Kate Willært in one of her "Critical Hit" videos (https://www.youtube.com/c/ACriticalHit/videos) has created a nice one called "Samus Aran Origins: Metroid's Influences Beyond Alien":
QuoteEveryone knows Metroid was inspired by the movie Alien, but what about its other influences? Who did "Samus Is A Girl" before Samus? Why does Adam call Samus "Lady" in Metroid Dread? Were Metroid and Zelda inspired by Rareware games? Why does Samus fight a Mother Brain? Where does Samus' first name come from? What does "Metroid" mean? What is a "bailey"? Who was the first character with an arm canon? And why can't Metroid crawl?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGwWpbHLcXU