Neo
It means "new." NEOlithic -- NEW stone, NEO Pagan ,NEW Pagan. The letters N - E - O, move the O to the front and you have O - N
- E, "one" which Neo was. "The One" symbolism also points to
the story of Christ, with the added clue that Neo was the first man who was born
inside the Matrix and could shape it to his will reborn. Remember that story
Morpheus told of one who was born in the Matrix and could shape it to his will
and it was he "who freed the first of us." Neo is reborn in the
matrix. Again, as in the biblical tale, Neo dies and comes back to life
possessing new, fascinating powers.
Trinity
Father, Son, and Holy ghost, again bringing
up the question of a biblical message in the movie. The name
Trinity also implies a union of three. "Tri" is the prefix for
anything with three -- tricycle, three-wheeled, Triceratops, three
horned, trifocals, three lenses, triclops, three eyes. Does this
imply that Trinity is suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder? (A distinct
possibility considering many among the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar consider their
lives in the Matrix completely separate from their lives in the Real World.
Perhaps their don a different personality with their clothing when entering the
Matrix and Trinity just happens to have one more than the rest?) Or does it mean
that she is the glue binding three people? Three did seem to be the Magic Number
in that movie. Three Agents, three separate trips into the Matrix for Neo (one,
his life, two, when Morpheus was captured, three, to get Morpheus back and he
becomes The One. Also, you could only count two and three and then have the
third be when he went back to deliver his "message" to the Agents.) Of
the six people who went into the Matrix to go see the Oracle (again, 2 x 3
= 6, a play on three) only three of them made it out alive and/or sane.