Sim Names

I have a naming baby book which I keep by the computer. I have moved into the 21st century and use websites for foreign names. Another source is the classics, book literature and the ancient Greeks and Romans. Finally I like to think about the personality of the sim i'm creating. Mean spirited or evil sims deserve appropriate names don't they ?

I look for a lot of new names, I have a few Name books, and sometimes I even use the phone book. I watch for names on TV shows, in magazines and have often come across a few names while talking to someone. I once had a boy about 12 in my Sunday school class and he had a unique name. I asked how he got that name, He said it was from a movie, He named the movie, and I said I never seen that movie. He said wow, I can't believe you never seen that movie. Everyone knows that move. I said is it about cars, space etc. and he kept saying I can't believe you do not know that move. I then said, I guess I'm behind time. He still could not believe I did not know that movie.
I always write new unique name down when I hear them, even pet names.

I currently have 2 households -
1. rupaul themed... female sim- Ivy Winters, male sim - Lucian Piane, Pupper - Alaska, Hedgehogs - Milk and Raja
2. my best friend ... female sim - Elena Cats - Ronnie and Reggie

I look through baby name sites & the meanings. With my legacy family right now, each generation is based on an expansion pack so I think of good names to match that as well.

I went from Eve and Paul (first generation) via Jo-Anne, Kurd, Gabriel, Antonie, Daniel, Lysander, Jude, Siobhán, Sacha (m), Evelyn (m), Frances and Lindsey (m), Elijah, Ilja, Dorian, Éowyn, Silas, Raven, Saul and Lance to Cameron (f) and River (m) and my next heir’s called Daryl (m).

Lots of great ideas here! I may be sorted on names for the next few generations.

Ive made a few sims based on comic book characters like Garfield Logan (Beast Boy) Miss Tique, and Kurt Vagner (Nightcrawler), But I like to just come up with new names on the fly a lot of the time. The current sim Ive been playing is Dorian Morris, preceded by Corinne Thian (shes a vampire!) I like to make the names puns or jokes too... Garfield Logan is obviously beast boy, hes green, but he always wears an orange sweater that's the same color as Garfield the cat... And Miss Tique, who is a shapeshifter had a baby with Beast Boy who can also change shape, and their son was named Ditto(after the shape shifting Pokemon).

I normally just roll the dice until I get something I like. Then later on in generations I like to name kids after their ancestors.

I usually use the first name that pops into my head. Unless I've used it many times already, particularly in that same save. I never think to randomise but will try to remember to do that. As for last names. Again mostly its just a name that pops into my head. But if it's a fairy I generally use Flower, if it's a genie I sometimes use Genie, and if it's a witch I often use Bombay. These occult last names help me find sims of a particular occult type in my library.