McFly Family: Seamus and Maggie are both from Ireland.

Click here This is where I found out the ethnic origins of last names. It turns out that McFly is a real last name. But it's Scottish. But many Scottish names could be considered Irish, like McIntyre or McCoy.

Doc Brown: He said his father emigrated from Germany. His mother's maiden name is Lathrop, which is English.

Clara Clayton: Clayton is an English name.

Lou Carruthers: Carruthers is a Scottish name.

Red Thomas: He could be either English, German, or Welsh.

Tannen Family: I couldn't find out the ethnicity of the name Tannen, but the song "O Tannenbaum" led me to believe it's German.

Baines Family: Baines is an English name.

"Data" Unger: Unger is a German name.

"Spike" O'Malley: I didn't have to look it up to know it's Irish.

"Whitey" Nogura: There were no matches for that name, but I think he's Japanese, judging by his hoverboard, which had a rising sun design. And Nogura sounds like a Japanese name.

Strickland: Strickland is an English name.

Mark Dixon: Dixon is a Scottish name.

Jennifer Parker: Parker is an English name.

Otis Peabody: English

They don't have Rundgren or Garfunkel - but they gave Palmer, Haven, and Bourgeois.

Ficverse characters I have with such names:

Sabrina Palmer - Doc's witch friend
Tabitha Palmer - Sabrina's youngest child, inherits witch powers
Diana Palmer - Sally and Toby's friend, also a witch
Marcus Palmer - Joey and Ellen's friend, also a witch
Tatianna Palmer - Kristina's friend in Doxopolis, no relation to Sabrina Palmer

Julia Mae Rundgren - "real world" resident who falls for Marty
Vincent Jared Rundgren - Julia's younger brother, falls for Jennifer
Martii Rundgren - youngest of the Rundgren siblings, changes name to Calvin
Julia Belle (JB) Rundgren - Vincent and Jennifer's daughter

Simona Garfunkel - one of Julia's "real world" friends

Emily Haven - one of Julia's "real world" friends
Tori Haven - tentatively the name of the girl that the Browns adopt, no relation to Emily Haven

Rachel Bourgeois - the girl who gets Michael J Fox audited, is later the mother of Maria Sabel (Julia's "real world" friend)
Kristina Bourgeois - enters Doxopolis while running away from home, is neice of Rachel

They don't have Beaudelaire or Quagmire, but I think Beaudelaire is French. And Wikitionary didn't give the word "Quagmire" any origin besides English.

I'm not sure if Quagmire is a real last name. I'm unsure of McFly.

It's funny to think of how the name Klaus Baudelaire flows smoothly - even though the former is German, and the latter is French.

It looks like Haven and Palmer are both English.

Quagmire is a real last name. There is an American cartoonist named Joshua Quagmire.

BTW, what do you think of the name Simona Garfunkel? :)

I like it. It's like Simon and Garfunkel.

Origins of other names in bttf4444's ficverse:

Alcott (Stella's maiden name): English

Smith (Beatrice Beaudelaire's maiden name): It could be either English, Dutch, German, Irish, or Scottish.

Franklin (Patty's maiden name): English

Schultz (Calvin's girlfriend April): German or Dutch

White (William's wife Annette's maiden name): English, Irish, or Scottish

Larson (Sylvia's maiden name): Danish, German, Norwegian, or Swedish

Conner (Clara Parker's mother's maiden name): Irish

Paradise (Jennifer's mother's maiden name): English or French

Kinsky (Jennifer's husband Todd's birth name): They didn't have Kinsky on there, but Pinsky is Polish.

Here's Marty's Ethnic background in my ficverse.

George is Irish and German. Lorraine is English and Italian.

Fox is an Irish name.

Oh, it is? Well, I guess MJF may be Irish. :)

Imagine having the name Todd Fox. Todd means "fox".

Do you know anyone with Michael for a last name? It's probably not too common, but I'm sure there are some out there.