Paper Mario - A pattern in the guiding ladies' names

Given that all the English names kept the pun almost perfectly intact for the first three and still came out with recognizable female names even if they're no longer ones you would expect to see used, I'd say they did a pretty decent job. Especially since the 'Olivia/Origami' pun just doesn't bloody work in English.

>As such, this is appears to be a pattern intended only for the female partners

Well yeah: Waifuism.