One of the main strengths of Asterix (and it's various translations) has to been the great character names - puns galore. Through all this, there is also a common usage of the same suffixes (with a few exceptions) to denote different cultures. For example, all of the Gaulish men have names ending with an "-ix", while most of the women have names ending with an "-a". Some of the other common suffixes are:
Table 4.1. Common Suffixes