
Olivia: “olive”, from Latin
Lúcio: “light”, from Latin “Lucius”
Jamison: lit. “son of James”
Mako: “shark”, from Maori
Aleksandra: “defender of mankind”, from Greek “Alexandra”
Hana: “one”, from Korean
Orisa: “angelic manifestation”, from Yoruba
Amélie: “industrious”, from the English “Amelia”
Winston: “from a friend’s town”, from English
Bastion: def. “projecting fortification”
Zenyatta: the name of an album by English rock band The Police (Zenyatta Mondatta)