Mind you, this next thing won't make much sense to people who haven't played the games being mentioned sometimes, it also contains spoilers for a few. If you don't want something maijor spoiled in a game's plot, don't read past the warning point.
Basically I named all my dwarves after various video game characters for the fun of it, although after awhile I was really stretching for names. First off, "mario" built a well and some floodgates(what else is he going to do? :p) near the cave river, and soon after lizardmen leaped out of it and ripped him apart O_O. Needless to say, "luigi" was not happy. In fact, his thought said that he "lost a sibling to tragedy"! I didn't know the two dwarves were even related.
**SPOILERS FOR A GAME IN THIS ONE!***
I had just recently finished ace combat 5 (very neat game, by the way.) and decided to name a full squad of dwarves after the razgriez pilots. However, during a siege after the naming, "Chopper" gets killed by a goblin marksman. The rest of the squad either tantrums or goes beserk, tearing through the invaders.
**SPOILERS OVER***
So, anyone care to share odd little coincidences about how dumad deathmangled met the zombie elephants or something along those lines? :p