After much searching.. (well, actually it took me longer to type it out that find it out) I dug up the meanings of the names of both the characters and actors of Sliders, past and present. So, if you plan on naming you kids after the Sliders, you might want to look this over first...

Characters:

Quinn - Intelligent (What a coincidence!) An Irish surname, often used as a first name in the US (as we can see in this case).

Wade - A place where it is possible to wade through a stream or river. It is an adoption of a surname that was made popular by the movie Gone With The Wind. It is primarily a boys name, but in this case we see it was used as a girls.

Rembrant - (Ah, a coincidence, as well?)The last name of Impressionist, Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt. Click on the name to get more info about the artist.

Maximillian - Excellence (Another coincidence?) The name Max first appeared in the 1880s , and was popular in Britan in the 1930s (but we're sure the proffesser isn't _that_ old...), but it was (and isn't) very freuqent.

Margaret - Pearl. (Why the General named me that is beyond me...) It was that name of a popuar 3rd century saint, and became common in the middle ages up to now. There are a ton of different versions of the name, but they all mean the same thing.

Colin - Child, army, or verile. And that names seems to fit quite well... It was actually a pet name from Nicolas, but since the middle ages was used on it own. It was, like many of these names, alos dervived from a surname.

Diana - Divine. (Go figure.) Its a form of diva, and also the godess of the moon (Roman) and appeared in early Christian scriptures as Diania.

Actors:

Jerry - I couldn't find Jerry, so I took it in my right to assume Jerry is short for Jeremy or Jeremiah. Jeremy means appointed, and I am assuming Jeremiah means that as well. It's been used as an indempendant name since the 19th century, and is also the name of the a mouse who torments a cat in the cartoon "Tom and Jerry". (LOL Sorry, I had to add that.)

Sabrina - Means boundary. It's the Roman name for the River Severn in England, that has a legend that a daughter of a king named Sabrina was drowned in it. In Britan the name was used in th 19 c., but less in the 29th. I was used steadly in the US in the '70s and '80s (explains everything, eh? Sabrina was real close to that 70s era.)

John - God. (Hmm, gotta wonder about that one... ;-) ) Name of seven popes in the 6th c., lots to do with God, yatta yatta. (Isn't is obvious?) Normans brought it to Britan in the 11th c., though it was used rarley in the Old English period. The usual English pet form is Jack, but that doesn't make it any shorter, so whats the point? Fromt he 16th c. to the 1950's it was consistantly the most commly used name for boys. The name has been modernly influenced into names like Joanne (girls) and Shawn (boys.)

Cleavant - Well, I think this is a case of "my parents made up my name" or it is another language. Yes, I actually looked, but I couldn't find it, though I did find Cleavland, which means "cliff". Pity, I'd like to know where it came from. It sounds like it may have some from a surname, but as I said I have nothing to back this up.

Kari - Strong. An Irish county (Kerry). It was a males name in Australia in the 1940s, but now it is considered a girls name. (Good news for Kari. Your not in Wades shoes.) It was popular int he 80s in Britian, but not really in the US. It is often believed to be a modern form of Carrie.

Charlie - Again, I am assuming that it is short for Charles. It means "manley". (I'm sorry, but does that crack anyone up other than me????) It was made famous by Charles the great. From the 17th c. it's been pretty popular, but dissapeared from the top 7 names in the 70s. Carol, Caroline, and Charlotte are a few femine forms.

Robert - Bright. (Well, there was no typecasting for Mallory...)A popular Norman name that was rubbed off to the British in the Middle Ages. Because it was so popular, many pet names sprouted from it, as well as names like Robin and Dobbin. It was also used a forms of surnames. Now it has many female couterparts as well.

Tembi - A case like Cleavant's, I looked but to no avail. The name sounds like it is probably another language, maybe an African name. (I'm reading Out of Africa and it seems to have the same feeling as those names.) But like I said I have nothing to back this up.

And finally a quote that I came across that fits perfectly to the naming of our friends...

"I believe in coincidece. I believe coincidences happen everyday. But I do not _trust_ coincidence."