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Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago

Weird names for babies?

I’m currently in Sunlit Tides. I happened to see that the Grantham family had five kids, four girls and one boy, the boy being the middle child. Their youngest daughters are called Janell and Janel. What on Earth?? Why the complete lack of imagination :D :D Janell with two Ls is a child and Janel with one L is a baby. Originally Henry was called Julio, which is a nice name but didn’t fit with Sophie and Katherine, so I renamed him to Henry.

I have a number of NRAAS mods including Story Progression.

Anyone else had odd names like that?

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  • I haven’t really encountered anything too “out there”. I did see a female Sim named Michael once (in Sims 4), but that’s not Bimble-level bizarre!
  • Okay, I had to come back.
    I was playing in Appaloosa Plains and a couple had twins. The boy was Lavar and the girl, Tamsen. Tamsen sounds exotic and cool, but Lavar... well, in Portuguese "Lavar" is the verb "To Wash". So it sounds really weird for me. ^^
  • SimmingPuddin's avatar
    SimmingPuddin
    Seasoned Traveler
    6 years ago
    Giggles.

    @thuggishsplicer: I actually went to school with a Tamsen.

    Weird names: My new family is alien themed.

    Dad: Ovins Zoltir

    Mom: Limi Zoltir

    First set of twins

    Boy: Zelor Zoltir

    Girl: Ixeas Zoltir

    Second set of twins

    Boy: Olzell Zoltir

    Boy: Tral Zoltir

    Last baby

    Girl: Razu Zoltir

  • I have used a few unique names in the past for my Sims. But I stick to a theme for my Sims (Names from Greek Mythology, Constellation names, names ending with "A" or "us" for another family, names from various novels, unusual names for Supernaturals, Traditional names for Fairies, Gothic names for Vampires etc.) A few standouts:

    Patroclus (A child on the Molyneux Save; fits with the Greek Mythology name theme of the Molyneux Family)
    Cosima (A girl that was born in an older Save and subsquently saved to the Bin)
    Marius (A boy born in an older Save and subsquently saved to the Bin; Triplet brother of Cosima and a Genie)
    Canute (A boy born in an older Save and subsquently saved to the Bin; Triplet brother to Cosima and a Genie like Marius)
    Perseus (A Sim from another Household; his name, like that of his family, are Constellation-themed)
    Clove (A Sim from another Household, named after the character from The Hunger Games Trilogy. In the first novel Clove is a Career Tribute whose arrogance led to her death)
    Cato (A Sim from another Household, named after the character from The Hunger Games Trilogy; in the first book Cato is the leader of the Careers, Clove's District Partner and the enemy of the main character. He is the last character to die in the novel)
    Matisha (A Sim from another Household; she is based on an Original Character from a novel I've been writing)
    Undyne (A Sim from another Household, she is based on another Original Character from a novel I've been writing)

    So that's some of my Sim names and the stories behind them
  • "InfraGreen;c-17398972" wrote:
    I played the game for seven years and never saw a baby or generated sim named Bimble but in the last few months I've gotten four of them! One baby and three NPCs. And the name is so bad that it's kind of iconic and awesome but only ironically too.


    On the flip side I got an Araceli in another save. It's a name I had never seen before but it's simply an uncommon Spanish and Italian name for girls. The kicker was that her dad had a very Italian name too so it's just family tradition.
  • "InfraGreen;c-17440600" wrote:
    "InfraGreen;c-17398972" wrote:
    I played the game for seven years and never saw a baby or generated sim named Bimble but in the last few months I've gotten four of them! One baby and three NPCs. And the name is so bad that it's kind of iconic and awesome but only ironically too.


    On the flip side I got an Araceli in another save. It's a name I had never seen before but it's simply an uncommon Spanish and Italian name for girls. The kicker was that her dad had a very Italian name too so it's just family tradition.


    I've had so many Bimbles over the years. And Nawwafs. Get that one a lot.

    My heir in my current save is named Araceli. She was born while I had switched households briefly and the game named her. I thought it was an interesting name, so I let her keep it. I've only seen it come up once or twice before.
  • I love weird names!!! Pip goodfellow is a funny one. But naming your daughters Janel and Janell does hurt. :') Someone probably goes by Jan and the other Ell/e or something.

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