pandemoniasims ([info]pandemoniasims) wrote,
@ 2008-10-13 10:22:00
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Modified Townie/NPC Names


After getting the same Maxis names over and over, and all the mods I've come across being unrelentingly Anglo-Saxon, I broke down and spent an afternoon combing a dozen different name lists. I took the ones I liked (and even some I didn't) and jammed them all into this mod.

While this list does have a bunch of Anglo-Saxon names, I also threw in Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Indian, Arabic, Hebrew/Biblical, French, Irish, German, Polish, Swedish/Dutch, Italian, Greek--pretty much everything you can possibly think of. You will get some funky combinations with this mod, so if you don't like some of the things you get with the Maxis pool (like Solveig Chin), it probably isn't for you. If you run an extremely multicultural neighborhood like I do, though, or at least enjoy out of the ordinary names, this will be more your speed.

Random male name sampling: Alejandro, Aleksei, Blaine, Caden, Chi, Dominique, Drake, Elijah, Ezra, Felix, Flynn, Ganesh, Ghalib, Hazael, Henri, Ignacio, Ichiro, James, Jean-Baptiste, Katsuya, Kelly, Leonid, Laurence, Malachi, Marcelino, Nash, Neelam, Oleg, Oliver, Primo, Pryderi, Qing, Quinton, Ramesh, Rei, Rowen, Shamus, Sidney, Terrell, Tobias, Ulrick, Urias, Viktor, Vincent, Wilhelm, Wynn, Xander, Xue, Yuri, Zachary

Random female name sampling: Alice, Ashanti, Beatrix, Bellona, Cassandra, Chai, Djamila, Dulcemara, Eira, Ekaterina, Fayruz, Fleur, Geneva, Giuliana, Hannelore, Hitome, Ianthe, Ingrid, Jacquelyn, Juanita, Kaylee, Kiran, Lady, Lieselotte, Magnolia, Muriel, Nereida, Noelle, Ophelia, Ourania, Penny, Priscilla, Qiu, Quinn, Reina, Roxie, Septima, Serafina, Tellulah, Tryphena, Umi, Ursula, Valentina, Victoire, Winnifred, Wren, Xanthe, Xiang, Yael, Yseult, Zafina, Zhi

Random surname sampling: Aoki, Archer, Baldwin, Bianchi, Castillo, Chennupati, De Luca, Delos Santos, Eldridge, Eriksson, Fontaine, Fujita, Giannopoulos, Gudavalli, Harper, Huang, Ingram, Isaacson, Jarvis, Jo, Kajashima, Kapoor, Lefevre, Liu, McFadden, Michaels, Nemeth, Novikov, O'Sullivan, Ortiz, Pelletier, Prochazka, Queen, Quincy, Rojas, Rubio, Salinas, Schneider, Serizawa, Sokolov, Summers, Szymanski, Tamm, Tucker, Underwood, Uthappa, Villalobos, Von Dageraad, Warren, Wisniewski, Xu, Yoon, Yoshida, Zhao, Zimmerman

This name list has over 2.5 million possible name combinations. If you get a repeat, I will be surprised. And horrified. Mostly horrified.

Download

Installation Instructions:
Unzip that sucker and stick Live.package anywhere in your Downloads folder. Note that this mod is not compatible with any other name-changing mods. Changing the file name to anything except Live.package will probably cause issues. Leave it as is just to be safe. This will not change your current townie/NPC names, but any time the game generates a new townie/NPC, the name will be plucked from the new list. Works best in clean and spring-fresh neighborhoods. Base game through AL compatible.




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[info]dancinginsecret
2008-10-13 04:37 pm UTC (link)
Very cool! I'll give it a shot, thanks!

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[info]arian_diana
2008-10-13 04:54 pm UTC (link)
You used the name Aleksei, which means you rock! I'll give this a try as well. Thanks!

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[info]lunatic_the_7th
2008-10-13 05:00 pm UTC (link)
I already have a name mod that I'm satisfied with, but this is really awesome of you. I'm meming it just in case I ever get sick of my Harry Potter names someday

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[info]arian_diana
2008-10-13 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Harry Potter names??? Really? So cool!

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[info]simrouge
2008-10-13 05:27 pm UTC (link)
Wonderful! Thank you so much.

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[info]xolmw
2008-10-13 05:37 pm UTC (link)
Ahh! I've been looking for a good townie name mod :D thanks for this!

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[info]jondosh
2008-10-13 06:03 pm UTC (link)
Oh wow, great job on this. Thanks!

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[info]zazazuabubu
2008-10-13 06:16 pm UTC (link)
Coodles. I have a Live.package from Jordi and from MATY, but a third never hurts!

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[info]velvetmagras
2008-10-13 06:49 pm UTC (link)
When you say it's not compatible with other name-change mods, does this include TwoJeff's Simblender and InSim? Because I rather like the names you have.

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[info]pandemoniasims
2008-10-13 06:56 pm UTC (link)
I mean any other "Live.package" files--basically, any other pool of names that the game picks from. As far as I know, having more than one Live.package in subfolders can potentially cause wacky hijinks. It has full compatibility with any other mod that doesn't replace the default Maxis pool.

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[info]velvetmagras
2008-10-13 07:01 pm UTC (link)
Fab. Thank you.

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[info]lignify
2008-10-13 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Wow! I am so downloading this once I get back to my Sims computer at home. I love unique/crazy names! :D I'm so excited.

No more Goopys for me! :D

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[info]catfactory
2008-10-14 01:28 am UTC (link)
You have to admit, though... Goopy is pretty unique/crazy! =)

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[info]lignify
2008-10-14 07:18 pm UTC (link)
That's true, but Goopy reminds me of boogers or something slimy and gross falling onto the ground.

And the town I play in for some odd reason has like 5 Goopys. e_e

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[info]nymfetamin
2008-10-13 07:40 pm UTC (link)
This is awesome. Thank you! :D *bookmarks for downloading later*

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[info]zombiebutt
2008-10-13 07:42 pm UTC (link)
You had me at Alejandro!
I am so glad to see this. The Maxis names could be funny sometimes, but I got tired of seeing them after a while. :/
Thanks!

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[info]giraffemommy
2008-10-13 07:49 pm UTC (link)
i'm totally going to try it. you have the name Wren!! i love that name...i just named one of my sim-babies Wren!!

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[info]jincurry
2008-10-13 08:06 pm UTC (link)
This sounds very awesome! *downloads* Thank you very much for making it.

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[info]naughtydolphin
2008-10-13 08:43 pm UTC (link)
Oh coooool. Thanks!


Though there is a character in one of my neighbourhoods called Pong King that I really want to get into my Trouser family at some point.

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[info]zazazuabubu
2008-10-14 01:17 am UTC (link)
It won't change existing names. I'm forever switching my Live.packages in and out.

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[info]naughtydolphin
2008-10-14 01:33 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I know that. I just think Pong King is an awesome name, and want him in my story. I had to age him up to be an adult, because he was a child. His was the coolest name the game has given me so far.

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[info]lizwinlove
2008-10-14 03:29 am UTC (link)
'get into my Trouser family'

sorry, it just made me laugh.

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[info]naughtydolphin
2008-10-14 03:34 am UTC (link)
I like making jokes along those lines :)

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[info]brilliantcat
2008-10-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)
I can always use another list of names to rotate in when I create townies (if, say, there was some sort of divine retribution in the form of a mass plague killing off a bunch of townies >_>) I really like the names you've chosen too.

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[info]stakeit_uk
2008-10-13 09:56 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! Just as I'm preparing to start a new legacy too! Thanks!! :)

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[info]bondchick_nett
2008-10-13 10:46 pm UTC (link)
OH. MY. GOD. I had been considering going through and making one of these myself as I too was getting jack of the largely Anglo-Saxon naming schemes everyone was putting into their name mods, but this is a piece of awesome that was JUST what the doctor ordered.

You win ESPECIALLY for names like Ganesh, Jean-Baptiste, Lieselotte & Quinn!

*replaces my current naming replacer SO. HARD*

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[info]music_simbol
2008-10-13 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeesooooooooooooooooommmmmmeeeeeeee!!! You are 100% made of win for this. :D:D:D:D

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[info]rustedinkwell
2008-10-14 12:31 am UTC (link)
Aleksei grabbed my attention, then James caught it a bit more. Then you threw in Tobias, Ulrick,and Viktor and I was pretty much sold. Hannelore, Septima, and Serafina probably would've cemented it though.

I usually ignore name mods because they seem rather limited to me. But then you go and add in names from a billion and three different languages. <3 I am so using this.

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[info]going_x_crazy
2008-10-14 01:38 am UTC (link)
WOW, what a wide variety of names! I can't wait to spawn some new townies and see what I get. Thanks :]

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[info]tribute_mutant
2008-10-14 02:34 am UTC (link)
Thanks. :]

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[info]lola_in_slacks
2008-10-14 02:46 am UTC (link)
Very cool. I have a different name mod now, but I was ready for something with a little more variety. Thanks for sharing.

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[info]nentarisims
2008-10-14 10:34 am UTC (link)
Awesome! *downloads* Thank you so much for this!

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[info]simkind
2008-10-14 01:46 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! I'll add this to my memories so I'll be able to make use of it once I get back to my own computer. :D

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[info]angelamermaid
2008-10-14 07:08 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to add this entry to my memories, because I'm kind of sick of all the Jitmakusols.

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[info]sgtmian
2008-10-30 10:21 am UTC (link)
this is awesome! thank you so much!

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[info]gabunny
2008-12-13 05:58 am UTC (link)
You win so hard for making this (does this mean no more Mr and Mrs Fuchs wandering around my neighbourhood if I remove all of those dratted preexisting townies with that name?)

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[info]pandemoniasims
2008-12-16 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Sorry for the late reply! It's possible that I kept Fuchs in because I'm mentally like 8 years old and that name cracks me up. Let me check...

Verdict is no! I left it out. If you run into any other names you don't like in the mod, you can bust out SimPE, manually remove the names from the list, and save. You can also add names via this method.

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[info]gabunny
2008-12-17 08:46 am UTC (link)
Awesome, thanks (:.

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[info]doronjosima
2009-03-26 12:57 am UTC (link)
I'm late to this party, but I just spent two days looking for your mod again after forgetting to bookmark it last time I saw it. What can I say, I found it when surfing at work, and forgot to download when I got home to the Sims computer.

I am LOVING these names, and wanted to say thank you!

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[info]dutchess_axel
2009-04-06 01:24 am UTC (link)
I love you. Srsly. These names are totally kick ass.

Plus, I am so sick and tired of seeing the same names over and over again. Srsly.

You rock and win, my fair lady.

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[info]hadeseus
2009-06-14 09:43 am UTC (link)
Thank you very, very much for this! There are some excellent names here, I love the multiculturalism :D

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[info]runzu
2009-08-01 03:15 am UTC (link)
OH no, it's not there! D:

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[info]pandemoniasims
2009-08-01 06:40 am UTC (link)
Oh my. Seems I moved the file on accident. I've got it back up and changed the link. Thanks for letting me know!

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[info]runzu
2009-08-01 03:58 pm UTC (link)
TYVM. :D

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[info]by_theclown
2009-09-08 12:46 am UTC (link)
so many diferent names!!and for diferent places! cool!!
thank you!!

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[info]eponine84
2009-09-09 03:32 pm UTC (link)
Very belated thank you! Maybe now every other female spawned in my game will stop being named Lyndsay...

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[info]putana
2009-10-15 11:09 pm UTC (link)
I've had this in my game for ages now, but thought I should finally pop back and say THANKS. I love this collection of names - exactly what I was looking for (for the same reasons you created it! :)) <333

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