What's Your Process for Naming Your Sims?
What is your process for naming your sims? I like to match baby names to their heritage. For example, Cassandra Goth fell in love with a townie called Omar Ghomari. I looked up the surname Ghomari ...
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Welcome to the forums! There was another thread on this topic back in May here, so I'll just copy & paste what I had posted there. :)
It depends on the Sim and what kind of challenge or gameplay I have in mind for them or if I imagine they are from a particular culture. For instance, Annie & Abby Callahan, Cian O'Hara and Molly McNamara are Irish, Sasha Romanov is Russian, Carmen Alfonzo and Gina Lombardo are Italian, Lander & Damon Panopoulos are Greek, Noah Noonday is a Potawatomi Native American, Giovanni (Jon) Valente is Irish/Italian and Sonnet Colbert is French.
Sometimes I'll use the random generator and just go with what I think works for that Sim. It can be tedious doing it that way though since I'm rather picky about names. Random names I've used are; Leslie Neff, Kailani Queen, Leanne Summers, Andrew Hudson and Rita Benet. Rita was my very first created Sim from TS4 Demo.
I don't really like a lot of trendy, cutesy or 'unusual' names, but have used a few on occasion if it fits a particular Sim. For instance, Dreama Masheik and Romeo Pandorian are a bit unusual, but they're aliens so it works for me. And Chambree Je' Blu is actually a name I recycled from a TS2 Sim that I dearly loved. I did use 'Ben Bummer' & 'Heath Ohmleth' for my Extreme Rags to Riches challenges, plus Autumn Woods, Terra Demeter, Sunshine Beam, Spring Weather and Ellie Pepper are kind of cutesy I guess.
But they work for these particular Sims. For instance Sunshine is a hippie and Terra is named after the Earth and the Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture. I used her in my 'Living Off the Grid' challenge. Also, Spring Weather is the founder of my Legacy Challenge. Obviously 'weather' is the theme for the family. :)
I tend to lean more towards 'strong' or masculine names for my male Sims, such as; Josh & Joel Hunter, Bryce Canyon, Cole Armstrong, Kent Rockwell, Ridge Everest, Sam Hawkins, Thomas Woodson and Grant Forest.
I like to alliterate names a lot too, such as; Vanessa Valentine, Claire Caldwell, Greta Gamble, Delilah Devine, Lilah Lockhart, Robin Russo, Samantha Searing, Sherry Schafer, Serena Santorini and Noah Noonday.
Lastly my child Sims names if I have more than one in a family all begin with the same letter. I don't know why, it just seems like a fun thing to do I guess. Happy Simming! <3
EDIT: I have used names from favorite book characters too, such as; Cian, Cam & Lilly. Plus a few are named after people I've met in my life and liked their name. Kailani is an example. She's named after Kailani Rae Rafko whom I met when she was Miss Michigan and later she became Miss U.S.A. Plus, Adam Paulson and Violet Adams are named after my favorite singer, Adam Lambert. I also have my version of Adam in my game. :)
It depends on the Sim and what kind of challenge or gameplay I have in mind for them or if I imagine they are from a particular culture. For instance, Annie & Abby Callahan, Cian O'Hara and Molly McNamara are Irish, Sasha Romanov is Russian, Carmen Alfonzo and Gina Lombardo are Italian, Lander & Damon Panopoulos are Greek, Noah Noonday is a Potawatomi Native American, Giovanni (Jon) Valente is Irish/Italian and Sonnet Colbert is French.
Sometimes I'll use the random generator and just go with what I think works for that Sim. It can be tedious doing it that way though since I'm rather picky about names. Random names I've used are; Leslie Neff, Kailani Queen, Leanne Summers, Andrew Hudson and Rita Benet. Rita was my very first created Sim from TS4 Demo.
I don't really like a lot of trendy, cutesy or 'unusual' names, but have used a few on occasion if it fits a particular Sim. For instance, Dreama Masheik and Romeo Pandorian are a bit unusual, but they're aliens so it works for me. And Chambree Je' Blu is actually a name I recycled from a TS2 Sim that I dearly loved. I did use 'Ben Bummer' & 'Heath Ohmleth' for my Extreme Rags to Riches challenges, plus Autumn Woods, Terra Demeter, Sunshine Beam, Spring Weather and Ellie Pepper are kind of cutesy I guess.
But they work for these particular Sims. For instance Sunshine is a hippie and Terra is named after the Earth and the Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture. I used her in my 'Living Off the Grid' challenge. Also, Spring Weather is the founder of my Legacy Challenge. Obviously 'weather' is the theme for the family. :)
I tend to lean more towards 'strong' or masculine names for my male Sims, such as; Josh & Joel Hunter, Bryce Canyon, Cole Armstrong, Kent Rockwell, Ridge Everest, Sam Hawkins, Thomas Woodson and Grant Forest.
I like to alliterate names a lot too, such as; Vanessa Valentine, Claire Caldwell, Greta Gamble, Delilah Devine, Lilah Lockhart, Robin Russo, Samantha Searing, Sherry Schafer, Serena Santorini and Noah Noonday.
Lastly my child Sims names if I have more than one in a family all begin with the same letter. I don't know why, it just seems like a fun thing to do I guess. Happy Simming! <3
EDIT: I have used names from favorite book characters too, such as; Cian, Cam & Lilly. Plus a few are named after people I've met in my life and liked their name. Kailani is an example. She's named after Kailani Rae Rafko whom I met when she was Miss Michigan and later she became Miss U.S.A. Plus, Adam Paulson and Violet Adams are named after my favorite singer, Adam Lambert. I also have my version of Adam in my game. :)
