Diablo angel and demon name etymologies

Many of the details of Heaven and Hell in Diablo are heavily influenced by Judeo-Christian theology.

A lot of the names are either almost the same as, or at least share a similar naming structure to Judeo-Christian Angels and Demons.

Examples include,

  • Azmodan (Asmodai/Asmodeus),
  • Tyrael (very close to Turiel, one of The Watchers, who were tasked with watching over humanity, and became the parents of the Nephilim)
  • Diablo (from the latin "diabolicus", and thus the Spanish word for Devil)
  • Lilith (literally the same name, Adam's "first wife", who left him to mate with Samael the Angel of Death and give birth to a race of demons)

If you look through the below lists, you will notice a lot of similarities of structure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_angels_in_theology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_theological_demons