It is not revealed where Dax Novu's name is derived from, although it has vocal similarity to that of Nabu, Mesopotamian God of Writing. The name Mandrakk is spelt similarly to mandrake, the legendary root vegetable said to scream upon being torn from the ground, which echoes Mandrakk's own self-loathing and desperation for solitude. Mandrake was also the name of one of the earliest-published Comic heroes of America, Mandrake the Magician, and also recalls Dracula (Man/Dracula), referencing Novu's transformation from the first humanoid Monitor to the first Vampiric.