Simsworthy Names in Real Life

I don't use names of people I know, but I do use an app called Random name generator.

If it’s a main character, I usually have a name picked out. If the character is somehow unique or I need a culturally appropriate name, I’ll use a name generator. Random sims get game generated names. I’ve rarely met a real person who inspires a sim name, but will sometimes do Sim like puns on real names. The Wilson brothers of The Beach Boys became The Wilsims. I named a politician Ron Bragg, because that’s all he did. A Jimmy Buffett look alike became Jimmy Buffet because that’s a common misspelling. I gave him the glutton trait.

I work with a guy named Blade Slade :D I thought maybe he changed it to that but no, apparently that's his birth name!

When I was at uni, I came across a guy my age called Roger Pickles. This was in 2019.

Sometimes I use the name of the fake sender of spam email as name for a sim :) For a period I got tons of such trash mail and had to come up with a way to benefit from them...

Yeah, I have heard names in real life that made me think of naming sims. Most recently I renamed a child sim Apollonia after hearing it. Now Apollonia lives in Henford-on-bagley. I felt it would be the prefect name for that world.

It depends on the sim I plan to create when I head into CAS or the backstory I write in my head as I'm creating that sim. Sometimes I google common or popular names from specific countries if the backstory in my head says they came from say, Italy, or Japan, or wherever. Otherwise I just keep clicking the randomizer for both names until it produces a name that I feel is a good fit.

Yup. I'm an historical fan of some real people of the past. I've named my sims with a real life names. Sometimes I get creative with their last name sometimes not. They are:
Adam & Eve Genesis
Cleopatra Egypt, Julius Caesar & Mark Anthony
Esther Babylonpersia
Pocahontas & John Wolfe
Laura Prairie based on Laura Wilder from her biography books Little House on the Prairie
Shirley Temple

That's all I can think of. I have 6 different timeline game saves with many different households based on both historical & fictional stories. I try to remember them all but I have so many. I'm never ever bored with my Sims 4 since I decided back in 2020 to add on a different timeline game save. My saves are Prehistoric, Ancient Times to Dark Ages, Medieval to Renissance, Georgian to RagTime, Roaring 20s to Awesome 80s & Futuristic 2525 Beyond. :p
I only play vanilla & my packs/kits. ;)

I tend to subconsciously store names I like the sound of, though sometimes I struggle with the surnames.

If I’m creating a sim with a specific ethnic background, I’ll just Google some appropriate names.

I come across so many different names in my day to day life, including work and whatnot, and I also like sifting through name generators and name lists online too when I'm trying to get an idea for a sim, as well as using names from media that I happen to like. Anytime I hear one I can make a good pun out of I try to remember it so I can use it in my game later. Been wanting to make a werewolf named Fluff Nadeau for a little while now, just haven't gotten around to it.