Charles Dickens’ choice of names for his character shows his motive to express about the nature and personality of them through it. Through such names he wanted his readers to build in their subconscious mind about the character and what his/her actions would be in the story.
Dickens named ‘Compeyson’ which comes from a French word which means ‘companion.’ This word tells about the character ‘Compeyson’ and his role in the story as he was the partner of Magwitch. Also he preyed on people who were weaker than him.