A couple tidbits I learned about Usual Suspects...

McQuarrie did his research. Taken from Wikipedia--

The name "Söze" resembles the Turkish word sözel, meaning "verbal,"... Additionally, the same term has a Hungarian-sounding pronunciation, when it is spelled with an "ö.". The name "Keyser", derives from the Turkish Ottoman title "Qaysar" [from Qaysar-in-Rum] like the German word Kaiser, which descended from the Latin word Caesar, itself from the Greek 'Kaisar' meaning "emperor"....

Course whenever I think of Verbal explaining why he got the nickname I love Hockney's line...

"Yeah I was gonna tell ya to shut up."

If you're not familiar with the irony of that statement go and rent the flick. Hell--buy it! The dialogue in this puppy has made me watch this one multiple times but I digress...

Another tidbit about Soze also from Wikipedia is McQuarrie had another name in mind of Sume as the last name. Apparently it was the name of a lawyer he had been introduced at the time. He changed it in pre-production. Maybe a smart move since a lawyer may be privy to slap a slander lawsuit over something as silly as being associated with Keyser Sume....err Söze ( good call--it just wouldn't have been the same)

Now, maybe there's some hidden meaning behind Kobayashi....