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FEMALE 1 MALE 2
1) Ahwa 1) Utwaam
2) Ajqéja 2) Welqulkan
3) Imelgra 3) Ujqilir
4) Awelqéja 4) Umjon
5) Caagyen 5) Welqulwaam
6) Ahqila 6) Gujguen
7) Gajqila 7) Uwelen
8) Imelqla 8) Wépijan
9) Kijpijana 9) Uwelwen
10) Peekwaam 10) Kuulunin
11) Umwaam 11) Nuntin
12) Wanta 12) Jaajjon
13) Olwa 13) Kagrwaam
14) Palaga 14) Erkunwaam
15) Kijtin 15) Ca’wen
16) Ikunin 16) Éâkunyn
17) Ninalana 17) Olqilir
18) Olkana 18) Utgran
19) Irkanyen 19) Uwelqej
20) Jaajwa 20) Wangran
FEMALE
1) Silivrenniel / White
2) Bellethiel / Strong
3) Gwilwilethel / Butterfly
4) Tirananniel / Far-Seeing
5) Cirelondiel / Port
6) Eleniel / Star
7) Meldiriel / Friend
8) Lostariel / Flowers
9) Indilwen / Lily
10) Rhavaniel / Wild One
11) Teithagliriel / Poet
12) Bainwen / Fair
13) Naerwen / Sad One
14) Lairelithoniel / Ash Tree Meadow
15) Falathiel / Huntress
16) Vendethiel / Maiden
17) Alassiel / Joyful
18) Valadhiel / Angelic
19) Vanlanthiriel / beautiful waterfall
20) Faelwen / Justice
PERSONAL / SOCIAL LIST ADJECTIVE LIST FEMALE FIRST SYLLABLE MID SYLLABLE
1) ald- (old) 1) sher- (bright, clear) 1) Xhi 1) Wren
2) -bert (noble) 2) cald- (cold) 2) Shi 2) Wei
3) cad- (warrior) 3) col- (dark, coal) 3) Ayl 3) Wux
4) ed- (wealth) 4) blake- (extreme) 4) Uyl 4) Lo
5) el(d-) (old) 5) til- (fertile) 5) Fel 5) Lei
6) ew- (law) 6) grant- (great, big) 6) Yll 6) Lux
7) fitz- (son) 7) lang- (long) 7) Auf 7) Re
8) hal- (holy) 8) blan- (moderate) 8) Sy 8) Rei
9) -hard- (brave) 9) -by- (nearby) 9) Nyx 9) Ru
10) -man (man) 10) nor(th)- (north) 10) Fa 10) Rik
11) -mon (man) 11) rad- red- rid- rud- (red) 11) Fal 11) Tin
12) -ond (protector) 12) -rock- (rox-) (rocky) 12) Fhi 12) To
13) -rich (ruler) 13) south- (su(t)-) (south) 13) Xu 13) Tix
14) -rick (ruler) 14) -stan- (stone) 14) Su 14) Nut
15) -son (son) 15) somer- (summer) 15) Aun 15) Nu
16) -und (protector) 16) -cam- (twisted) 16) Syl 16) Ne
17) -ward- (protector) 17) wes(t)- (western) 17) Mu 17) Nik
18) -web (weaver) 18) whit- (white) 18) Tu 18) Chu
19) -win- (friend) 19) -brad- (wide) 19) Ti 19) Chei
20) -wright (builder/maker) 20) g(u)il- (yellow) 20) Tyl 20) Chin
MALE 2 FEMALE 1
1) Lako’ne 1) Huka
2) Hehomu 2) Ni’huka
3) Pu’mopuli 3) Ha’limuhuwapa
4) Menepihe 4) Ku’ma
5) Noneheku 5) Mi’hihona
6) Kitlehenake 6) La’a
7) Kopokotle 7) Wehilaleka
8) Nime 8) Pewalihuka
9) Ku’u 9) Tlewatlepa
10) Naniwomemolu 10) Kopa’pamo’hoka
11) Kani’hunu 11) Hekehehowa
12) Punokiwu’nu 12) Hapi’ke’ma
13) Nume 13) Nakemi
14) Kakuhe 14) Mi’ki
15) Lamupimilowe 15) Mokawuwo’wi
16) Makopemu 16) Pipapuhi
17) Nenehohawe 17) Milumumetli
18) Nelemamu 18) Luli
19) Nukupenu 19) Petlonelulotli
20) Pu’u 20) Himuhi
SHRUBS & TREES (BOYS) MALE NAMES TWO MALE NAMES THREE
1) Cilantro 1) Canter 1) Orlence
2) Periwinkel 2) Vaunt 2) Petemith
3) Rowena 3) Card 3) Fastio
4) Willow 4) Clance 4) Bount
5) Acorn 5) Dortio 5) Morgard
6) Pumpkin 6) Arcus 6) Boury
7) Hickory 7) Pridus 7) Gurge
8) Pinecone 8) Arras 8) Hence
9) Chicory 9) Baston 9) Cathan
10) Barley 10) Clard 10) Micham
11) Hops 11) Dount 11) Henius
12) Petunia 12) Edwall 12) Kale
13) Cranberry 13) Falius 13) Lancell
14) Teaberry 14) Colius 14) Geortino
15) Blueberry 15) Mortio 15) Lard
16) Tarragon 16) Couglas 16) Forge
17) Mistletoe 17) Daunt 17) Franter
18) Thistle 18) Nord 18) Gard
19) Butternut 19) Octague 19) Lazardus
20) Persimmon 20) Wortio 20) Mardius
SURNAMES 6 SURNAMES 7
1) Howell 1) Nelson
2) Irvine 2) Trice
3) Isuke 3) Obrien
4) Wells 4) Olson
5) Jones 5) Ortiz
6) Chong 6) Owens
7) Juchi 7) Pak
8) Kashtaritu 8) Davis
9) Kennedy 9) Peters
10) Khaidu 10) Pierce
11) Koo 11) Plunkett
12) Kwan 12) Ramos
13) Luck 13) Zao
14) Lutz 14) Ray
15) Martin 15) Riley
16) Rose 16) Hoy
17) Mei 17) Rivera
18) Miller 18) Croswell
19) Sun 19) Cooper
20) Lorde 20) Rodriguez
EARTHMARKS
1) Fingers leave frost trails on surfaces
2) Clothes caked with mud
3) Moss grows on right side
4) Chewing a stalk of ripe wheat
5) Hands covered with tiny scratches
6) Sand-crusted hair
7) Always squinting as if looking into the sun
8) Smells of honeysuckle at dawn and dusk
9) Shoulders wet with rain
10) Dried salt on arms
11) Dirt under fingernails
12) Feet always bare and grass-stained
13) Gets irritable at low tide
14) Eyes that change to match the sky
15) Makes sounds like stepping on twigs
16) Dry, dust-coated lips
17) Understands the language of birds
18) Face powdered with gold dust
19) Feet purple from crushing grapes
MALE FEMALE 2
1) Erasmé 1) Nausicaa
2) Pollux 2) Selene
3) Pierroc 3) Lakmé
4) Épiers 4) Ïambe
5) Demophon 5) Elara
6) Panjean 6) Themiste
7) Thersandre 7) Melanie
8) Orêt 8) Leda
9) Sinon 9) Enarete
10) Eumel 10) Zenobia
11) Christoph 11) Hero
12) . Eriphyl 12) Calixte
13) Erix 13) Cassandre
14) Eupendre 14) Jalatée
15) Cadme 15) Eurydiç
16) Ambré 16) Alida
17) Icare 17) Thaïs
18) Perdix 18) Aradie
19) Cerçon 19) Perivie
20) Chrysothème 20) Kore
DANGEROUS PLACES JUST OUTSIDE TOWN TAVERNS COLUMN B TAVERN WENCH EPITHETS TAVERN WENCHES
1) Ashen Way 1) Dove 1) Big 1) Aubra
2) Barrymore’s Hole 2) Den 2) Black-Eyed 2) Beaulinda
3) Cobblefall 3) Bucks 3) Blousy 3) Brenna
4) Cold Riley Holler 4) Unicorn 4) Dour 4) Cherry
5) Dry Willow’s Hovel 5) Sisters 5) The Duchess 5) Darcy
6) Edger See 6) Ash 6) Friendly 6) Darva
7) Glass Junction 7) Goose 7) Frigid 7) Elske
8) Greenslick Well 8) Green 8) “Holy” 8) “Girl”
9) Horse Leap 9) Place 9) Jolly 9) Hella
10) Iblis Grot 10) Reel 10) Knee-High 10) Jane
11) Kettleblack Road 11) Crossroads 11) Love-A-Brick 11) Kate
12) Peppersnake Fen 12) Nest 12) Loud 12) Kim
13) Queery Cave 13) Inn 13) Pretty 13) Louisie
14) Quicksilver Inlet 14) Lounge 14) Ruddy 14) Mina
15) Slipshine Gulley 15) Rose 15) Salty 15) Panjandra
16) Splayhand Manor 16) Miller’s 16) Shy 16) Polly
17) Switchback Tumble 17) Griffin 17) Slippery 17) Poppine
18) Tall Man’s Shadow 18) Leaf 18) Sly 18) Sally
19) The Empty 19) Bull 19) Sneezing 19) Violet
20) The Glow 20) Stones 20) Three-Beer 20) Winnie
MODERN AMERICAN YOUTH, MALE MODERN AMERICAN YOUTH, FEMALE STRANGE MALE 2 STRANGE FEMALE 2
1) Tayshaun 1) Tiara 1) Theo 1) Casimira
2) Lance 2) Tenile 2) Darrick 2) Zenia
3) Zack 3) Kim 3) Thanh 3) Marielle
4) Patrick 4) Morgan 4) Nigel 4) Shin
5) Gabe 5) Shelby 5) Augustus 5) Tula
6) Anthony 6) Jordan 6) Trinidad 6) Emelina
7) Andrew 7) Shiori 7) Mel 7) Venetta
8) Cedric 8) Brittany 8) Deon 8) Ardelle
9) Shelby 9) Stephanie 9) Lyman 9) Dede
10) Jordan 10) Julie 10) Trey 10) Moon
11) Will 11) Jontavia 11) Stanford 11) Sirena
12) Jake 12) Allyson 12) Quinn 12) Crysta
13) Lonney 13) Siera 13) Jonah 13) Kirstie
14) Jeremey 14) Nattalie 14) Olen 14) Layne
15) Steven 15) Winter 15) Newton 15) Lilli
16) Morgan 16) Bray 16) Milo 16) Maisie
17) Nathan 17) Chelsea 17) Dario 17) Cammy
18) Avery 18) Terra 18) Brice 18) Charmain
19) Farren 19) Kelly 19) Chance 19) Tilda
20) Everet 20) Bobby 20) Morton 20) Anja
FEMALENAMES1 MALENAMES2
1) Mathilde 1) Noah
2) Emma 2) Nicklas
3) Laura 3) Lasse
4) Sofie 4) Jeppe
5) Freja 5) Valdemar
6) Caroline 6) Gustav
7) Ida 7) William
8) Sara 8) Alexander
9) Julie 9) Malthe
10) Anna 10) Daniel
11) Josefine 11) Benjamin
12) Maja 12) Philip
13) Cecilie 13) Christoffer
14) Clara 14) Anders
15) Katrine 15) Anton
16) Amalie 16) Jonathan
17) Victoria 17) Carl
18) Emilie 18) Adam
19) Lærke 19) Silas
20) Signe 20) Marius
MALE 1 FEMALE 1
1) Boboy 1) Cherry Pie
2) Aprodicio 2) Apples
3) Earvin 3) Diday
4) Eadgee 4) Maritess
5) Mark Laser 5) Spice
6) Juhn 6) Mayouno
7) Yam 7) Kampupot
8) Abdulaziz 8) Chuchay
9) Peng 9) Chingbee
10) Luis Buiton 10) Mirinda
11) Bocoy 11) Maan
12) Vandolph 12) Sushi
13) Hercules 13) Babes
14) Bhoy 14) Whisky
15) Jayjay 15) Mai-Mai
16) Totoy 16) Apple Pie
17) Acy 17) Ditsi
18) Ahvic 18) Maricel
19) Dondon 19) KitKat
20) Eliutaro 20) Zsuzsanna
MEALS
1) Kalderetang Kambing - goat stew
2) Bistek - beef stir-fried in soy sauce and lemon
3) Lechon Kawali - roasted pig
4) Inihaw ni Liempo - grilled pork belly
5) Sinigang sa Miso - tamarind soup with bean curd
6) Lechon Manok - roasted chicken
7) Adobong Pusit - squid cooked in vinegar
8) Crispy Pata - deep-fried pork knuckle
9) Diniguan - blood stew accompanied by puto
10) Sinigang na Baka - tamarind soup with beef
11) Arroz a la Cubana - ground beef with tomatoes, peas, raisins served
12) with fried egg over rice
13) Chicken Barbeque - barbequed chicken in slightly sweet sauce
14) Tinolang Manok - gingery chicken soup with green papaya
15) Menudo - tomato pork stew
16) Lechon Paksiw - roasted pig, stewed in tangy sauce
17) Rellenong Bangus - stuffed smoked milkfish
18) Adobong Manok - chicken cooked in vinegar
19) Nilaga Baka - broth with beef and root vegetables
20) (Sizzling) Sisig - fried pig ear
FEMALE SURNAMES
1) Adél 1) Nagy / tall
2) Krisztina 2) Kovács / smith
3) Magdolna 3) Tóth
4) Agáta 4) Szabó / tailor
5) Dorottya 5) Horváth /Croatian
6) Heléna 6) Kiss / small
7) Ilona 7) Varga / shoemaker
8) Borbála 8) Molnár / miller
9) Klára 9) Németh / German
10) Józsa 10) Farkas / wolf
11) Judit 11) Balogh / unskillful
12) Katalin 12) Papp / priest
13) Anna 13) Takács / weaver
14) Márta 14) Juhász / shepherd
15) Orsolya 15) Mészáros / butcher
16) Erzsébet 16) Lakatos / locksmith
17) Fruzsina 17) Fekete / black
18) Piroska 18) Szilágyi
19) Sára 19) Fehér / white
20) Zsófia 20) Balázs
FEMALE SURNAMES 1
1) Caterina 1) Ricci
2) Rosa 2) Savino
3) Elena 3) Marchese
4) Bianca 4) Costa
5) Concetta 5) Amato
6) Pina 6) Mastromoaco
7) Teresa 7) Zucco
8) Angela 8) Dragani
9) Donna 9) Sylvestre
10) Enza 10) Giacone
11) Rita 11) Caputo
12) Franca 12) Bruno
13) Maria 13) Vincenzi
14) Lucia 14) Candelora
15) Carmela 15) Urbani
16) Belinda 16) Notte
17) Isabella 17) Falcone
18) Viviana 18) Carpino
19) Silvana 19) Paolucci
20) Zita 20) Malatesta
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Japanese Japanese
SURNAMES 3 SURNAMES 4 SAMURAI-ERA BUSHI SURNAMES SAMURAI-ERA NOBLE SURNAMES
1) Yamamoto 1) Aeba 1) Mori 1) Konoe (one of the “Big Five”)
2) Murata 2) Chiba 2) Ashikaga 2) Kujo (one of the “Big Five”)
3) Nakayama 3) Endo 3) Date 3) Ichijo (one of the “Big Five”)
4) Nagai 4) Ando 4) Hosokawa 4) Takatsukasa (one of the “Big Five”)
5) Mizoguchi 5) Sawamura 5) Kunisada 5) Nijo (one of the “Big Five”)
6) Matsushita 6) Fujita 6) Akechi 6) Nanba
7) Ishida 7) Takei 7) Asano 7) Fujiwara
8) Iwasaki 8) Enomoto 8) Fujioka 8) Domyoji
9) Kinoshita 9) Takagi 9) Hasegawa 9) Shijo
10) Kaneko 10) Sugihara 10) Honjo 10) Hirata
11) Kataoka 11) Takenouchi 11) Kawabe 11) Karasuma
12) Kawakami 12) Tsugimoto 12) Iwakura 12) Daigo
13) Kawaguchi 13) Tsukehara 13) Kiyowara 13) Anenokoji
14) Kiyowara 14) Uchida 14) Miura 14) Aburakoji
15) Honda 15) Inoue 15) Matsudaira 15) Manase
16) Go 16) Nakajima 16) Okabe 16) Nakayama
17) Hasegawa 17) Sugita 17) Otani 17) Saionji
18) Hori 18) Uehara 18) Sakakibara 18) Sanjo
19) Izumi 19) Yamazaki 19) Shimazu 19) Imaidegawa
20) Kamei 20) Ueda 20) Yamanouchi 20) Tokudaiji
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Japanese Japanese
MALE NAMES 2 MALE NAMES 3 FEMALE NAMES 3
1) Akira 1) Masayuki/Masahiro 1) Eri/Erika/Eriko
2) Keishi 2) Mitsutaka/Mitsuhide 2) Chihiro
3) Kuniaki 3) Motoki 3) Wakaba
4) Keisuke 4) Morihiro 4) Nanako
5) Koji 5) Yasunobu/Yasuhide 5) Ichiko
6) Genyu 6) Yuske 6) Hina
7) Kosuke 7) Yukio 7) Hana/Hanako
8) Shuto 8) Yoshimitsu 8) Chiyo
9) Shogo 9) Yoshinobu/Yoshihide 9) Aya/Ayaka
10) Kunihide 10) Riku 10) Kaori
11) Shintaro 11) Kiyoshi 11) Mai
12) Shin/Shinya 12) Akio 12) Mami
13) Takashi/Takeshi 13) Kazuki/Kazuya 13) Rin
14) Tenyu 14) Kohei 14) Setsuko
15) Dai/Daisuke 15) Makoto 15) Satsuki
16) Nobuo 16) Nobu/Nobuyuki/Nobuhiro 16) Yumi/Yumiko
17) Noriaki/Noriyuki 17) Takeru 17) Yomi/Yomiko
18) Hitoshi 18) Ryo/Ryoske 18) Taeko
19) Fumiya/Fumiaki 19) Ryu/Ryuske 19) Sadako
20) Masaki/Masa-aki 20) Shun 20) Saya/Sayaka
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Korean Korean
Compiled by Clinton R. Nixon ANCIENT SURNAMES ANCIENT SURNAMES
Korean names are constructed as family name then given name. Family These are taken from early 1) Bae
Korean history, with a pretty wide 2) Choe
names are passed down through a male lineage, but women do not change
3) Jeong
their names when married, except outside of Korea. range of years. They are in no way 4) Son
45% of all South Koreans have the family name of Kim, Park, or Lee. an actual representation of a par- 5) Seol
The distribution of names is not nearly as heterogeneous as in many other ticular time period, but would work 6) An
cultures. In fact, there are only about 250 family names total. Because of this well for a fantastic Korean histori- 7) Cha
cal setting. 8) Han
distribution, the above chart is made so that one could easily roll 4d6-4 on
9) Hong
the common family name chart to get a name, with Kim being the most 10) Kim
common result. (Rolling a zero would send you to the rare family names 11) Kwon
chart.) 12) Nam
Each family name is composed of three to six clans, with each clan being 13) Eo
14) Wang
a historical topographical origin of that name. Up until recently, it was illegal
15) Yeon
to marry someone of your same clan.This is still discouraged by traditional- 16) Goi
ists, as all clan members share a slight blood tie. Incest is one of the most 17) Gojong
heinous and unthinkable of all crimes in Korean culture. 18) Gongsun
19) Danggun
20) Dae
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Korean Mongolian
FEMALE Romanization of Korean names Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE NAMES
1) Kyung Soon is not standardized in any way. The Information on Mongolian is a 1) Arban
2) Iseul 2) Oyugun
names above are more or less little thin. Surnames are a modern
3) Haneul 3) Qoyor
4) Joo Eun phonetically correct, but common conceit, so don’t use them if you’re 4) Surtak
5) Bo Bae romanizations are put beside the in the sixteenth century or some- 5) Taban
6) Eun Young names where appropriate, such as thing. These names seem exotic 6) Gurban
7) Sun Hee “Lee” for “Yi,” which is actually pro- enough to represent a weird future 7) Arslan
8) Mi Young 8) Batachikhan
nounced in Korean as “E.” North culture, too.
9) Mi Sun 9) Checheg
10) Min Hee Koreans tend to use a “r” sound for 10) Dalan
11) Hyun Ja “n” or “l,” which provides “Rhee,” 11) Tumen
12) Eun Ju “Ryu,” and “Roh” above. 12) Ulagan
13) Jong Hui 13) Gutchluk
14) Son Yong 14) Inalchuk
15) Min 15) Jaran
16) Yon 16) Osol
17) Hyun Ja 17) Dorben
18) Hye Su 18) Erdenijn
19) Kyoung Mi 19) Ghazan
20) Na Young 20) Gombojavyn
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Mongolian North Indian Hindu
21) INTERESTING PLACES Compiled by Shreyas Sampat and The bulk of these names are
22) The middle of a freezing “Zud” dust storm. Mischa D. Krilov, ones you might hear walking
23) A camel breeder’s camp in the Gobi Desert.
24) Nayramadlin Orgil, a 4,374 meter peak in the Altai range.
with thanks to Neil Bardhan around in Mumbai in the modern
25) Uvs Nuur, a 3,350 km2 lake. Adam Dray day; they come from a variety of
26) Ulaanbaatar, the capitol, on the river Tuul. Noël Grabow northern languages, such as Bengali,
27) An open pit copper mine on the grassland steppe. S. Ben Melhuish Gujarati, Hindi, and Marathi. The
28) The Bulgan fault - longest active fault line in the world. Moyra Turkington and folkloric ones are less common, and
29) A forest of dwarf hemlock high in the Altai, home to snow leopards
30) Kharakhorum, ancient city of Genghis Khan in the Orkhon valley.
Aparnaa Seshadri more clearly Sanskrit-derived; older
31) The Amarbayasgalant Lamasery, 360 km north of Ulaanbaatar. people are more likely to have such
32) The dusty crossroads of Terelj, 80 km from the capitol. names. European and south Indian
33) Khovsgol lake, “The Dark Blue Pearl”. names are not unheard of either.
34) A Tsaatan reindeer-herding camp near Khatgal. Naming practices vary im-
35) Khan Khentii, the heavily-forested “home of the Mongols”.
36) Khorgo Volcano, a dead volcano to the east of the Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan.
mensely by language and region. In
37) The Bayanzag dinosaur bone fields in the south Gobi. the vicinity of Mumbai, people often
38) Enormous sand dunes along the Khongurun river. follow the English practice of tak-
39) Yoliin Am valley, with high rock walls, waterfalls, and dramatic views. ing a first name and a family name,
40) An abandoned camp on the Gun-Galuut plains. inherited down the male line; this
41) A tough yurt shanty town on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.
family name is frequently a caste
term. Middle names are frequently
the father or husband’s first name.
Another common practice is to
take the father’s name as a family
name; for instance,Vikranth Suman-
jit (abbreviated S. Vikranth) is the
son of D. Sumanjit, and so on.
The list has a Hindu bias. Muslims
use these names as well, although
they also use Arabic names and sur-
names. Some of the family names,
all in SURNAMES 1, are Hindu re-
ligious names; Muslims are unlikely
to have these. The folkloric lists are
also filled with religious names.
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North Indian Hindu North Indian Hindu
FEMALE 1 FEMALE 2 MALE 1 MALE 2
1) Apoorva 1) Naina 1) Sahil 1) Hemal
2) Malini 2) Gayatri 2) Vasant 2) Ravi
3) Nisha 3) Priya 3) Indraneel 3) Gehaan
4) Megha 4) Jyoti 4) Pankaj 4) Aniruddha
5) Ila 5) Barkha 5) Ankit 5) Pankaj
6) Rasika 6) Renu 6) Ram 6) Abhirup
7) Mona 7) Kateki 7) Sunil 7) Raja
8) Anupama 8) Ishita 8) Mayur 8) Varun
9) Radhika 9) Lavanya 9) Ashwin 9) Ashish
10) Anjana 10) Radha 10) Rajan 10) Prem
11) Sheena 11) Sharanya 11) Rakesh 11) Vishwanath
12) Sima 12) Anuradha 12) Venkat 12) Anand
13) Lalitha 13) Amulya 13) Viren 13) Shekhar
14) Vasanthi 14) Krutika 14) Romit 14) Vinod
15) Priyanka 15) Neena 15) Rajesh 15) Chintan
16) Savitri 16) Neethi 16) Nishant 16) Nikhil
17) Sejal 17) Deepti 17) Salman 17) Abhijit
18) Hema 18) Divya 18) Pronob 18) Anupam
19) Sapna 19) Swati 19) Rahul 19) Yash
20) Kanchana 20) Amrita 20) Vikranth 20) Gopal
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North Indian Hindu North Indian Hindu
FEMALE 5 MALE 5 SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2
1) Rehnuma 1) Vinayak 1) Bhoot 1) Menon
2) Ajeet 2) Shanmuguan 2) Kumar 2) Kansara
3) Dipali 3) Mohapatral 3) Jerath 3) Khanna
4) Sabala 4) Ranga 4) Pattrawala 4) Vakharia
5) Jaylaram 5) Rajendra 5) Rudra 5) Leuva
6) Suhasini 6) Dinanath 6) Ramadas 6) Sahni
7) Maya Devi 7) Rajhakar 7) Kalra 7) Bijanki
8) Lakshmi 8) Narayanrao 8) Ghoshal 8) Patel
9) Narabala 9) Attippat 9) Singh 9) Saini
10) Nayantha 10) Sadanand 10) Patil 10) Rao
11) Mridula 11) Asma 11) Sarkar 11) Gupta
12) Tarulata 12) Boli 12) Roshan 12) Jain
13) Sudha Vijay 13) Govinda 13) Chatterjee 13) Pandya
14) Santha 14) Harkishanlal 14) Shah 14) Roi
15) Indrani 15) Ashok 15) Khan 15) Palani
16) Pramila 16) Pallathu 16) Trivedi 16) Hassan
17) Taradevi 17) Ravinder 17) Vedi 17) Parikh
18) Kamala 18) Gopi 18) Shiva 18) Jasani
19) Pragya 19) Thambi 19) Motiwala 19) Komarneni
20) Ravathi 20) Munshi 20) Ghosh 20) Malik
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North Indian Hindu North Indian Hindu
GRAIN DISHES MEATS AND VEGETABLES
1) Kachori, a wrap surrounding a stuffing of spiced dal or peas. 1) Shahjehani raan, leg of lamb in a cream sauce with nuts and dried fruits
2) Matar pullao, white rice spiced with coriander and saffron and studded with green peas 2) Baigan bharat, smoky mashed eggplant
3) Chapati, a flaky flatbread made with a mixture of white and whole flours 3) Tali vekti, a native fish deep-fried in chickpea batter
4) Yellow rice, coloured with turmeric 4) Seekh kebab, minced lamb kebabs, served with crescents of grilled onion
5) Batloo, millet flatbread, always marked with a decorative pattern of thumbprints 5) Do piaza, any meat with ‘double onion’ gravy
6) Khichadi, mild rice-and-dal porridge 6) Vindaloo, a very hot, sour gravy for chicken and potatoes
7) Roti, large round wholewheat flatbread 7) Jheenga masala, stirfried giant prawns with lots of paprika
8) Naan, a tender, thick white bread cooked against the wall of a tandoor oven 8) Rogan josh, meat in a garlic and coriander gravy
9) Phale, a round flaky bun with minced meat filling 9) Hakka aloo, an Indochinese dish, potatoes with a crispy crust of ginger and fresh chiles
10) White rice, made fluffy and separate-grained 10) Chapli kebab, fried lamb meatballs shaped like a sandal
11) Aloo paratha, stuffed with spiced potato 11) Saag paneer, spinach and curd cheese
12) Gosht ka biryani, a festive dish of fluffy rice and lamb, with cardamom and cumin 12) Pakoras, batter-fried vegetables served with dipping sauces
13) Kulcha, naan stuffed with onions, garlic, mashed seasoned potatoes, or fenugreek leaves 13) Moghlai dum, creamy slow-cooked chicken
14) Bhatura, a giant, puffy deep-fried bread with a texture like naan 14) Bhindi sabzi, stirfried okra
15) Roomali roti, a very large, extremely thin roti 15) Safaid Kheema, lamb mince with a white cashew sauce
16) Dhokla, a delicate steamed cake made with rice and dals, served cut into diamonds 16) Dum aloo, slow-cooked potatoes in cream
17) Puranpoli, a flatbread filled with sweet cardamom porridge 17) Bhona gosht, roasted minty lamb
18) Bhopali pullao, a ginger and cumin-flavored rice with carrots and onions 18) Panchrangi korma, five-coloured vegetables in creamy yogurt gravy
19) Poori, tiny, oily, saucer-shaped brown flatbreads, always served in large quantities 19) Tandoori murgh, chicken barbecued in the /tandoor/
20) Shirmal, a sweet baked flatbread flavored with saffron milk 20) Parsi ande, boiled whole eggs served in a golden coconut gravy
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Portuguese Portuguese
Compiled by João Mendes and MALE 1 FEMALE 1 FEMALE 2
Ana Carrilho 1) Alberto 1) Amélia 1) Matilde
2) José 2) Cristina 2) Rita
The male and female names and
3) Mário 3) Diana 3) Rosa
surnames are both common and 4) Miguel 4) Fernanda 4) Marta
culturally significant in modern day 5) Raul 5) Filipa 5) Francisca
Lisbon, Portugal, and are probably 6) Rui 6) Mafalda 6) Gabriela
representative of the rest of the 7) Sebastião 7) Inês 7) Alexandra
8) Júlio 8) Irene 8) Manuela
country as well. By the same token,
9) Luís 9) Andreia 9) Ana
virtually all of them were in use 10) Manuel 10) Bárbara 10) Catarina
during the maritime expansion era 11) Horácio 11) Isabel 11) Dora
(15th-17th centuries), which will 12) Artur 12) Joana 12) Luísa
probably be more significant. 13) Bernardo 13) Júlia 13) Lurdes
14) Abel 14) Laura 14) Madalena
Additionally, we’ve included a
15) Hugo 15) Cláudia 15) Elsa
short list of male and female names 16) Ivo 16) Paula 16) Fátima
that were way more common back 17) Frederico 17) Raquel 17) Célia
then than they are now. 18) Gabriel 18) Vera 18) Conceição
19) César 19) Mariana 19) Beatriz
20) Daniel 20) Lúcia 20) Carla
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Portuguese Portuguese
SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2 OLD MALE
1) Álvares 1) Ferreira 1) Teodoro
2) Guerreiro 2) Morais 2) Ubaldo
3) Pereira 3) Castro 3) Bartolomeu
4) Sousa 4) Correia 4) Egas
5) Rodrigues 5) Costa 5) Gualdim
6) Sampaio 6) Brito 6) Brás
7) Pinheiro 7) Cabral 7) Fuas
8) Paixão 8) Azevedo 8) Garcia
9) Miguéis 9) Baptista 9) Gil
10) Matos 10) Cruz 10) Sancho
11) Viegas 11) Neves 11) Mendo
12) Alves 12) Machado 12) Teobaldo
13) Ribeiro 13) Magalhães 13) Godim
14) Silva 14) Garcia 14) Martim
15) Torres 15) Faria 15) Pêro
16) Vasconcelos 16) Castelo 16) Damião
17) Soares 17) Barata 17) Elias
18) Andrade 18) Bastos 18) Fernão
19) Antunes 19) Cunha 19) Urbano
20) Fernandes 20) Dias 20) Viriato
SURNAMES 3 SURNAMES 4
1) Cavaco 1) Serra
2) Gonçalves 2) Tavares
3) Melo 3) Fonseca
4) Martins 4) Gama
5) Figueira 5) Bento
6) Cardoso 6) Campos
7) Abreu 7) Nunes
8) Bragança 8) Parreira
9) Cordeiro 9) Marques
10) Pires 10) Domingues
11) Coelho 11) Esteves
12) Gomes 12) Freitas
13) Ramos 13) Guimarães
14) Reis 14) Henriques
15) Mendes 15) Jesus
16) Almeida 16) Lopes
17) Carvalho 17) Santos
18) Oliveira 18) Teixeira
19) Pacheco 19) Teles
20) Nogueira 20) Vieira
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Prison Nicknames Roma
Compiled by Meguey Baker MALE NAMES Compiled by Olle Jonsson and MALE 1
Some of these are actual nick- 1) Doc Joshua BishopRoby 1) Boldo / wise man
2) Greedy 2) Djordji / farmer
names of current inmates, some are Roma is the preferred name for
3) Chambers 3) Gudada / supreme
what I remember from television, 4) Hoss the ethnic group often referred to 4) Simionce / hearkening
some are made-up. Most of the 5) Poet as “gypsies.” 5) György / farmer
time, prisoners just wind up being 6) Sister Some of this was cribbed from: 6) Emilian / rival
known by their last name. 7) Sketch http://www.20000-names.com/ 7) Boiko / fearful or battle
8) Jones 8) Pali / small
http://www.2arnes.si/~eusmith/
9) Y4 (Why-for) 9) Andrzej / manly
10) God-man Romany/ 10) Besnik / faithful
11) Armpit http://www.en.wikipedia.org/ 11) Petsha / Frenchman
12) Big (name) wiki/Roma_(people) 12) Ferka / Frenchman
13) Little (name) 13) Yanoro / january
14) Skinny (name) 14) Gunari / warrior
15) Wheels 15) Mircea / peace
16) Bounce 16) Nicu / victory of the people
17) N.G. (Not Guilty) 17) Hanzi / the lord is gracious
18) Ghost 18) Fonso / noble
19) Bug 19) Guaril / victor
20) Caveman 20) Harman / soldier
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Roma Russian
FEMALE MORE FEMALE Compiled by James Holloway and
1) Aishe / woman 1) Chaili Eric Provost
2) Donka / beyond price 2) Talaitha
Russian names consist of a first name, a patronymic (otchestvo), and
3) Drina / “from Hadria” 3) Everilda
4) Esmeralda / emerald 4) Katari a family name. The patronymic is the name of the individual’s father, with
5) Fifika / god increases 5) Ethelenda a suffix indicating gender. For example, if Ivan Petrovich Ivanov had a son
6) Florica / floarea, a flower name 6) Ashena and named him Boris, the boy would be Boris Ivanovich Ivanov. A daughter
7) Jaelle / jehovah is god 7) Anis might be named Lyudmila Ivanovna Ivanova -- note that the surname is
8) Jofranka / Frenchwoman 8) Ushalin
gendered as well. In the case of surnames ending in -sky, the feminine form
9) Kizzy / cassia, the daughter of job 9) Zhala
10) Lala / tulip 10) Chirikleski is -skaya.
11) Lyuba / love 11) Peneli Name etiquette is more complex than in English: to use all three names
12) Mala / necklace 12) Emmanaia is very formal. Using only the first name and patronymic (“well done,
13) Mirela / admirable 13) Kizzy Arkady Borisovich!”) usually indicates good relations, while using only the
14) Nadja / hope 14) Milbrer
first name is familiar. Most Russian names have nicknames, which may have
15) Pesha / small 15) Shoshoy
16) Simza / joy 16) Mairenni further diminutives. Yekaterina Bogdanovna Vasilievskaya might be “Katya”
17) Talaitha / young girl 17) Truffeni to relatives and close friends, but even more familiarly, she might be “Katen-
18) Tsuritsa / dawn 18) Darklis ka,” “Katyusha,” or “Katyushka.” A wide range of possible nicknames exist
19) Vadoma / rule with peace 19) Devlesa in addition to the ones listed below.
20) Violca / violet 20) Amari
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Russian Senegalese
SURNAMES (masculine form) FANTASY MALE Compiled by Moyra Turkington MALE
1) Yegorov 1) Andrusha 1) Thiemo
2) Kuznetsov 2) Bohdan 2) Djubril
3) Petrov 3) Cheslav 3) Tidiane
4) Berezovsky 4) Demyan 4) Ousseynou
5) Zubov 5) Fedor 5) Ibrahima
6) Yusupov 6) Gavril 6) Mamadou
7) Trushin 7) Hedeon 7) Ousmane
8) Sheremetev 8) Iov 8) Lamine
9) Gordievsky 9) Lukyan 9) Abdoulaye
10) Vorapaev 10) Maksim 10) Mbaye
11) Batkin 11) Naum 11) Khadim
12) Fomenko 12) Orrel 12) Boubacar
13) Maltsev 13) Petenka 13) Malick
14) Fedorov 14) Rurik 14) Ibou
15) Vasilievsky 15) Semyon 15) Cheikh
16) Rokossovsky 16) Seriozhenka 16) Papis
17) Gerasimov 17) Tamryn 17) Tapha
18) Malinovsky 18) Ustin 18) Ablaye
19) Bulganin 19) Vas 19) Moustapha
20) Alexandrov 20) Yaremka 20) Samba
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Sicilian Sicilian
Compiled by Tom Zito SURNAMES FEMALE 1 FEMALE 2
Add “Maria” to anyone’s name - 1) Turturici 1) Liliana 1) Matilde
2) Rubino 2) Adriana 2) Malena
male or female - for a middle name.
3) Di Vittorio 3) Alessandra 3) Lupetta
Maria is a very common baptismal 4) Rizzo 4) Rosaria Maria 4) Tiziana
name in Sicily. 5) Lombardo 5) Maria (Mariuccia, Mariella) 5) Beata
6) Romano 6) Marcella 6) Santina
7) Gambino 7) Agata 7) Ritalia
8) Aiello 8) Adele 8) Angela
9) Lucido 9) Loridanna 9) Margherita
10) Santucci 10) Anna 10) Concetta
11) Restuccia 11) Carmela 11) Beatrice
12) Musumeci 12) Lucia 12) Mariella
13) Maugeri 13) Martina 13) Nellina
14) Barbagallo 14) Rosalia 14) Agnese
15) Leonardi 15) Rosa (Rosetta, Rosella, Rosina) 15) Elena
16) Battaglia 16) Stefania 16) Antonella
17) Occhipinti 17) Elda 17) Carla
18) Di Stefano 18) Silvana 18) Franca
19) Guastella 19) Raffaella 19) Vittoria
20) Tumino 20) Floriana 20) Francesca
MALE 1 MALE 2
1) Salvatore (Totò) 1) Michele
2) Nuccio 2) Martino
3) Carmelo 3) Paolo (Paolino)
4) Alessandro (Sandro) 4) Renato
5) Filippo 5) Bruno
6) Mario 6) Roberto (Berto)
7) Giovanni 7) Simone
8) Marcello 8) Mauro
9) Giuseppe (Pippo) 9) Tommaso (Maso)
10) Guido 10) Valentino (Tino)
11) Marco 11) Constantino (Tino)
12) Pietro 12) Franco
13) Andrea 13) Vito
14) Antonio 14) Luigi
15) Calogero 15) Leo
16) Carlo 16) Nicola
17) Giacomo 17) Sergio
18) Lorenzo (Enzo, Renzo) 18) Domenico
19) Luca 19) Massimo
20) Nicola (Nicolino, Nico) 20) Onofrio
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Spanish Spanish
Compiled by Arturo González-Escribano, mon but not rare. mon male first-name followed by Moreover, it is normal that peo-
with thanks to Moyra Turkington Name = Nomb AP1 de AP2 y the name of the Virgin Mary. Some ple with these names do not use
AM; E.g. Ramón López de Uribe y female names are formed following their full names, except for identi-
General Name Structure Requejo the same guidelines. fication upon authorities request. In
The following guidelines about Name = Nomb AP y AM1 de e.g. Jesús María (Male) normal life they only use the sec-
Spanish names construction does AM2; E.g. Ramón Requejo y López e.g. Luís María (Male) ond part of it:
not try to be absolutely complete de Uribe e.g. Ana María (Female) e.g. Dolores
or precise. There are always excep- e.g. María Isabel (Female) e.g.Valle
tions and particular uses. However, Surnames with “de” e.g. Francisco Javier (Male) e.g. Concepción
they will help you to quickly recog- Some Spanish surnames begin e.g. Jorge Javier (Male) This use was so common that
nize and construct consistent names with a preposition such as “del”, or e.g. Luís Antonio (Male) nowadays, many female children
of almost any common type. “de la”, or “de los” (meaning ap- e.g. Antonio Jesús (Male) are given official names with only
In Spain a normal name is proximately “from” or “of”). The A special very common female the second part. Some of them are
formed by a first name and two different versions are male, female, name is formed by the name or the common, others have never lost
surnames: or neutral gender respectively. The Virgin Mary and Jesus: the original “Maria” first part. Some
a) Nomb: “Nombre” (First proper form is chosen depending e.g. María Jesús (Female) examples of common names which
name) on the genre of the word used as are now typically found alone:
b) AP: “Apellido paterno” (the surname (which may be of course First names including “de” e.g. Concepción
first surname of the father) different from the person’s genre). The first name may also con- e.g. Esperanza
c) AM: “Apellido materno” (the Name = Nomb [del|de la|de tain two parts separated by “de” e.g. Piedad
first surname of the mother) los] AP [del|de la|de los] AM or “de la” or “de los”. This is typical
Name = Nomb AP AM e.g. María del Valle Gómez in female names based in the Virgin Abbreviations
e.g. Ramón González Rodrí- e.g. Juan Blanco de la Madrid Mary name (based in the name of a The most frequent Spanish
guez e.g. Lucía de la Granja del famous local image or in the virgin names usually have well known col-
All official identification cards, Olmo attributes). loquial abbreviations or substitu-
passports, and commercial transac- e.g. Juan de los Hoyos García e.g. María de los Dolores tions, sometimes not related to the
tions must be signed with the first e.g. María de la Concepción original name. Some examples:
name and the two surnames. Composed first names e.g. María del Valle e.g. Francisco = Paco (or its di-
There are first names composed Colloquially and even formally, minutive “Paquito”)
Composed surnames of two or even several normal ones. the particles in the middle are eas- e.g. José = Pepe (or its diminu-
Either AP or AM, or both, may The most common combinations ily lost: tive “Pepito”)
be formed by two basic surnames are based in catholic relevant char- e.g. María Dolores (colloquial e.g. (María de los) Dolores =
separated by “de” (meaning “of”). In acters and saints, but there are many or formal) Lola (or its diminutive “Lolita”)
this case, AP and AM are separated others based on the most common e.g. María Concepción (collo- e.g. (María de la) Concepción
by “y” (meaning “and”) to distin- first names. There are also many quial or formal) = Concha (or its diminutive “Con-
guish them clearly. It is not so com- male names formed by any com- e.g. Mari-Valle (only colloquial) chita”, or even “Conchi”)
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Spanish Spanish
Marriage and heritage Dashed surnames abroad MALE 1 FEMALE 1
In modern Spain normal people A dash is not used to separate 1) Abelino * 1) Ángeles (María de los) / Mari-ángeles /
keep their surnames (with their surnames in Spain. Only in very 2) Alejandro 2) Nins
3) Felipe 3) Cecilia
own “apellido paterno” and “apelli- exceptional cases the parts of a 4) Bonifacio * 4) Julia
do materno”) no matter if they get composed surname are joined by a 5) Bruno 5) Coral
married or not. Women are never dash. 6) Carlos 6) Araceli
using the husband surname or sur- However, a dash is used some- 7) Adrián 7) Amelia *
names. Only nobility and conserva- times when Spanish people need to 8) Armando 8) Milagros (María de los)
9) Basilio * 9) Claudia
tive old aristocratic families keep use their names abroad. This avoid 10) Álvaro 10) Mireia
such uses. other people to get confused and 11) Julio 11) Estela
Sometimes, in special cases think that the “apellido paterno” is 12) Leonardo 12) Beatriz
mainly related to the heritage of an part of the first name: 13) Torcuato * 13) Cristina
important wealth or signature be- e.g. 14) Abelardo * 14) Rebeca
15) Abel 15) Delfina *
longing to the mother, some people “María García Barbosa” may 16) Urbano * 16) Engracia *
may ask the authorities to reverse write her name as “María García- 17) Valentín 17) Mariana
the order of their surnames.This al- Barbosa” when sending a paper to 18) Rufo * / Rufino 18) Dora *
lows heirs of the second generation an international journal, or when 19) Samuel 19) Almudena
to use the surname associated with attending a conference in England 20) Porfirio * 20) Consolación (María de la) / Conuelo
the heritage. The surnames of the to avoid getting a badge reading: MALE 2 FEMALE 2
mother are otherwise lost in the “M.G. Barbosa” instead of “M. Gar- 1) Rafael 1) Elisa
second generation. cía Barbosa”. 2) Moro 2) Blanca
In special situations people may 3) Nemesio * 3) Rosalía
Asterisks 4) Diego 4) Camila *
ask the central authorities for a 5) Emilio 5) Nelia *
complete change in their surnames, All the names in the following 6) Alberto 6) Patricia
although it is uncommon. lists marked with an asterisk are 7) Francisco / Paco / Paquito 7) Anunciación (María de la)
either no longer frequent among 8) Gabriel 8) Camino (María del) *
Using one surname unofficially young people, or somehow restrict- 9) Agustín 9) Dolores (María de los) / Lola / Lolita
In non-formal situations peo- ed to a region of Spain. Some of 10) Domingo 10) Elena / Helena
11) Eduardo 11) Mónica
ple may use only one “apellido” them are also quite old-fashioned. 12) Horacio 12) Piedad (María de la)
for brevity. Indeed, it is typical that 13) Arturo 13) Julieta *
sports, political and cultural celeb- 14) Augusto 14) Monserrat
rities are known by only one sur- 15) Bartolo * 15) Natalia
name, typically the first one. 16) Eladio * 16) Laura
17) Gerardo 17) Margarita
18) Enrique / Quique 18) Pilar (María del) / Pili
19) Néstor 19) Sara
20) Ramiro 20) Concepción (María de la) / Conha
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Spanish Spanish
MALE 3 FEMALE 3 MALE 5 FEMALE 5
1) Santiago / Santi 1) Elvira 1) Tomás 1) Eva
2) Vicente 2) Raquél 2) Víctor 2) Felisa
3) Leoncio * 3) Sandra 3) Rubén 3) Genma
4) Andrés 4) Alma * 4) Sergio 4) Aurora
5) Isidro 5) María 5) Nicolás 5) Bárbara
6) Joaquín 6) Rosa 6) Oscar 6) Henar (María del) *
7) Hernando 7) Silvia 7) Pablo 7) Isabel
8) Hugo 8) Rosario (María del) 8) Pascual 8) Jacinta *
9) Ignacio 9) Sofía 9) Marcos (also a surname) 9) Lucía
10) Iñigo 10) Esther 10) Ismael 10) Mercedes (María de las)
11) Mauricio / Mauri 11) Josefa / Josefina 11) Jaime 11) Olvido
12) Miguel 12) Adelaida * 12) Alfredo 12) Paloma
13) Nicanor * 13) Violeta * 13) Guillermo 13) Teresa
14) Raúl 14) Virginia 14) Gustavo 14) Valle (María del)
15) Ricardo 15) Susana 15) Héctor 15) Yolanda
16) Isaac 16) Leticia 16) Eugenio 16) Alejandra
17) Isidoro * 17) Tatiana 17) Ángel 17) Alicia
18) José / Pepe 18) Nieves (María de las) 18) Esteban 18) Judit
19) Juán 19) Miriam 19) Fidel 19) Sonia
20) Marco 20) Esperanza (María de la) 20) Germán 20) Soraya
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Spanish Thai
SURNAMES 2 SURNAMES 3 Compiled by Mischa D. Krilov MALE
1) Duque 1) Galán 1) Anand
2) Escudero 2) Torres 2) Sunyarik
3) Fernández 3) Vargas 3) Kamol
4) Garza 4) Santos 4) Chaowalit
5) Gutiérrez 5) de la Rosa 5) Ayuchas
6) Guzmán 6) Reyes 6) Vijak
7) Hernández 7) Navas 7) Chaiya
8) Montoya 8) Cano 8) Kitisak
9) Pena 9) del Campo 9) Buppha
10) Robledo 10) Molpeceres 10) Akarin
11) de la Torre 11) Ortega 11) Wattana
12) Villanueva 12) Lara 12) Pridi
13) Roldán 13) López 13) Prajak
14) Ruiz 14) Martín 14) Nantana
15) Sánchez 15) Garzón 15) Probhas
16) Morales 16) Cuervo 16) Puey
17) Santamaría 17) Delgado 17) Manukid
18) Bueno 18) Medina 18) Prapun
19) Abad 19) Gómez 19) Somchoi
20) Flores 20) Merino 20) Sirote
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Thai United Kingdom
SURNAMES 2 Compiled by Mischa D. Krilov and NICKNAMES
1) Sukchinda Jason Morningstar 1) Gaz
2) Chakkapak 2) Baz
3) Keolatsami 3) Boz
NICKNAMES
4) Yuthtrai 4) Moz
5) Siripunth In Britain and Australia, first 5) Waz
6) Srikalra names whose first syllable ends in 6) Chez
7) Phuriphat R (Sarah, Jeremy, Charles, etc) are 7) Maz
8) Pantara sometimes reduced to nicknames 8) Shaz
9) Wongsa 9) Loz
ending in “-zza” or sometimes just
10) Rumpradit 10) Shez
11) Promvarat “-z.” (Sazza, Jez, Chaz) This can hap- 11) Hez
12) Pichaiva pen for both men an women, and is 12) Prez
13) Yospanya particularly common in the press as 13) Daz
14) Pananond applied to media figures. For more 14) Kez
15) Sookdhis 15) Tez
information,see: http://en.wikipedia.
16) Udom 16) Darz
17) Prasertkul org/wiki/Zza_nicknames 17) Jez
18) Thongsari 18) Riz
19) Sathirakul 19) Saz
20) Skultanaga 20) Kaz
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United Kingdom United Kingdom
SCOTTISH SURNAMES WELSH MALE WELSH SURNAME 2 BRITISH MALE
1) Smith 1) Andrew 1) Edwards 1) Alexander
2) Marshall 2) Arthur 2) Owen 2) Charles
3) Brown 3) Brian 3) James 3) Daniel
4) Stevenson 4) Daniel 4) Morris 4) David
5) Wilson 5) David 5) Price 5) Edward
6) Wood 6) George 6) Rees 6) George
7) Thomson 7) Jack 7) Phillips 7) Henry
8) Sutherland 8) James 8) Jenkins 8) Jack
9) Robertson 9) John 9) Harris 9) James
10) Craig 10) Mark 10) Lloyd 10) John
11) Campbell 11) Matthew 11) Humphries 11) Joseph
12) Wright 12) Paul 12) Pugh 12) Louis
13) Stewart 13) Peter 13) Ellis 13) Luke
14) Mckenzie 14) Thomas 14) Bowen 14) Matthew
15) Anderson 15) William 15) Hopkins 15) Michael
16) Kennedy 16) Joshua 16) Martin 16) Richard
17) Macdonald 17) Richard 17) Bennett 17) Robert
18) Jones 18) Stephen 18) Bevan 18) Samuel
19) Scott 19) Christopher 19) Pearse 19) Thomas
20) Burns 20) Francis 20) Adams 20) William
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Historical
Names
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Arthurian Arthurian
Compiled by Jason Morningstar FEMALE 1 FEMALE 2 FEMALE 3
The names are all taken from 1) 1. Derwen / oak tree 1) 1. Delyth / pretty 1) 1. Tegwen / radiant beauty
2) 2. Efa / life 2) 2. Arglwyddes / lady 2) 2. Vala / chosen
middle Welsh. Ap- is the prefix
3) 3. Goleuddydd / bright day 3) 3. Bethan / consecrated to God 3) 3. Creirwy / beautiful maid
used to denote son of, as in Baden 4) 4. Maelona/ divine princess 4) 4. Vanora / white wave 4) 4. Cymreiges / woman of the land
ap Wynn 5) 5. Rowena / white-haired 5) 5. Braith / freckled 5) 5. Dee / sorrow
6) 6. Neued / maiden 6) 6. Dera / wild spirit 6) 6. Heledd / goodness
7) 7. Adain / winged 7) 7. Ceridwen / holy song 7) 7. Eirianwen / splendid
8) 8. Heuldys / sun rising on a hill 8) 8. Myfanwy / rare 8) 8. Enid / soulful
9) 9. Iola / worth 9) 9. Nesta / troublesome beauty 9) 9. Ffraid / saintly
10) 10. Rhiannon / divine queen 10) 10. Angharad / greatly loved one 10) 10. Glenys / riverbank
11) 11. Gwladys / sovereign 11) 11. Gorawen / joy 11) 11. Aelwyd / from the hearth
12) 12. Hafgan / summer song 12) 12. Nona / saintly 12) 12. Penarddun / obedient
13) 13. Cerwen / black-haired 13) 13. Owena / born to nobility 13) 13. Rhan / fate
14) 14. Meira / sea-bright 14) 14. Adyna / wretched 14) 14. Hellawes / enchantress
15) 15. Mair / bitter 15) 15. Eheubryd / daughter of greatness 15) 15. Lysanor / maiden
16) 16. Cath / cat 16) 16. Caethes / slave 16) 16. Mab / baby
17) 17. Annwyl / beloved 17) 17. Blodwen / flower 17) 17. Adara / bird-catcher
18) 18. Branwen / white bosomed 18) 18. Arthes / she-bear 18) 18. Rhonwen / bright spear
19) 19. Cadwyn / bright chain 19) 19. Banon / queen 19) 19. Saeth / arrow
20) 20. Gwenhwyfar / holy light 20) 20. Sioned / simple 20) 20. Ysbail / consecrated to God
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Assyrian Assyrian
Compiled by D.Vincent Baker FEMALE NAMES 1 MALE NAMES 1 MALE NAMES 2
Compiled from the Assyrian 1) 1. Aurhai 1) 1. Ador Eil 1) 1. Ador Palasar
2) 2. Awita 2) 2. Ajdina 2) 2. Ashur Ram
Names Project, http://www.nineveh.
3) 3. Damrina 3) 3. Akhiban 3) 3. Awi Bail
com/Assyrian%20Names%20Projec 4) 4. Eilina 4) 4. Anlel 4) 4. Awinam
t.html 5) 5. Hano 5) 5. Ashur Ban 5) 5. Awshalim
6) 6. Khannah 6) 6. Awidan 6) 6. Bardeen
7) 7. Larsa 7) 7. Awiya 7) 7. Bardisan
8) 8. Lolita 8) 8. Bailbrone 8) 8. Baryamin
9) 9. Lwita 9) 9. Ha Wail (Hawil) 9) 9. Dani Eil (Daniel)
10) 10. Mardina 10) 10. Mardeen 10) 10. Eilbra
11) 11. Marnita 11) 11. Mekha Eil 11) 11. Khnanya
12) 12. Nashiram 12) 12. Nabo Need 12) 12. Khonayn
13) 13. Ninsina 13) 13. Nabo Ram 13) 13. Madsa
14) 14. Panna 14) 14. Nardeen 14) 14. Mardokh
15) 15. Rashomta 15) 15. Nasirpal 15) 15. Natan (Nathan)
16) 16. Sawrina 16) 16. Rab Seen 16) 16. Paldeen
17) 17. Sharokina 17) 17. Ram Eil 17) 17. Rab Eil
18) 18. Shimta 18) 18. Sennacherib 18) 18. Rafa Eil (Raphael)
19) 19. Simta 19) 19. Shaybo (Shibo) 19) 19. Shalmanisar
20) 20. Walita 20) 20. Zah Eil 20) 20. Shar Eil
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Aztec / Nahuatl Aztec / Nahuatl
Compiled by Jason Morningstar NOBLE, PRIEST AND JAGUAR KNIGHT FEMALE COMMONER GENERIC NAMES 1
1) 1. Cuetzpalli / lizard 1) 1. Teyacapan / first born 1) 1. Achcauhtli / leader
2) 2. Cipactli / crocodile 2) 2. Xoco / youngest sister 2) 2. Ahuiliztli / joy
3) 3. Xochipepe / flower-gatherer 3) 3. Tlaco / middle-born 3) 3. Cualli / good
4) 4. Cuixtli / kite 4) 4. Teicuih / younger sister 4) 4. Etalpalli / wing
5) 5. Yaotl / warrior 5) 5. Cozamalotl / rainbow 5) 5. Eztli / blood
6) 6. Matlalihuitl / purple feather 6) 6. Tepin / little one 6) 6. Ichtaca / secret
7) 7. Acamapichtli / handful of reeds 7) 7. Zeltzin / delicate 7) 7. Icnoyotl / friendship
8) 8. Itzcoatl / obsidian snake 8) 8. Tlacotl / twig 8) 8. Ilhuitl / day
9) 9. Chimalpopoca / smoking shield 9) 9. Mazatl / deer 9) 9. Itotia / dance
10) 10. Nochehuatl / consistent 10) 10. Acatl / reed 10) 10. Iuitl / feather
11) 11. Coatl / snake 11) 11. Coszcatl / jewel 11) 11. Amoxtli / book
12) 12. Quauhtli / eagle 12) 12. Xochitl / flower 12) 12. Atl / water
13) 13. Izel / unique 13) 13. Chalchiuitl / emerald 13) 13. Chicahua / strong
14) 14. Citlalmina / arrow stars; meteorites 14) 14. Cuicatl / song 14) 14. Chipahua / clean
15) 15. Xiuhcoatl / fire serpent 15) 15. Xocoyotl / youngest child 15) 15. Citlalli / star
16) 16. Cipactli / alligator 16) 16. Tlacoehua / middle one 16) 16. Ixtli / face
17) 17. Itz / obsidian 17) 17. Eleuia / wish 17) 17. Mahuizoh / glorious person
18) 18. Miquiztli / death 18) 18. Nenetl / doll 18) 18. Manauia / defend
19) 19. Yayauhqui / black smoking mirror 19) 19. Noxochicoztli / necklace of flowers 19) 19. Mecatl / glorious lineage
20) 20. Xipil / noble of the fire 20) 20. Papan / flag 20) 20. Meztli / moon
LADY, PRIESTESS, AND SORCERESS POCHTECA AND MACEHUALLI GENERIC NAMES 2 FOOD AND DRINK
1) 1. Cihuaton / little woman 1) 1. Moquihuix / drunkard 1) 1. Momoztli / altar 1) 1. Bean and squash stew with chili and
2) 2. Xochicotzin / little necklace 2) 2. Xocoyotl / youngest child 2) 2. Moyolehuani / enamored one tomato
3) 3. Coaxoch / serpent flower 3) 3. Malinalxochitl / grass flower 3) 3. Nahuatl / four waters 2) 2. Acocils, small and abundant shrimp of
4) 4. Quetzalxochitl / precious flower 4) 4. Nezahualcoyotl / hungry coyote 4) 4. Nelli / truth Lake Texcoco
5) 5. Tlanextli / radiance and majesty 5) 5. Tochtli / rabbit 5) 5. Nochtli / prickly pear fruit 3) 3. Cakes of spirulina algae
6) 6. Tlexictli / fire navel 6) 6. Matlal / dark green 6) 6. Yolotli / heart 4) 4. Maguey, agave nectar and liquor
7) 7. Teoxihuitl / precious and divine 7) 7. Mazatl / deer 7) 7. Ohtli / road 5) 5. Honey water, honey comb, and other
8) 8. Tonalnan / mother of light 8) 8. Tlalli / earth 8) 8. Patli / medicine apiary products
9) 9. Xochiyotl / heart of a gentle flower 9) 9. Necahual / survivor, left-behind 9) 9. Tenoch / stone pillar 6) 6. Pulque, a fermented beverage with
10) 10. Yolihuani / source of life 10) 10. Nezahual / hungry 10) 10. Tlachinolli / fire an alcoholic content equivalent to beer
11) 11. Yoloxochitl / flower of the heart 11) 11. Tlazohtzin / one who is loved 11) 11. Atl / water 7) 7. Atole, a thick drink made of flavored
12) 12. Xiloxoch / calliandra flower 12) 12. Ocelotl / ocelot 12) 12. Toltecatl / artist ground corn and water
13) 13. Miyaoaxochitl / maize tassel 13) 13. Nochtli / prickly pear cactus 13) 13. Xihuitl / comet 8) 8. Maguey worm and avacado
14) 14. Eloxochitl / magnolia 14) 14. Ozomatli / monkey 14) 14. Zolin / quail 9) 9. Xocolatl, a frothy and bitter chocolate
15) Xochiquetzal / most beautiful flower 15) 15. Tecpatl / flint knife 15) 15. Yolyamanitzin / considerate person beverage
16) 16. Azcalxochitzin / ant flower 16) 16. Tepetl / mountain 16) 16. Centehua / only one 10) 10. Hairless dog in highly seasoned
17) 17. Quiauhxochitl / rain flower 17) 17. Itzcuintli / dog 17) 17. Xiuhtonal / precious light stew
18) Tziquetzalpoztectzin / broken plume 18) 18. Tlantli / teeth 18) 18. Yoltzin / small heart 11) 11. Turkey, pheasant, local partridge,
19) 19. Mizquixaual / mesquite face paint 19) 19. Ixcatzin / like cotton 19) 19. Cozcaquauhtli / vulture marsh bird, and duck, and their eggs
20) 20. Citlalmina / female hero 20) 20. Malinalli / grass 20) 20. Ehecatl / wind 12) 12. Venison, wild boar, hare and rabbit
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Baker Street Berber / Amazigh
Compiled by Graham Walmsley MALE Compiled by Jessica Hammer FEMALE NAMES 1
Florid, literary late Victorian/ 1) 1. George If using these names in a medi- 1) 1. Amina
2) 2. James 2) 2. Bakka
Edwardian England, clue-hunting or eval setting, the appropriate form
3) 3. John 3) 3. Dihya
otherwise. 4) 4. Fairdale for a last name is an Arab-style pat- 4) 4. Silya
5) 5. Hilton ronymic. Men have names like Iken 5) 5. Fariza
6) 6. Ralph ibn Tariq, and women names like 6) 6. Ghida
7) 7. Hall Geduda bint Amina. Names of the 7) 7. Jedira
8) 8. Jimmy 8) 8. Kella
form al- are also perfectly reason-
9) 9. Jasper 9) 9. Tafrara
10) 10. Penrose able. The greatest heroine of the 10) 10. Lalla
11) 11. Culverton Berber people, for example, is Di- 11) 11. Laysa
12) 12. Mortimer hya al-Kahina. In a more modern 12) 12. Tasa
13) 13. Owen setting, European-style surnames 13) 13. Melila
14) 14. Leon 14) 14. Tigmi
are appropriate.
15) 15. Percy 15) 15. Myassa
16) 16. William 16) 16. Talalit
17) 17. Grimesby 17) 17. Riuza
18) 18. Robert 18) 18. Tamilla
19) 19. Harry 19) 19. Mernissa
20) 20. Aloysius 20) 20. Tannina
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Berber / Amazigh Biblical
MALE NAMES 2 SURNAMES Compiled by Meguey Baker COMMON MALE
1) 1. Mejdan 1) 1. Aknin Apparently, there are 188 named 1) 1. Joseph
2) 2. Firhun 2) 2. Hamuy 2) 2. John
women in the Christian Bible, and
3) 3. Abazza 3) 3. Ohana 3) 3. Paul
4) 4. Mezwar 4) 4. Mammeri 1,181 men. Go figure. This site has 4) 4. Adam
5) 5. Mezian 5) 5. Ouaknin them all: http://www.christianan- 5) 5. James
6) 6. Oukesson 6) 6. Tanzir swers.net/dictionary/women.html 6) 6. Mark
7) 7. Nguna 7) 7. Ouyahia 7) 7. Luke
8) 8. Amastan 8) 8. Abrika 8) 8. Mathew
9) 9. Sekla 9) 9. Mehenni 9) 9. Michael
10) 10. Sifal 10) 10. Othmani 10) 10. Gabriel
11) 11. Tabat 11) 11. Menguellet 11) 11. Noah
12) 12. Iken 12) 12. Tabaamrant 12) 12. Moses
13) 13. Tariq 13) 13. Demsiri 13) 13. Joshua
14) 14. Mastenissa 14) 14. Massi 14) 14. Gideon
15) 15. Uksem 15) 15. Guerouabi 15) 15. David
16) 16. Afalku 16) 16. Assouline 16) 16. Abel
17) 17. Yeften 17) 17. Feraoun 17) 17. Cain
18) 18. Yunes 18) 18. Djaout 18) 18. Benjamin
19) 19. Zayar 19) 19. Zidane 19) 19. Samson
20) 20. Kenan 20) 20. Hasnaoui 20) 20. Judas
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Biblical Byzantine Greek
LESS COMMON FEMALE UNUSUAL MALE Compiled by Jessica Hammer
1) 1. Rhoda 1) 1. Nebuchanezer Byzantine names consisted of a given name followed by one or more
2) 2. Jemima 2) 2. Almodad
surnames (which could include both inherited names and patronymics).
3) 3. Anna 3) 3. Jephunneh
4) 4. Dorcas 4) 4. Shimrath By-names or descriptive names were also sometimes used in addition to
5) 5. Phoebe 5) 5. Malluch - but not instead of - inherited names and patronymics. Women used femi-
6) 6. Eunice 6) 6. Hagarene nized forms of these names.
7) 7. Joanna 7) 7. Gog A very large number of middle- and sur-names could be included in
8) 8. Lois 8) 8. Lud
a Byzantine name, such as in the actual historical example of John Dou-
9) 9. Lydia 9) 9. Kemuel
10) 10. Tabitha 10) 10. Ephron kas Angelos Palaiologos Raoul Laskaris Tornikes Philanthropenos Asanes.
11) 11. Lilith 11) 11. Riphath However, in common use, only those names which were politically or so-
12) 12. Julia 12) 12. Methuselah cially convenient were actually used. For example, names which indicated
13) 13. Bernice 13) 13. Theudas relationships to famous families would often be used, while those that were
14) 14. Chloe 14) 14. Henoch
of lesser-blooded families would be omitted.
15) 15. Kezia 15) 15. Ozem
16) 16. Ishtar 16) 16. Potiphar
17) 17. Priscilla 17) 17. Jesher
18) 18. Diana 18) 18. Dumah
19) 19. Susanna 19) 19. Perida
20) 20. Drusilla 20) 20. Zoheth
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Byzantine Greek Byzantine Greek
Female Names FEMALE NAMES BY-NAMES (for peasants) Marriage
A typical female name might 1) 1. Maria 1) 1. Trykalas (potter) If Maria married Ioannes, she
look like this: 2) 2. Anna 2) 2. Alieus (fisherman) could take any number of his names
3) 3. Eugenia 3) 3. Makellares (butcher)
Maria Angelina Palaiologina 4) 4. Xene 4) 4. Iereus (priest)
in addition to or instead of her
This name means: Maria whose 5) 5. Leonta 5) 5. Chalkeus (smith) own. So she could be Maria Las-
father’s name was Palaiologos and 6) 6. Thomais 6) 6. Kalligas (shoe-maker) karina, Maria Angelina Palaiologina
who had someone named Angelina 7) 7. Theodora 7) 7. Vagenas (barrel-maker) Doukaina Laskarina ... or anything
in her family. 8) 8. Eirene 8) 8. Raptes (tailor) in between.
9) 9. Helene 9) 9. Mylonas (miller)
To feminize family names, con- 10) 10. Elaiodora 10) 10. Diakonos (deacon)
vert endings as follows: 11) 11. Ioanna 11) 11. Yfantes (weaver)
-es, -is, -on, and -os to -ina 12) 12. Eudokia 12) 12. Kepouros (gardener)
-nos to -ne 13) 13. Simonis 13) 13. Skiadas (hat-maker)
-tes to -tissa 14) 14. Zoe 14) 14. Flevotomos (doctor)
15) 15. Theodosia 15) 15. Neropoles (water-seller)
-as to -ina (but drop the s first) 16) 16. Dragna 16) 16. Tzangares (shoemaker)
17) 17. Stania 17) 17. Krasopolia (wineseller)
18) 18. Theofana 18) 18. Gounaras (furrier)
19) 19. Christina 19) 19. Ktistes (mason)
20) 20. Xanthe 20) 20. Pelekanos (carpenter)
SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2
1) 1. Dalassenos 1) 1. Choumnos
2) 2. Gabras 2) 2. Glabas
3) 3. Komnenos 3) 3. Kontostephanos
4) 4. Melachrinos 4) 4. Agallon
5) 5. Doukas 5) 5. Boumbalis
6) 6. Asanes 6) 6. Sgouros
7) 7. Limpidares 7) 7. Tagaris
8) 8. Balsamon 8) 8. Mouzalon
9) 9. Koresses 9) 9. Laskaris
10) 10. Trichas 10) 10. Manouelites
11) 11. Tzamplakon 11) 11. Argyros
12) 12. Zarides 12) 12. Kalamanos
13) 13. Skleros 13) 13. Chrysoloras
14) 14. Adrianos 14) 14. Doukas
15) 15. Palaiologos 15) 15. Tsaphas
16) 16. Chrysaphes 16) 16. Pleustes
17) 17. Aprenos 17) 17. Angelos
18) 18. Eirenikos 18) 18. Philanthropenos
19) 19. Kaloethes 19) 19. Sebastopoulos
20) 20. Paraspondylos 20) 20. Rossatas
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Catalan Catalan
Compiled by Alex Fradera FEMALE FORENAMES SURNAMES (12th Century)
Catalonia, a territory of Spain falling between Valencia to the South, 1) 1. Tecla 1) 1. Amalric
2) 2. Beatriu* 2) 2. Berenguer
Aragon to the West, France to the North and the Mediterranean to the
3) 3. Geralla* 3) 3. de Villagut
East, developed as a culture during the rule of the Counts of Barcelona in 4) 4. Anglesa* 4) 4. d’Eures
the 9th Century, and leaving the French kingdom in the 13th. It was a thriv- 5) 5. Aldinícia 5) 5. de Rodes
ing area of the Mediterranean with its own distinctive flavour. 6) 6. Bartomeua 6) 6. Bofill
Catalan is a language with much common to both French and Spanish, 7) 7. Brígida 7) 7. Coqui
8) 8. Caterina 8) 8. de Giró
and sounds a little like a less lyrical Italian. Like French, J and G are both soft,
9) 9. Elionor 9) 9. de la Sclusa
and C can be also; however, the words do not end silently and the emphasis 10) 10. Elisabet 10) 10. Amat
/ pacing of the words is similar to Spanish. 11) 11. Eufràsia 11) 11. Baró
Modern Catalan employs the combination of paternal and maternal 12) 12. Eulàlia 12) 12. de Muntanyola
names (in that order) seen also in Spanish, separated by a y. However, it may 13) 13. Francina 13) 13. Salamó
14) 14. Jaumeta 14) 14. de Sargantans
be that this practise was imported from Spanish tradition and law as I have
15) 15. Joana 15) 15. Domènec
not found any medieval names that follow this pattern. 16) 16. Margarida 16) 16. Ermengol
Female names marked with an asterisk are from the 12th century. Fe- 17) 17. Maria 17) 17. Foget
male names are underdocumented in the historical record. 18) 18. Miquela 18) 18. de Montrodon
19) 19. Samuela 19) 19. Guifre
20) 20. Segimona 20) 20. Sumar
MALE FORENAMES (15th Century) MALE FORENAMES (12th Century) SURNAMES (15th Century) 1 SURNAMES (15th Century) 2
1) 1. Francesc 1) 1. Alfons 1) Fisnerola 1) 1. Rofreo
2) 2. Bernat 2) 2. Arnau 2) Queralt 2) 2. Roca
3) 3. Joan 3) 3. Berenguer 3) 3. Colom 3) 3. Paguer
4) 4. Carles 4) 4. Bertran 4) 4. Dardarich 4) 4. Pariquet
5) 5. Llorenç 5) 5. Bonadona 5) 5. Puig 5) 5. Moreu
6) 6. Vicens 6) 6. Calvet 6) 6. Gorgoll 6) 6. Torner
7) 7. Narcís 7) 7. Dalmu 7) 7. Canyelles 7) 7. Guiscart
8) 8. Benet 8) 8. Dolcet 8) 8. de Cubells 8) 8. Torens
9) 9. Bartomeu 9) 9. Ferrer 9) 9. Prat 9) 9. Sala
10) 10. Gaspar 10) 10. Gilabert 10) 10. Mateu 10) 10. Parés
11) 11. Andreu 11) 11. Guillem 11) 11. Esteve 11) 11. Mas
12) 2. Jaume 12) 12. Hug 12) 12. Domènech 12) 12. Gilabert
13) 13. Pere 13) 13. Miró 13) Fontanills 13) 13. Llorens
14) 14. Mateu 14) 14. Olivar 14) 14. Palau 14) 14. Rossolló
15) 15. Gil 15) 15. Pere 15) 15. Paguer 15) 15. Bosens
16) 16. Jacme 16) 16. Perpinyà 16) 16. Carbó 16) 16. Lió
17) 17. Martí 17) 17. Ponç 17) 17. Vilagrassa 17) 17. Barberà
18) 18. Miquel 18) 18. Ricart 18) 18. Muntargull 18) 18. Goscemps
19) 19. Nicolau 19) 9. Seguinus 19) 19. Obradors 19) 19. Reguera
20) 20. Celdoni 20) 20. Vidal 20) 20. Nabet 20) 20. Roca
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Catalan Celtic
COUNTS OF BARCELONA Compiled by Mischa D. Krilov MALE
1) 1. Berà (801-820) These are cool names drawn 1) 1. Aiden
2) 2. Rampó (820-826) 2) 2. Teague
from various Celtic peoples of the
3) 3. Bernat (826-832) 3) 3. Efnisien
4) 4. Berenguer (832-835) U.K., such as Scotland, Wales, and 4) 4. Hoel
5) 5. Bernat (836-844) Ireland. Historically accurate Celtic 5) 5. Maddox
6) 6. Sunifred I (844-848) surname pose a problem, since as a 6) 6. Fingal
7) 7. Guillem (848-850) preliterate culture, they didn’t take 7) 7. Killian
8) 8. Aleran (850-852) 8) 8. Herne
helpful censuses. If you need a sur-
9) 9. Isembart (850-852) 9) 9. Weylyn
10) 10. Odalric (852-858) name, simply pull a geographically 10) 10. Taliesin
11) 11. Humfrid (858-864) appropriate one form elsewhere in 11) 11. Kentigern
12) 12. Bernat (865-878) this book. 12) 12. Gwawl
13) 13. Guifré I el Pelós (the Hairy) (878-897) 13) 13. Fearghus
14) Borrell (948-992) 14) 14. Calder
15) 15. Ramon Borrell (992-1018) 15) 15. Deargh
16) 16. Berenguer Ramon I el Corbat (the Croked) (1018-1035) 16) 16. Scilti
17) 17. Ramon Berenguer I el Vell (the Old) (1035-1076) 17) 17. Tegid
18) 18. Ramon Berenguer II el Cap d’Estopes (the Towhead) (1076-1082) 18) 18. Duffy
19) 19. Berenguer Ramon II el Fratricida (the Fratricide) (1076-1097) 19) 19. Edan
20) 20. Ramon Berenguer III (I of Provence) el Gran (the Great) (1082-1131) 20) 20. Fiacre
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Cheyenne Cheyenne
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE NAMES ONE FEMALE NAMES TWO EITHER GENDER
These come from 19th century 1) 1. Bare Bow / NAW-AH-A-MA 1) 1. Wild-Cat-Woman / MUS-KO-VA 1) 1. Bad Teeth / O-CON-NE-NIC
2) 2. Left Hand Bull / AH-HO-A-MOW 2) 2. Woman Standing / AH-CHIS-TAH 2) 2. Spotted Bird / VA-GIS-A-WAH-US
tribal rolls. They were compiled by
3) 3. Man Heart / MI-NO-ONI-A 3) 3. Shave-Head / AH-NOSTS-SE-E 3) 3. Squint Eye / NO-WA-HY
Indian agents and are of dubious 4) 4. Little Bear / NAW-QUIS 4) Foreign Woman / O-NE-HATCH 4) 4. Howling Water / PA-WA-NIS-TA
linguistic fidelity. You could use any 5) 5. Bear Raising / NUC-QUA-IS-SU 5) 5. Good Woman / WA-SHA 5) 5. Big Owl / MIS-TI-MI-AH
of these names as a place name by 6) 6. Man Standing / AH-TAH-NU-ISH 6) 6. Black Woman / MO-HE-ETS-IM 6) Howling In Cloud / WAH-AH-NIS-TO
adding “mesa”, “creek”, “ridge”, etc. 7) Night Killer / TAHE-VE-NAH-EH-NA 7) 7. Owl Woman / MIS-TO-UN-STA 7) 7. Black Hair / MO-KI-TO-SE-A
8) 8. One-Eyed Bull / TO-MA-CHA-MA 8) 8. Shell Woman / AH-KA-WAH-NA 8) 8. Little Traveler / HO-O-MO-SE
to the end of it.
9) 9. Porcupine Bull / ES-CO-TE-SA-IT 9) 9. Pipe Woman / NO-I 9) 9. Low Standing / WHA-HA-NISH
10) 10. Little Coyote / O-KO-MISH 10) 10. Red-Belly Woman / MA-A-CIH 10) Make-Out-A-Road / HO-AS-TO-NA
11) 11. Pretty Man / HIN-KEE-TINA 11) 11. Black-Foot / STEW-IS-TAN-NA 11) 11. Ptarmigan / HA-AS-TUM
12) 12. Racer / KA-AH-YAT 12) 12. China Woman / MA-NI-AH 12) 12. Red Claws / MOW-MIP-PA
13) 13. Black Cloud / MUC-A-TA-WUC 13) 13. Mouse Road / OH-CHA-IN 13) 13. Red Plume / MU-CHA-NA
14) 14. Wolf-In-The-Middle / HO-SO-SIT 14) 14. Old Woman / KAH-IS 14) 14. Mourning Howler / MU-IN-MIS-TA
15) 15. Yellow Hawk / E-O-YE-YAU 15) 15. Cougar Woman / NA-KU 15) 15. Outsider / O-HO-MA
16) Black Eagle / NIT-NU-TAH-WA-IST 16) 16. Little Woman / MO-CHA-A 16) 16. Cut Arm / A-NA-HI-WA
17) 17. Thief / NO-MOTS-SI-U 17) 17. Medicine Woman / O-WE-HI 17) 17. Red Leaf / MI-VA-PA-TAP
18) 18. White Man / VE-HUE 18) 18. Red-Painting / MI-TO-MO-NI 18) 18. Walking Behind / TACK-SA
19) 19. Black Wolf / MO-TOW-NA-MA 19) 19. Sage Woman / ONE-HI-YOU 19) 19. High-Beak Bird / NO-KE-HE-USE
20) 20. Bob-Tail Wolf / HO-NI-WA-HAS 20) 20. Woman Afraid / DA-KA-MA-EE 20) 20. Stone Road / HE-HO-NI-MAH
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Chickasaw Chickasaw
Compiled by Jason Morningstar SURNAMES 1 MALE 2 MALE 3
These names are taken from 1) 1. Allen 1) 1. George 1) 1. Benjamin
2) 2. Gilchrist 2) 2. Josiah 2) 2. James
the 1818 Chickasaw nation cen-
3) 3. Bell 3) 3. Nacknitubby 3) 3. Wilson
sus. They might be useful for any 4) 4. McCoy 4) 4. Samuel 4) 4. Temullaiekay
group of partially-assimilated Na- 5) 5. Cheagle 5) 5. Schtimmarhoye 5) 5. Schtimmarshashoctay
tive Americans, or maybe isolated 6) 6. McLish 6) 6. Davis 6) 6. Logan
space colonists or something. 7) 7. Gunn 7) 7. Slone 7) 7. Munro
8) 8. Kemp 8) 8. Shehomarlaychar 8) 8. Joseph
9) 9. Anderson 9) 9. Talhiharhar 9) 9. Edmund
10) 10. Evans 10) 10. Washington 10) 10. Isaac
11) 11. Winters 11) 11. Shemarhoyeachar 11) 11. Commodore
12) 12. Carlyle 12) 12. Rhode 12) 12. Tooklaishtubby
13) 13. Smith 13) 13. Riley 13) 13. Jude
14) 14. Perry 14) 14. Weston 14) 14. Lemuel
15) 15. McGilray 15) 15. Silas 15) 15. Malcolm
16) 16. Kearny 16) 16. Simon 16) 16. Levi
17) 17. McGee 17) 17. Jamison 17) 17. Onnarhoketay
18) 18. Jefferson 18) 18. Warsh 18) 18. Marshemay
19) 19. Love 19) 19. John 19) Rueben
20) 20. Colbert 20) 20. Maitubby 20) 20. Martin
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Chickasaw Cowboys
FEMALE 2 FEMALE 3 Compiled by Marc Majcher MALE
1) 1. Dolly 1) 1. Arnohoye 1) 1. Al
2) 2. Anna 2) 2. Asa 2) 2. Abe
3) 3. Becca 3) 3. Barney 3) 3. Bill
4) 4. Catharine 4) 4. Carsey 4) 4. Bob
5) 5. Elsey 5) 5. Dorothy 5) 5. Buck
6) 6. Katy 6) 6. Eliza 6) 6. Dan
7) 7. Lissey 7) 7. Katonar 7) 7. Doug
8) 8. Phyllis 8) 8. Lucy 8) 8. Frank
9) 9. Poniachar 9) 9. Nanny 9) 9. Gene
10) 10. Rachel 10) 10. Pauline 10) 10. Gus
11) 11. Sarkeetan 11) 11. Shemartay 11) 11. Hank
12) 12. Susannah 12) 12. Sissy 12) 12. Jake
13) 13. Visey 13) 13. Charlotte 13) 13. Jim
14) 14. Daisy 14) 14. Lydia 14) 14. Mike
15) 15. Betsy 15) 15. Piky 15) 15. Ross
16) 16. Caroline 16) 16. Rebecca 16) 16. Roy
17) 17. Silay 17) 17. Chinnumbee 17) 17. Sam
18) 18. Hetty 18) 18. Kersey 18) 18. Tom
19) 19. Jennett 19) 19. Sibbee 19) 19. Travis
20) 20. Chomocktay 20) 20. Lotty 20) 20. Zeke
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Cowboys Doukhobor
PREFIXES/NICKNAMES HORSE NAMES Compiled by Moyra Turkington
1) 1. Big 1) 1. Ace The Doukhobors (“spirit wrestlers”) were a Russian Christian sect who
2) 2. Bloody 2) 2. Apache
refused when Tsar Nicolas II demanded an oath of allegiance, refused man-
3) 3. Bud 3) 3. Buttermilk
4) 4. Casino 4) 4. Blackjack datory service in the military and emigrated en masse to Canada (mostly
5) 5. Crazy 5) 5. Brownie to Saskatchewan and British Columbia) in the early 1900’s.
6) 6. Deadeye 6) 6. Champ Some Doukhobor families had two names - an official surname and an
7) 7. Doc 7) 7. Cyclone unofficial family nickname which sometimes became the family surname
8) 8. Dusty 8) 8. Feather
within generations. Included are first names, their Canadianized equiva-
9) 9. Little 9) 9. Gambler
10) 10. Lone 10) 10. Lucky lents and some of the most lasting Dukhobor surnames.
11) 11. Reno 11) 11. Mesquite Thanks to doukhobor.org for Doukhobor geneaology research online.
12) 12. Shorty 12) 12. Midnight
13) 13. Six-Gun 13) 13. Patch
14) 14. Slim 14) 14. Raider
15) 15. Smoke 15) 15. Raven
16) 16. Ten-Spot 16) 16. Rebel
17) 17. Tex 17) 17. Rusty
18) 18. Tuscon 18) 18. Scout
19) 19. Whiskey 19) 19. Smoky
20) 20. Wild 20) 20. Thunder
MALE FEMALE
1) 1. Arkady / Archie 1) 1. Uliana / Julie
2) 2. Ivan / Ewan 2) 2. Agafia / Hattie
3) 3. Gerasim / Harry 3) 3. Serafima / Sarah
4) 4. Feodor / Theodore 4) 4. Matrona / Martha
5) 5. Mikhailo / Michael 5) 5. Pelagea / Polly
6) 6. Terentii / Terry 6) 6. Yakov / Jacob
7) 7. Evstafy / Joeseph 7) 7. Nadezhda / Nadine
8) 8. Prokofy / Frank 8) 8. Fedosia / Florence
9) 9. Alexei / Alec 9) 9. Lukeria / Louise
10) 10. Vasilii / William 10) 10. Aksinya / Maxine
11) 11. Vladimir / Walter 11) 11. Larissa / Laura
12) 12. Nikolai / Nicholaus 12) 12. Klavdia / Claudia
13) 13. Pavel / Paul 13) 13. Malania / Melanie
14) 14. Savely / Stanley 14) 14. Stepanida / Stephanie
15) 15. Danilil / Daniel 15) 15. Arina / Irene
16) 16. Kirill / Cyril 16) 16. Elena / Lillian
17) 17. Lukian / Lewis 17) 17. Avdotia / Dora
18) 18. Filat / Phillip 18) 18. Praskovia / Pearl
19) 19. Efin / Eugene 19) 19. Tatiana / Tina
20) 20. Moisei / Massey 20) 20. Elizaveta / Elizabeth
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Doukhobor Elizabethan
SURNAMES Compiled by Graham Walmsley MALE
1) 1. Verigin 1) 1. Peter
2) 2. Zeabin 2) 2. John
3) 3. Postnikov 3) 3. Gabriel
4) 4. Konkin 4) 4. Dudley
5) 5. Plotnikov 5) 5. Tobie
6) 6. Restantsev 6) 6. Lodowick
7) 7. Makhortov 7) 7. Barnaby
8) 8. Strelyaev 8) 8. Philip
9) 9. Popov 9) 9. Henry
10) 10. Semenov 10) 10. William
11) 11. Anyutushkin 11) 11. Walter
12) 12. Bozhiy 12) 12. Will
13) 13. Markin 13) 13. Hugh
14) 14. Chernov 14) 14. Geoffrey
15) 15. Chuvil’deev 15) 15. Thomas
16) 16. Gorkov 16) 16. Edward
17) 17. Kazakov 17) 17. Thomas
18) 18. Stuchnov 18) 18. Francis
19) 19. Tarasov 19) 19. Charles
20) 20. Uverenniy 20) 20. Matthew
FEMALE SURNAME
1) 1. Joan 1) 1. Aubrey
2) 2. Elizabeth 2) 2. Harington
3) 3. Mary 3) 3. Goodge
4) 4. Anne 4) 4. Kemp
5) 5. Margaret 5) 5. Sidney
6) 6. Grace 6) 6. Pope
7) 7. Ellen 7) 7. Bottinge
8) 8. Rose 8) 8. Weever
9) 9. Marie 9) 9. Wotton
10) 10. Judith 10) 10. Cornwallis
11) 11. Constance 11) 11. Fenton
12) 12. Alice 12) 12. Andrewes
13) 13. Isabel 13) 13. Bryskett
14) 14. Jane 14) 14. Davies
15) 15. Dorothy 15) 15. Rich
16) 16. Anna 16) 16. Essex
17) 17. Sara 17) 17. Derricke
18) 18. Katherine 18) 18. Churchyard
19) 19. Beth 19) 19. Jaggard
20) 20. Rosalind 20) 20. Clifford
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Elizabethan Ethiopian
AREAS OF LONDON Compiled by Moyra Turkington
1) 1. Westminster Names are comprised of a personal name followed by the personal
2) 2. Charing Cross
name of the person’s father or grandfather. A child’s surname is the person-
3) 3. St James’ Park
4) 4. Lincoln’s Inn Fields al name of the father rather than an inherited surname (e.g. Lebne Azmera,
5) 5. Clerkenwell son of Azmera Kifle). Women do not necessarily change their name on
6) 6. Ludgate marriage, but when they do they take the surname used by their husband.
7) 7. Blackfriars In dining, dishes are shared: “those who eat from the same plate will not
8) 8. Southwark
betray each other”. They are served on and eaten with injera, a flatbread
9) 9. Aldersgate
10) 10. Finsbury Fields made of the grain teff. When one diner wishes to honor another, they ar-
11) 11. Bishopsgate range a morsel of food and hand feed it into the mouth of the recipient;
12) 12. Aldgate this practice is called a Gursha.The traditional alcoholic beverage is a honey
13) 13. East Smithfield wine called Tej.
14) 14. Shoreditch
15) 15. Spitalfields
16) 16. The Strand
17) 17. Cripplegate
18) 18. Holborn
19) 19. Bridewell
20) 20. Soho
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Ethiopian Grey Ranks
DISHES Compiled by Radek Drozdalski and MALE
1) 1. Aterkik Alitcha - split peas in light sauce Jason Morningstar 1) 1. Adam / Adas
2) 2. Atkilt Salata - boiled potatoes and hot peppers mixed in salad dressing 2) 2. Witold / Witek
“Grey Ranks” is the name of
3) 3. Atkilt Wat - potatoes, cabbage, and carrots simmered in sauce 3) 3. Marek
4) Azifah - brown lentils with onions, green chili peppers, spices and a fresh lime juice Polish Boy Scout and Girl Guide 4) 4. Jan / Janek
5) 5. Buticha - chickpea dip mixed with lemon juice groups who participated in the un- 5) 5. Stefan
6) Doro Wat - dark chicken marinated in lemon sautéed in butter and stewed in berbere derground resistance to Nazi oc- 6) 6. Henryk / Henio
7) 7. Fasolia - string beans and carrots sautéed in caramelized onion cupation. These names are taken 7) 7. Janusz / Janek
8) 8. Gomen - collard green cooked to perfection with spices 8) 8. Jerzy / Jurek
from the actual Grey Ranks rolls as
9) 9. Inguday Tibs - mushroom sautéed with onions 9) 9. Aleksander / Olek
10) 10. Kinche - crushed wheat salad reprinted in Szare Szeregi: Harcer- 10) 10. Tadeusz / Tadzio
11) 11. Kitfo - (a dessert) steak tartar in butter sauce, served raw ze, 1939-1945, published by Panst- 11) 11. Waclaw / Wacek
12) 12. Lega Yebeg Tibs - cubes of seasoned lamb stir-fried with onions, rosemary and garlic wowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe in 12) 12. Bronislaw / Bronek
13) 13. Misir Alitcha - pureed split red lentil simmered in mild sauce 1988. Personal names are often 13) 13. Czeslaw / Czesiu
14) 14. Misir Wat - pureed split red lentil stew in hot berbere sauce 14) 14. Roman
followed by a diminutive or two.
15) Senge Karya - hot peppers stuffed with sautéed tomatoes, onions, garlic and shallots 15) 15. Boguslaw / Bogus
16) 16. Shimbra Asa - chickpea flour dumplings, cooked directly in the wat (stew) These might be used informally or 16) 16. Jzef / J zek
17) 17. Shiro Alitcha - mild, milled slow cooked split peas are as an alternative to the full name. 17) 17. Maciej / Maciek
18) 18. Timatim Fitfit - tomatoes, shallots and green peppers in dressing mixed with injera Every partisan also had a pseud- 18) 18. Robert
19) 19. Yebeg Alitcha - lamb cooked in a mild green pepper sauce onym - sometimes this was the only 19) 19. Stanislaw / Stas
20) 20. Kitfo lebleb - Slightly sautéed steak tartar 20) 20. Lech / Leszek
name squad-mates even knew.
FEMALE MALE PSEUDONYMS 1
1) 1. Janina / Jasia / Janinka 1) 1. Grom
2) 2. Maria / Maja 2) 2. Ren
3) 3. Irena / Irka / Irenka 3) 3. Dzik
4) 4. Zofia / Zosia 4) 4. Rost
5) 5. Halina / Hala 5) 5. Ben
6) 6. Krystyna / Krysia / Srysia 6) 6. Mustang
7) 7. Hanna / Hanka / Hania 7) 7. Bialy
8) 8. Alina / Antonia 8) 8. Orakn
9) 9. Aleksandra / Olenka 9) 9. Amor
10) 10. Stefania / Stefa 10) 10. Chromby
11) 11. Walentyna / Wala 11) 11. Pila
12) 12. Barbara / Beata / Basia 12) 12. Artur
13) 13. Stanislawa 13) 13. Slaz
14) 14. Danuta / Danusia 14) 14. Plug
15) 15. Aldona / Ada 15) 15. Leon
16) 16. Jolanta / Jola 16) 16. Cezar
17) 17. Ludwika / Zenka 17) 17. Kujawiak
18) 18. Lidia / Lidka 18) 18. Zbik
19) 19. Honorata / Honoratka 19) 19. Dab
20) 20. Elzbieta / Zunia 20) 20. Gigant
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Grey Ranks Grey Ranks
FEMALE PSEUDONYMS MALE PSEUDONYMS 2 SURNAMES 2 SURNAMES 3
1) 1. Tosia 1) 1. Gurt 1) 1. Sikorska 1) 1. Hoffman
2) 2. Diana 2) 2. Hardy 2) 2. Jarkowska 2) 2. Kacprzak
3) 3. Kozak 3) 3. Jagiello 3) 3. Herman 3) 3. Borowicz
4) 4. Lucja 4) 4. Jedrus 4) 4. Vorbrodt 4) 4. Czarnecka
5) 5. Zeta 5) 5. Kmicic 5) 5. Kieffer 5) 5. Wojnarowska
6) 6. Bronka 6) 6. Sosna 6) 6. Sidorowicz 6) 6. Zakrzewska
7) 7. Diana 7) 7. Kruk 7) 7. Dudek 7) 7. Ptaszynski
8) 8. Mala 8) 8. Lot 8) 8. Kordulski 8) 8. Raciborski
9) 9. Danka 9) 9. Sep 9) 9. Hlasko 9) 9. Krauze
10) 10. Poznanska 10) 10. Hrabia 10) 10. Golebiowska 10) 10. Skiba
11) 11. Guta 11) 11. Skiba 11) 11. Korzeniowska 11) 11. Kowalski
12) 12. Jola 12) 12. Boruta 12) 12. Strachalska 12) 12. Pietrzyk
13) 13. Nina 13) 13. Tatar 13) 13. Pietrasiewicz 13) 13. Samosarski
14) 14. Jenny 14) 14. Wicher 14) 14. Lempicka 14) 14. Lewinska
15) 15. Jaga 15) 15. Wit 15) 15. Podkomorski 15) 15. Malento
16) 16. Losiw 16) 16. Zeus 16) 16. Karwicka 16) 16. Kozicki
17) 17. Roma 17) 17. Szelag 17) 17. Grzeszczak 17) 17. Dunin
18) 18. Rafal 18) 18. Ryba 18) 18. Slubicki 18) 18. Edelman
19) 19. Magda 19) 19. Piechocinski 19) 19. Wiwatowski 19) 19. Huskowski
20) 20. Ola 20) 20. Konrad 20) 20. Sawicka 20) 20. Jastrzebska
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Inuit Inuit
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE NAMES NORTHERN BEASTS LOCATIONS
These personal names were 1) 1. Pukivik 1) 1. Ptarmigan / aqisseq 1) Akuliakat / point of land between bays
2) 2. Noagunegak 2) 2. Shark / eqalussuaq 2) 2. Ammituq / the narrows
randomly generated from Inuit-
3) 3. Tooaarvik 3) 3. Bear / nanoq 3) 3. Ikerasak / the channel
esque phonemes. 4) 4. Teqkuagguk 4) 4. Seal / natsiq 4) 4. Innuksuk / the cairn
5) 5. Toosivu 5) 5. Dog / qimmiq 5) 5. Isortoq / the foul place
6) 6. Tankuageak 6) 6. Fish / iqualuit 6) 6. Iterdlugssuak / shelter bay
7) 7. Autiaq 7) 7. Caribou / tuktu 7) 7. Kangeeak / promontory
8) 8. Aupalusuq 8) 8. Walrus / aiviq 8) 8. Kekertuk / western island
9) 9. Avinaaq 9) 9. Fox / tiriganiaq 9) Kingmitokvik / where dogs are kept
10) 10. Kuviguk 10) 10. Whale / arvik 10) 10. Kuuk / the river
11) 11. Tornviyok 11) 11. Eight legged polar bear / qupqugiak 11) 11. Narssurssuk / the large plain
12) 12. Aitelik 12) 12. Lynx / pusiaraaluk 12) 12. Niarkrok / the headland
13) 13. Tsetevu 13) 13. Dall sheep / saugaak 13) 13. Nuvuk / the cape
14) 14. Aknikok 14) 14. Moose / tuktuvak 14) 14. Qikirtaq / the small island
15) 15. Sausulik 15) Two-headed sea monster / kavvavaaq 15) 15. Sadlek / the place opposite
16) 16. Norluteak 16) 16. Gull / naujaq 16) 16. Tikerak / where many people arrive
17) 17. Tulutvu 17) 17. Walking corpse / timiviniq 17) 17. Qulliq / place of the stone lamp
18) 18. Atuqulk 18) 18. Killer whale / aarluk 18) 18. Tupiq / skin tent place
19) 19. Aukuagcheeak 19) 19. Wolf / amaruq 19) Untqiagvik / where snowy owls rest
20) 20. Toomingchuk 20) 20. Weasel / tiriaq 20) 20. Kakivak / place of the spear
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Maori Meg’s Family
Compiled by Moyra Turkington MALE Compiled by Meguey Baker MALE NAMES
The following Maori names are 1) 1. Ahi Kaiata Yes, sadly, this is inspired by the 1) 1. Albert
2) 2. Hau Kopake 2) 2. Nicholas
chosen from an unpublished man- von Trapplensteink list. It’s names
3) 3. Otakehoke 3) 3. Michael
uscript compiled about 1925 by 4) 4. Taka I Waho from my family, covering a few gen- 4) 4. Nathan
the missionary Rev. Henry James 5) 5. Papai Kowhai erations and including people who 5) 5. Don
Fletcher (1868-1933). Thanks to 6) 6. Rae Herea married in. On reflection, I realized 6) 6. Carl
the university of Waikato for mak- 7) 7. Oka Whare that my family could be the base for 7) 7. Gunnar
8) 8. Wera Hauraki 8) 8. Flyod
ing it available online. a whole cast of characters that I
9) 9. Eriatara 9) 9. James
In this era, (the late 1800’s - ear- 10) 10. Kai Rongo Ua could play very believably as NPCs. 10) 10. John
ly 1900’s) surnames were only be- 11) 11. Taupe Pururu Hey, play what you know, right? I en- 11) 11. Art
ginning to be introduced among the 12) 12. Akeake Tahu courage you to do the same sort of 12) 12. Andy
Maori. The surname taken would 13) 13. Rakai Aka Roa lists for your family.And please don’t 13) 13. Charlie
14) 14. Ao Marire 14) 14. Chris
generally be the first name of the publish stuff with the more unusual
15) 15. Kai Mokopuna 15) 15. Phillip
person’s father. 16) 16. Taare Wetere Te Kahu names from this list - I mean, pick- 16) 16. Jake
17) 17. Hakaraia ing up someone’s game and reading 17) 17. Sonny
18) 18. Warawara Kau about the exploits of Albert Meis- 18) 18. Harry
19) 19. Tawake Tara terkneckt would be weird. 19) 19. Walter
20) Rae Poto 20) 20. Tom
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HOBBIES OCCUPATIONS Compiled by Jason Morningstar and MALE NAMES 1
1) 1. Trains 1) 1. Carpenter Meguey Baker 1) 1. Boaz ‘swift’
2) 2. Coin collecting 2) 2. Mechanic 2) 2. Cain ‘craftsman’
These lists include all the un-
3) 3. Knitting 3) 3. Nurse 3) 3. August
4) 4. Cooking 4) 4. Minister usual names suggested in Dogs in the 4) 4. Cleophus
5) 5. Painting 5) 5. Bank teller Vineyard; most include the general 5) 5. Abel ‘son’
6) 6. Whittling 6) 6. Manager at a Wal-Mart meaning of the name in case you 6) 6. Cyrus
7) 7. Motorcycles 7) 7. Nursery school teacher are into allegory. The surname lists 7) 7. Daniel ‘God is my judge’
8) 8. Flower gardening 8) 8. Seamstress 8) 8. David ‘beloved’
are common mid-nineteenth-cen-
9) 9. Bird watching 9) 9. Steam engineer 9) 9. Edwin
10) 10. Model farm equipment collecting 10) 10. Professor tury surnames with some specific 10) 10. Samuel ‘God has listened’
11) 11. Air shows 11) 11. Helicopter pilot ones culled from a single county in 11) 11. Zedekiah ‘justice of God’
12) 12. Hiking 12) 12. Officer in the Marines Utah. Meg put together the per- 12) 12. Thaddeus ‘heart’
13) 13. Quilting 13) 13. General store owner sonalized town stuff. 13) 13. Cornelius
14) 14. Playing piano 14) 14. Homemaker 14) 14. Eleazar ‘God has helped’
15) 15. Roller skating 15) 15. Machinist 15) 15. Theophilus
16) 16. Contra dancing 16) 16. Bookkeeper 16) 16. Cuthbert
17) 17. Putting new cane seats in chairs 17) 17. Medical records specialist 17) 17. Zephaniah ‘hidden by God’
18) 18. Pool 18) 18. Administrator 18) 18. Eli ‘high’
19) 19. Golf 19) 19. Farmer 19) 19. Solomon ‘peaceful’
20) 20. Swimming 20) 20. Salesman 20) 20. Josiah ‘God heals’
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FEMALE NAMES 2 MALE NAMES 3 FEMALE NAMES 4 MALE NAMES 5
1) 1. Abigail ‘father is rejoicing’ 1) 1. Ephraim ‘very fruitful’ 1) 1. Bathsheba ‘an oath’ 1) 1. Adam ‘red earth’
2) 2. Samantha ‘listener’ 2) 2. Abraham ‘father of many’ 2) 2. Candace ‘white’ 2) 2. Jackson
3) 3. Abiah ‘God is my father’ 3) 3. Benjamin ‘son of the south’ 3) 3. Dinah ‘judged’ 3) 3. Luke ‘light’
4) 4. Kezia ‘cassia tree’ 4) 4. Asher ‘blessed’ 4) 4. Edwina 4) 4. Malachi ‘my messenger’
5) 5. Lavina 5) 5. Ebenezer ‘stone of help 5) 5. Sybrina 5) 5. Amos ‘to carry’
6) 6. Elisheva ‘God is my satisfaction’ 6) 6. Gershom ‘bell’ 6) 6. Tabitha ‘doe’ 6) 6. Jamin ‘favored’
7) 7. Livinia 7) 7. Hamilton 7) 7. Cornelia 7) 7. Elisha ‘God is salvation’
8) 8. Judith ‘he will be praised’ 8) 8. Jaspar ‘treasure-master’ 8) 8. Daris 8) 8. Caleb ‘dog’
9) 9. Kesiah 9) 9. Jedidiah ‘beloved of God’ 9) 9. Althea 9) 9. Carmine ‘vineyard’
10) 10. Submit 10) 10. Hanan ‘grace’ 10) 10. Charity 10) 10. Elkanah ‘God created’
11) 11. Content 11) 11. Hezekiah 11) 11. Marilla 11) 11. Jeduthan
12) 12. Deborah ‘a bee’ 12) 12. Hiram ‘exalted brother’ 12) 12. Philomena 12) 12. Andrew ‘manly’
13) 13. Maria ‘beloved’ 13) 13. Ezri Habakkuk ‘embrace’ 13) 13. Sarah ‘princess’ 13) 13. Archibald
14) 14. Asenath 14) 14. Gabriel ‘God is my strength’ 14) 14. Martha ‘lady’ 14) 14. Joachim ‘God will establish’
15) 15. Augusta 15) 15. Ishmael ‘God hears’ 15) 15. Phielia 15) 15. Judah ‘God leads’
16) 16. Bedelia 16) 16. Derrick 16) 16. Seraphina ‘seraphim’ 16) 16. Azariah
17) 17. Tamara ‘date palm’ 17) 17. Newton 17) 17. Clementine 17) 17. John ‘God is gracious’
18) 18. Mahalia ‘marrow’ 18) 18. Zebedee ‘God has bestowed’ 18) 18. Anne ‘favored’ 18) 18. Balthazar ‘Baal protect the king’
19) 19. Hope 19) 19. Job ‘afflicted’ 19) 19. Adah ‘adornment’ 19) 19. Timothy ‘honored by God’
20) 20. Jael ‘mountain goat’ 20) 20. Joel ‘Jehovah is God’ 20) 20. Tirzah ‘acceptance’ 20) 20. Tobias ‘God is good’
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MORE MALE NAMES 2 MALE OUTSIDERS AND CONVERTS SURNAMES 2 SURNAMES 3
1) 1. Thomas ‘twin’ 1) 1. John 1) 1. Blake 1) 1. Bell
2) 2. Jared ‘descendant’ 2) 2. William 2) 2. Holmes 2) 2. Miller
3) 3. Mitchell ‘Godly’ 3) 3. James 3) 3. Cook 3) 3. Brown
4) 4. Moses ‘drawn out of the water’ 4) 4. George 4) 4. McFarland 4) 4. Milton
5) 5. Nahum ‘comforter’ 5) 5. Joseph 5) 5. Boswell 5) 5. Brownfield
6) 6. Micajah 6) 6. Charles 6) 6. Woodley 6) 6. Morgan
7) 7. Nathaniel ‘gift of God’ 7) 7. Robert 7) 7. McKissick 7) 7. Smalley
8) 8. Jeremy ‘God has uplifted’ 8) 8. Frank 8) 8. Bradshaw 8) 8. Morrell
9) 9. Peter ‘rock’ 9) 9. Edward 9) 9. McMullan 9) 9. Perry
10) 10. Nehemiah ‘consolation of the Lord’ 10) 10. Henry 10) 10. Bowery 10) 10. Thompson
11) 11. Samson ‘child of Shamash’ 11) 11. Walter 11) 11. McPherson 11) 11. Phillips
12) 12. Shadrach ‘godlike’ 12) 12. Thomas 12) 12. Crosby 12) 12. Stanchfield
13) 13. Abram ‘father is exalted’ 13) 13. Harry 13) 13. Brackett 13) 13. Price
14) 14. Phineas ‘snake’s mouth’ 14) 14. Arthur 14) 14. Boyce 14) 14. Richardson
15) 15. Pleasant 15) 15. Harold 15) 15. Williams 15) 15. Sisson
16) 16. Raphael ‘God has healed’ 16) 16. Albert 16) 16. Burns 16) 16. Smith
17) 17. Absalom ‘father of peace’ 17) 17. Paul 17) 17. Combs 17) 17. Sprague
18) 18. Silas ‘asked for’ 18) 18. Clarence 18) 18. Peterson 18) 18. Burkey
19) 19. Joshua ‘God is salvation’ 19) 19. Fred 19) 19. Bagley 19) 19. Stephens
20) 20. Simon ‘obedient’ 20) 20. Carl 20) 20. Cooper 20) 20. Martin
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SURNAMES 6 TOWN NAME BITS: BIBLICAL TOWN NAME BITS: VEGETABLE TOWN NAME BITS: TOPOGRAPHY
1) 1. Clark 1) 1. Enoch 1) 1. Box elder 1) 1. Canyon
2) 2. Bailey 2) 2. Ephraim 2) 2. Greasewood 2) 2. Gulch
3) 3. Clifford 3) 3. Goshen 3) 3. Pickleweed 3) 3. Wash
4) 4. Anderson 4) 4. Jordan 4) 4. Saltbush 4) 4. Valley
5) 5. Davidson 5) 5. Carmel 5) 5. Spruce 5) 5. Mountain
6) 6. Evans 6) 6. Israel 6) 6. Pine 6) 6. Summit
7) 7. Fisher 7) 7. Joseph 7) 7. Lodgepole 7) 7. Pass
8) 8. Gibson 8) 8. Judah 8) 8. Juniper 8) 8. Ridge
9) 9. Hill 9) 9. Providence 9) 9. Pinyon 9) 9. Gorge
10) 10. Jackson 10) 10. Salem 10) 10. Blackbrush 10) 10. Rock
11) 11. King 11) 11. Levan 11) 11. Chokecherry 11) 11. Point
12) 12. Lane 12) 12. Levi 12) 12. Saltgrass 12) 12. Arch
13) 13. O’brien 13) 13. Moab 13) 13. Cactus 13) 13. Basin
14) 14. Offitt 14) 14. Manasseh 14) 14. Buttercup 14) 14. River
15) 15. Parker 15) 15. Zion 15) 15. Sedge 15) 15. Creek
16) 16. Robinson 16) 16. Benjamin 16) 16. Bristlecone 16) 16. Fork
17) 17. Scott 17) 17. Reuben 17) 17. Hay 17) 17. Bend
18) 18. Thomas 18) 18. Galilee 18) 18. Sorghum 18) 18. Crossing
19) 19. Ward 19) 19. Palestine 19) 19. Barley 19) 19. Lake
20) 20. Young 20) 20. Lebanon 20) 20. Honey 20) 20. Spring
TOWN NAME BITS: HABITATION TOWN NAME BITS: ANIMAL TOWN NAME BITS: STUFF TOWN NAME BITS: DESCRIPTION
1) 1. Fort 1) 1. Eagle 1) 1. Arrowhead 1) 1. Roaring
2) 2. Station 2) 2. Crow 2) 2. Whiskey 2) 2. Windy
3) 3. Outpost 3) 3. Woodpecker 3) 3. Horseshoe 3) 3. North
4) 4. Mine 4) 4. Pigeon 4) 4. Rifle 4) 4. Icy
5) 5. Claim 5) 5. Wolf 5) 5. Shovel 5) 5. Flat
6) 6. Camp 6) 6. Bear 6) 6. Pistol 6) 6. West
7) 7. Ranch 7) 7. Fox 7) 7. Wagon wheel 7) 7. Soda
8) 8. Farm 8) 8. Antelope 8) 8. Drumhead 8) 8. Alkali
9) 9. Homestead 9) 9. Mule deer 9) 9. Hammer 9) 9. Salt
10) 10. Township 10) 10. Buffalo 10) 10. Barrel-head 10) 10. Briny
11) 11. Church 11) 11. Sheep 11) 11. Thresher 11) 11. Rocky
12) 12. Courthouse 12) 12. Mule 12) 12. Ladder 12) 12. Snowy
13) 13. Junction 13) 13. Chicken 13) 13. Forge 13) 13. East
14) 14. Crossroads 14) 14. Rabbit 14) 14. Gunpowder 14) 14. Muddy
15) 15. Cut-off 15) 15. Porcupine 15) 15. Steamboat 15) 15. Mossy
16) 16. Center 16) 16. Rattlesnake 16) 16. Bonnet 16) 16. Gold
17) 17. Patch 17) 17. Trout 17) 17. Anvil 17) 17. Silver
18) 18. Well 18) 18. Mosquito 18) 18. Prayer book 18) 18. Big
19) 19. Corner 19) 19. Elephant 19) 19. King-of-life 19) 19. Little
20) 20. Village 20) 20. Alligator 20) 20. Corn crib 20) 20. South
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Milk & Honey New York, 1909
SHOPS Compiled by Jason Morningstar MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
1) 1. Hall’s General Store Only seven of these people are 1) 1. Dan Ling, Chinese laundryman
2) 2. Olsen’s Dry Goods 2) 2. Karl Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, scientist
not real.
3) 3. Jerico’s Blacksmithing 3) Dragutan Dimitrijevic, Hungarian spy
4) 4. Miss Pringle’s Millinery for Ladies 4) 4. Charles Becker, NYPD Lieutenant
5) 5. Baker and Sons Livery - Saddles, Bridles, Tack, Horses Boarded 5) 5. Tatjana Subacic, mysterious beauty
6) 6. McTavish Blades and Cutlery - any blade made sharp 6) 6. John Daughtry, Pinkerton agent
7) 7. Rasmussen’s Feed and Seed 7) 7. Fritz Haber, dodgy Teutonic chemist
8) 8. Inkleman’s Clocks, Watches, and Fine Jewelry - gold bought and sold 8) 8. Ching Ling-Foo, entertainer
9) 9. Knabler’s Chemist and Drug 9) 9. Kim Tau, apothecary assistant
10) 10. Miss Larkin’s Sundry Shop 10) Dennis Bell, Medal of Honor winner
11) 11. Quality Shoes 11) Jim Thorpe, athlete and student
12) 12. Jonas’ Bookshop 12) 12. Pete Hummel, NYPD beat cop
13) 13. Schoenhaur and Co. Printers 13) 13. Iva Miller, Carleton College co-ed
14) 14. Wilson’s Gunsmithing 14) 14. Captain Hiram Jerome, marine
15) 15. Nelson’s - All Wagons, Barrels and Fine Furniture 15) Countess Markievicz, Irish nationalist
16) 16. Foster’s Barber Shop - Teeth Puller, Bone-setter, Small Wounds Mender. 16) 16. Claire O’Leary, homemaker
17) 17. Gambini’s Butchery - Fresh cuts and farm visits 17) 17. Bill Pickett, champion bulldogger
18) 18. Mattley’s Mill and Bakery 18) John Phillip Holland, submarine builder
19) 19. Oscar’s Pottery 19) Henry Kaslow Burden, M.D., physician
20) 20. Lashway Lumber 20) 20. Ota Benga, Pygmy
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New York, 1909 Noir
FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU MIGHT BUMP INTO AT DELMONICO’S Compiled by Moyra Turkington, FEMME FATALE FIRST NAMES
1) 1. William Howard Taft, President of the United States Matt Strickling, and 1) 1. Alouette
2) 2. Ulrich Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, diplomat 2) 2. Amaya
Brendan Adkins
3) 3. Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary 3) 3. Angel
4) 4. John Eyre Sloan, high society birdman 4) 4. Babylon
5) 5. William Ramsay, celebrated scientist 5) 5. Cecily
6) 6. Major Smedley D. Butler, United States Marine Corps 6) 6. Coretta
7) 7. Patience Ramsey, dilettante and aviatrix 7) 7. Esperanza
8) 8. Madeleine Edison, headstrong damsel and daughter of the great inventor 8) 8. Evelyn
9) 9. Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and entrepreneur 9) 9. Golda
10) 10. Louis Bleriot, French aviator and engineer 10) 10. Glory
11) 11. Lt. Chester William Nimitz, naval officer 11) 11. Honey
12) 12. Erich ‘Harry Houdini’ Weiss, entertainer 12) 12. India
13) 13. Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt, former President 13) 13. Jacinth
14) 14. Wellington Koo, diplomat 14) 14. Kitten
15) 15. William J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York 15) 15. Lara
16) 16. Cyrus Oppenheimer, business magnate 16) 16. Lianne
17) 17. August Belmont, industrialist 17) 17. Moira
18) 18. Lt George S. Patton, Jr., cavalry officer, United States Army 18) 18. Persephone
19) 19. Lincoln Beachey, Daredevil birdman 19) 19. Ursula
20) 20. Harriet Quimby, Fetching purple-jumpsuited aviatrix 20) 20. Veronica
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Noir Noir
MOBSTERS FAMOUS GUN MOLLS NICKNAMES
1) 1. Ralph “the Fish” Castelletti 1) 1. Bonnie Parker 1) 1. Lucky
2) 2. “Butcher Knife” Giorgio 2) 2. Blanche Barrow 2) 2. Fingers
3) 3. Nicky Scarface 3) 3. Beulah Baird 3) 3. The Bull
4) 4. “Violent Vinny” D’Angelo 4) 4. Jean Delaney Crompton 4) 4. Knuckles
5) 5. “Fat Vito” Giordano 5) 5. Evelyn “Billie” Frechette 5) 5. Shovelface
6) 6. Tito “the Fixer” Magliocco 6) 6. Mary Kinder 6) 6. Lefty
7) 7. Raffaello Bonaducci 7) 7. Kathryn Thorne 7) 7. Big
8) 8. “Trap Door” Fabiano 8) 8. Opal “Mack Truck” Long 8) 8. Fat
9) 9. Guido “The Butcher” Sanzone 9) 9. Helen Wawzynak 9) 9. Little
10) 10. Pasquale Six Toes 10) 10. Virginia Hill 10) 10. Legs
11) 11. Decrepit Claudio Delucci 11) 11. Judith Exner 11) 11. The Blade
12) 12. Vito “the Shark” Romano 12) 12. Helen Gillis 12) 12. The Hammer
13) 13. Sylvio “the Snitch” Volpe 13) 13. Sally Bachman 13) 13. Killer
14) 14. Shifty Paulo Giordano 14) 14. Pearl Elliot 14) 14. Bullet Tooth
15) 15. Tony Whatshisnuts 15) 15. Marie “Mickey” Comforti 15) 15. Dutch
16) 16. Smooth Salvatore Costa 16) 16. Patricia Cerrington 16) 16. Crazy
17) 17. Giuseppe “the Bishop” DiMarco 17) 17. Vi Matthis 17) 17. Mad Dog
18) 18. Crazy Carmine Aiello 18) 18. Ora Shannon 18) 18. The Enforcer
19) 19. Petey “The Weasel” Amato 19) 19. Kathryn Kelly 19) 19. Iceman
20) 20. Vito “Meat Fist” Gambino 20) 20. Beth Green 20) 20. Nails
FAMOUS GODFATHERS
1) 1. Giuseppe “Clutch Hand” Morello (New York).
2) 2. Giuseppe “Joe” Aiello (Chicago)
3) 3. Al “Scarface” Capone, (Chicago)
4) 4. Steve Ferrigno, (New York).
5) 5. Antonio “The Scourge” Lombardo (Chicago)
6) 6. Salvatore Maranzano, (All USA).
7) 7. Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria, (New York)
8) 8. Johnny “the Fox” Torrio (Chicago)
9) 9. Joseph “ Joey Bananas” Bonanno “ (New York, Arizona, California, Canada, Cuba)
10) 10. Charles “Lucky” Luciano (New York)
11) 11. Vincent Mangano (1888-1951, New York)
12) 12. Giuseppe Antonio Doto “Joe Adonis” (New York)
13) 13. Albert “Lord High Executioner” Anastasia, a.k.a “The Mad Hatter” (New York)
14) 14. Frank “The Prime Minister” Costello (New York)
15) 15. Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, a.k.a “Gigs” (New York)
16) 16. John Gotti (New York)
17) 17. Sam “MoMo” Giancana, a.k.a. “Mooney” or “Sammy the Cigar” (Chicago)
18) 18. Carlos Marcello (New Orleans)
19) 19. Willie Moretti (New Jersey) `
20) 20. Santo Trafficante Sr (Miami and Tampa)
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Norman & Occitan Norman & Occitan
Compiled by Shreyas Sampat MALE NAMES 1 FEMALE NAMES 2
These are Norman and Occi- 1) 1. Theobald 1) 1. Rohesia
2) 2. Lijart 2) 2. Arlette
tan French names. When the Nor-
3) 3. Isembard 3) 3. Liaze
mans invaded Britain they brought 4) 4. Guillemaque 4) 4. Elisot
their language with them, so this 5) 5. Parzifal 5) 5. Alyon
could also be suitable for a game 6) 6. Evrouin 6) 6. Alazais
set there; use French names for the 7) 7. Reignard 7) 7. Elianor
8) 8. Clarembaut 8) 8. Constansa
gentry and Germanic names for the
9) 9. Wychardus 9) 9. Joisane
common people. 10) 10. Frideric 10) 10. Berengaria
11) 11. Garnotin 11) 11. Elysant
12) 12. Raiimond 12) 12. Oriabel
13) 13. Teodric 13) 13. Emelenine
14) 14. Isarn 14) 14. Raisende
15) 15. Girvaitz 15) 15. Aelienor
16) 16. Azalbertz 16) 16. Albre
17) 17. Guimond 17) 17. Bethilie
18) 18. Alfonzenc 18) 18. Ursanne
19) 19. Rainautz 19) 19. Griseldis
20) 20. Imbart 20) 20. Aliz
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Norse Norse
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE NAMES ONE FEMALE NAMES ONE FEMALE NAMES TWO
Eth and thorn characters (ð, Ð, 1) 1. Aðalbjörn 1) 1. Aðalfríður 1) 1. Glódís
2) 2. Arnar 2) 2. Yrsa 2) 2. Ardís
þ, Þ) are common in Anglo-Saxon,
3) 3. Lárus 3) 3. Þura 3) 3. Hilda
old Scandinavian, and modern Ice- 4) 4. Magni 4) 4. Árdís 4) 4. Fura
landic and Faroese. They look really 5) 5. Rúnar 5) 5. Bára 5) 5. Gauja
exotic and cool. Pronounce them 6) 6. Skúli 6) 6. Úlfrún 6) 6. Halla
like “th” and don’t worry about it. 7) 7. Ásmundur 7) 7. Valdís 7) 7. Gauthildur
8) 8. Barði 8) 8. Fríða 8) 8. Hjálmrún
9) 9. Geir 9) 9. Dóra 9) 9. Astrid
SURNAMES
10) 10. Júrek 10) 10. Auðrún 10) 10. Ingdis
Create surnames by adding 11) 11. Knút 11) 11. Freydís 11) 11. Jódís
“-son” or “-dottir” to a parent’s 12) 12. Gísli 12) 12. Drífa 12) 12. Lára
name. Thus, Rúnar son of Berg, be- 13) 13. Berg 13) 13. Júnía 13) 13. Mirra
comes Rúnar Bergsson and Fjóla, 14) 14. Eymundur 14) 14. Kára 14) 14. Njála
15) 15. Falur 15) 15. Einhildur 15) 15. Gunnhildur
daughter of Brigitta, becomes Fjóla 16) 16. Rúrik 16) 16. Pála 16) 16. Hafþóra
Brigittasdottir. 17) 17. Skíði 17) 17. Róshildur 17) 17. Greta
18) 18. Valberg 18) 18. Úlfdís 18) 18. Oddrún
19) 19. Skjöldur 19) 19. Rut 19) 19. Ormhildur
20) 20. Brimi 20) 20. Fjóla 20) 20. Árlaug
MALE NAMES TWO MALE NAMES THREE FEMALE NAMES THREE INSULTS AND CURSES
1) 1. Böðvar 1) 1. Þorsteinn 1) 1. Lífdís 1) 1. Blatonn: Black tooth!
2) 2. Drengur 2) 2. Reynar 2) 2. Mardís 2) 2. Brusi: He-goat!
3) 3. Sören 3) 3. Gnúpur 3) 3. Rúna 3) 3. Gaugbrojotr: Grave-robber!
4) 4. Ægir 4) 4. Vörður 4) 4. Selka 4) 4. Haensa: Chicken! (literal)
5) 5. Ögri 5) 5. Þengill 5) 5. Hlédís 5) 5. Hlaðhand: Clean-hands!
6) 6. Tindur 6) 6. Grettir 6) 6. Hlíf 6) 6. Huglausi: Coward!
7) 7. Úlfur 7) 7. Halldór 7) 7. Iða 7) 7. Kamphundr: Carrion-eater!
8) 8. Tór 8) 8. Guðlaugur 8) 8. Snædís 8) 8. Kuensami: Skirt-chaser!
9) 9. Dúi 9) 9. Sturla 9) 9. Sóla 9) 9. Oskelgetinn: Bastard !
10) 10. Eðvald 10) 10. Týr 10) 10. Ásla 10) 10. Bacraut: Asshole!
11) 11. Gunnar 11) 11. Unnar 11) 11. Sólveig 11) 11. Beiskaldi: Complainer!
12) 12. Hafni 12) 12. Hjálmar 12) 12. Eyþóra 12) 12. Braudnefr: Bread-nose!
13) 13. Fróði 13) 13. Ísar 13) 13. Finna 13) 13. Griss: Piglet!
14) 14. Galdur 14) 14. Kolgrímur 14) 14. Svala 14) 14. Illskælda: Plagiarist!
15) 15. Njáll 15) 15. Alfreð 15) 15. Unna 15) 15. Istrumagi: Fat-gut!
16) 16. Snorri 16) 16. Úlfkell 16) 16. Brigitta 16) 16. Mainfetr: Stink-fart!
17) 17. Ormur 17) 17. Þeyr 17) 17. Dís 17) 17. Meyla: Little girl!
18) 18. Óli 18) 18. Kormákur 18) 18. Æsa 18) 18. Sipill: Pot-licker!
19) 19. Páll 19) 19. Þór 19) 19. Ölrún 19) 19. Tik: Bitch! (literal)
20) 20. Rafnar 20) 20. Örvar 20) 20. Guðfríður 20) 20. Skreyja: Incompetent!
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Norse Old English
INTERESTING PLACES ONE INTERESTING PLACES TWO Compiled by James Holloway MALE
1) 1. Ætlanvik: Conception inlet 1) 1. Rauðrfold: Red valley These high-status Old English 1) 1. Ælfred
2) 2. Stormasamurhvass: Windy corner 2) 2. Graswegur: The grass road 2) 2. Ecghelm
names come from late Saxon wills
3) 3. Tonnhofn: Tooth harbor 3) 3. Maurmyri: Ant marsh 3) 3. Ordnoth
4) 4. Valrskagi: The “Field of Corpses” 4) 4. Stóraviðass: Windward rock and other legal documents. To cre- 4) 4. Æthelgar
5) 5. Rakurstaða: Damp place 5) 5. Varðturn: Beacon tower ate more, simply mix and match. 5) 5. Ceolwulf
6) 6. Álar-Endirfoss: Pommel-strap falls 6) 6. Gullin-Bursti: Golden Top peak Anglo-Saxon families occasionally 6) 6. Wulfstan
7) Beinahusið holur: Charnelhouse hollow 7) 7. Harmsfullurströnd: Dolorous coast gave all their children similar names; 7) 7. Byhrtnoth
8) Stórsvan: The stone swan, a landmark 8) 8. Loftþræðirsjór: Gossamer sea 8) 8. Theodred
the sons of Eadmund might be Ead-
9) Smárstraumr umfirð: Neap-tide pass 9) 9. Fram-stafnhöll: Prow hall, a ruin 9) 9. Eadmund
10) 10. Byrjotasund: Shipwreck sound 10) Galdramaðrturn: The wizard’s tower wulf and Eadric, for instance, and a 10) 10. Leofstan
11) 11. Dyrhellir: Cave of the beasts 11) 11. Heykrókur klettótur: Pitchfork crag daughter might be Eadgifu. 11) 11. Godric
12) 12. Eyðingsalt: “The Salt Desolation” 12) 12. Kanínastaða: Place of rabbits 12) 12. Ælfheah
13) 13. Fjarvertey, Far West island 13) Landraðámaðrbelti: “Traitor’s Belt” 13) 13. Herestan
14) 14. Stigmaðurbjarn: Bandit point 14) 14. Ættfaðrströnd: Patriarch coast 14) 14. Leofsige
15) 15. Vanðræðivik: Difficult inlet 15) 15. Knuivigi: “The Knuckle”, a fortress 15) 15. Ecgferth
16) 16. Garðrloft: “The Sky-wall” 16) 16. Mjolkvatn: Milkwater, a lake 16) 16. Oswald
17) 17. Sleða-bakki: “Sledge” ford 17) 7. Svarturvigi: The black fortress 17) 17. Osmær
18) 18. Geirnefurskagi: Gar-fish peninsula 18) 18. Tonnbrekka: Tooth hill 18) 18. Wulfric
19) 19. Skogurhörmulegur: Dismal forest 19) 19. Veiðimaðrfingur: Huntsman’s finger 19) 19. Æthelwold
20) 20. Eplivatn: Apple lake 20) 20. Arfloi: Oar bay 20) 20. Eadred
DISTRICTS AND CLAN TERRITORIES FEMALE MAKE YOUR OWN, FIRST PART:
1) 1. Barnasveit: Rookery island district 1) 1. Ælfgifu 1) 1. Ælf-
2) 2. Rauðrfoldisveit: Red valley district 2) 2. Wynflæd 2) 2. Æthel-
3) 3. Beinahusið: Charnel House Valley 3) 3. Wulfwaru 3) 3. Wulf-
4) 4. Ætlanviksveit: Conception inlet district 4) 4. Ealdgyth 4) 4. Ecg-
5) 5. Tréhliðsveit: Gate of trees district 5) 5. Æthelthryth 5) 5. Byrht-
6) 6. Hundurfoldisveit: Dog valley district 6) 6. Fridswith 6) 6. Leof-
7) 7. Stórfosssveit: Stone falls district 7) 7. Siflæd 7) 7. God-
8) 8. Ottarheimliðsveit: Otter home district 8) 8. Sigeburh 8) 8. Ceol-
9) 9. Sporjárnhússveit: Chisel house district 9) 9. Brihtwaru 9) 9. Ead-
10) 10. Heyhliðsveit: Hay gate district 10) 10. Cyneburh 10) 10. Cyne-
11) 11. Gjóllsveit: Resounder river district 11) 11. Leofgifu 11) 11. Theod-
12) 12. Jökullskeggisveit: Glacier island district 12) 12. Godgifu 12) 12. Os-
13) 13. Ófrjórsundsveit: Barren sound district 13) 13. Wilflæd 13) 13. Ræd-
14) 14. Slétta-straþaksveit: The thatch plain district 14) 14. Ælfhild 14) 14. Here-
15) 15. Hrafnstraumursveit: Raven river district 15) 15. Cynelufu 15) 15. Cuth-
16) 16. Ulfhúsið: Wolf house district 16) 16. Æscwyn 16) 16. Briht-
17) 17. Austurskorðasveit: Eastern shore district 17) 17. Beorngyth 17) 17. Burg-
18) 18. Mjolkvatnsveit: Milkwater lake district 18) 18. Mildthryth 18) 18. Si-
19) 19. Grarjarpursveit: Grey bay district 19) 19. Heahburh 19) 19. Beorn-
20) 20. Hvalurviksveit: Whale cove district 20) 20. Sæthryth 20) 20. Ealh-
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Old English Old Hungary
SECOND PART (MALE): SECOND PART (FEMALE): Compiled by Jason Morningstar 1) MALE
1) 1. ric 1) 1. flæd In Hungary, the surname is 2) 1. Ambrus
2) 2. ræd/red 2) 2. gifu 3) 2. Máté
placed first. A woman’s formal 4) 3. Antal
3) 3. wulf 3) 3. swith
4) 4. helm 4) 4. gyth name is constructed from her hus- 5) 4. Bálint
5) 5. stan 5) 5. waru band’s name by adding a suffix (-ne) 6) 5. Miklós
6) 6. here 6) 6. wyn to his given name. So Mr. Molnár 7) 6. Pál
7) 7. noth 7) 7. lufu Jakab’s wife would be Molnár Jak- 8) 7. György
8) 8. ferth 8) 8. thryth 9) 8. János
abne in polite company, but perhaps 10) 9. Imre
9) 9. wald/weald 9) 9. burh
10) 10. mund 10) 10. hild Anna at home. These lists are from 11) 10. István
11) 11. ward/weard 11) 11. leofu around 1500. 12) 11. Jakab
12) 12. heah 12) 12. wen 13) 12. László
13) 13. gar 13) 13. wif 14) 13. Benedek
14) 14. mær 14) 14. cwen 15) 14. Ferenc
15) 15. briht 15) 15. run 16) 15. Márton
16) 16. bert 16) 16. Æbbe* 17) 16. András
17) 17. wine 17) 17. Lufe* 18) 17. Mihály
18) 18. sige 18) 18. Hilde* 19) 18. Balázs
19) 19. frid 19) 19. Gode* 20) 19. Péter
20) 20. hard 20) 20. Emma* 21) 20. Tamás
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Persian Persian
Compiled by D.Vincent Baker FEMALE 1 FEMALE 2 FEMALE 3
From http://en.wikipedia.org/ 1) 1. Zari 1) 1. Daanaa 1) 1. Jaleh
2) 2. Darya 2) 2. Gulshan 2) 2. Farideh
wiki/List_of_Persian_given_names
3) 3. Shadi 3) 3. Jila 3) 3. Mozhgan
4) 4. Alaaleh 4) 4. Mehrzad 4) 4. Fereshteh
5) 5. Hediyeh 5) 5. Sharareh 5) 5. Asha
6) 6. Kiana 6) 6. Viraf 6) 6. Ghazaaleh
7) 7. Bita 7) 7. Anahita 7) 7. Suri
8) 8. Zahra 8) 8. Negaar 8) 8. Behnateh
9) 9. Donya 9) 9. Saaghi 9) 9. Gelareh
10) 10. Taraneh 10) 10. Naghmeh 10) 10. Afsaneh
11) 11. Pegah 11) 11. Yaldaa 11) 11. Ghazal
12) 12. Samaneh 12) 12. Sima 12) 12. Soraya
13) 13. Zhila 13) 13. Kimya (Kimia, Kimiya) 13) 13. Bahareh
14) 14. Fariba 14) 14. Parvaneh 14) 14. Leili
15) 15. Parya 15) 15. Sahar 15) 15. Delara
16) 16. Azita 16) 16. Melisa 16) 16. Saqi
17) 17. Sahra 17) 17. Atosa 17) 17. Setareh
18) 18. Tahmineh 18) 18. Erfanieh 18) 18. Nava
19) 19. Tajie 19) 19. Nika 19) 19. Azadeh
20) 20. Shahla 20) 20. Peyvand 20) 20. Ramesh
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Polish Polish
Compiled by Radek Drozdalski MALE NAMES 1 SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2
Alternate spellings listed in pa- 1) 1. Adam (Adas) 1) 1. Borowicz 1) 1. Butkiewicz
2) 2. Stefan 2) 2. Czarnecka 2) 2. Ceglowska
rentheses.
3) 3. Zenon (Zenek) 3) 3. Grzeszczak 3) 3. Kacprzak
4) 4. Tadeusz (Tadzio) 4) 4. Hlasko 4) 4. Michalowska
5) 5. Wieslaw (Wiesiu) 5) 5. Hoffman 5) 5. Olszewska
6) 6. Jerzy (Jurek) 6) 6. Jaszczuk 6) 6. Pietrasiewicz
7) 7. Mieczyslaw (Mieciu) 7) 7. Kabanski 7) 7. Kalinowska
8) 8. Radislaw 8) 8. Lewinska 8) 8. Dunin
9) 9. Jzef (J zek) 9) 9. Zapadko 9) 9. Edelman
10) 10. Witold (Witek) 10) 10. Wajcowicz 10) 10. Kapusta
11) 11. Aleksander (Olek) 11) 11. Kozicki 11) 11. Kieffer
12) 12. Jeremi 12) 12. Krassowska 12) 12. Gerbert
13) 13. Roman 13) 13. Krauze 13) 13. Golebiowska
14) 14. Juljan (Julek) 14) 14. Wiwatowski 14) 14. Karwicka
15) 15. Kazimierz (Kazio) 15) 15. Zborowski 15) 15. Czechwicz
16) 16. Lech (Leszek) 16) 16. Malento 16) 16. Skiba
17) 17. Lew 17) 17. Sawicka 17) 17. Ptaszynski
18) 18. Marian 18) 18. Meyer 18) 18. Strachalska
19) 19. Rajmund 19) 19. Kowalski 19) 19. Poiniatowski
20) 20. Tomasz 20) 20. Dudek 20) 20. Samosarski
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Polynesian Polynesian
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE 1 FEMALE 2 GOD PLACES
Created using Lexgen, http:// 1) 1. Maho 1) 1. Tlotli 1) Tlolutli’kohuhu’ko
2) 2. Pimu’no’mo 2) 2. Wuhohimi 2) Wanekamukinu
tmt.sourceforge.net/lexgen/, us-
3) 3. Mo’we’wilo 3) 3. Ka’tlemi 3) Kumawiluwelo
ing Hawaiian phonemes as a base 4) 4. Ke’tlo 4) 4. Ne’ma’li 4) Kepikalewe’wule
and adding some Nahuatl love for 5) 5. Miko 5) 5. Tlo’mane’ha 5) Tlukuke’niwa’
weirdness. 6) 6. Nuho 6) 6. Ho’pone’hi 6) Mewu’pa’nuki
7) 7. Ki’punokawo 7) 7. Hi’mi’ka 7) Mahowutlotlo
8) 8. Wepohu’ko 8) 8. Lo’namana 8) Lowololihuhopa
9) 9. Napokiho 9) 9. Mupiwe’pi 9) Nolapemupohena
10) 10. Nanahatlu 10) 10. Tli’nakina 10) Pamimolupape
11) 11. Piku’pe 11) 11. Palu’hi 11) Pepowahapihuki
12) 12. Hu’u 12) 12. Ke’lohatla 12) Hopu’nopilapope’
13) 13. Hanehoha 13) 13. Pumiheweki 13) Mepemeni’powu
14) 14. Lowukapi 14) 14. Piha’hu’ki 14) Mele’holekemu
15) 15. Nunihu’he 15) 15. Ni’puna 15) Mipuwanumo’
16) 16. Kapu 16) 16. Tla’po’nipa 16) Tlewenupemotlo
17) 17. Hohalekuwe 17) 17. Ma’kukepi 17) Lupinenepoku
18) 18. Laluli’ke 18) 18. Napilo’humuma 18) Hatlonuhapotleni
19) 19. Pini’hukuhe 19) 19. Nimopa 19) Welunepolokiha
20) 20. Muha’lewe 20) 20. Kunohila 20) Kukawowuhukepu
MALE 2 FEMALE 1
1) 1. Pu’u 1) 1. Huka
2) 2. Lako’ne 2) 2. Ni’huka
3) 3. Hehomu 3) 3. Ha’limuhuwapa
4) 4. Pu’mopuli 4) 4. Ku’ma
5) 5. Menepihe 5) 5. Mi’hihona
6) 6. Noneheku 6) 6. La’a
7) 7. Kitlehenake 7) 7. Wehilaleka
8) 8. Kopokotle 8) 8. Pewalihuka
9) 9. Nime 9) 9. Tlewatlepa
10) 10. Ku’u 10) 10. Kopa’pamo’hoka
11) 11. Naniwomemolu 11) 11. Hekehehowa
12) 12. Kani’hunu 12) 12. Hapi’ke’ma
13) 13. Punokiwu’nu 13) 13. Nakemi
14) 14. Nume 14) 14. Mi’ki
15) 15. Kakuhe 15) 15. Mokawuwo’wi
16) 16. Lamupimilowe 16) 16. Pipapuhi
17) 17. Makopemu 17) 17. Milumumetli
18) 18. Nenehohawe 18) 18. Luli
19) 19. Nelemamu 19) 19. Petlonelulotli
20) 20. Nukupenu 20) 20. Himuhi
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Primitive Names Privateers
Compiled by Joshua BishopRoby FIRST LIST Compiled by D.Vincent Baker MALE 1
This is a set of two lists that 1) 1. Green Canadian Privateers during the 1) 1. Perkins, Zebulon
2) 2. Red 2) 2. Kitchen, Henry
are meant to go together. Pick an American Revolution - men and
3) 3. Black 3) 3. Harrington, Lodowick
element from the first list and one 4) 4. Brown ships. Compiled from http://www. 4) 4. Doaty, Mores
from the second list and mash ‘em 5) 5. Barren chebucto.ns.ca/~jacktar/privateer- 5) 5. Christie, Robert
together. If you get excited, use 6) 6. Fat ing.html 6) 6. Rass, Thomas
more than one from a list. This par- 7) 7. Wise 7) 7. Atwood, William
8) 8. Smoking 8) 8. Campbell (Gamble), William
ticular set works for primitive cul-
9) 9. Singing 9) 9. Parks, Daniel
tures close to the natural world. 10) 10. Barren 10) 10. Hammilton, James
11) 11. Strong 11) 11. Heckland, Henry
12) 12. Laughing 12) 12. Freeman, Benjamin
13) 13. Dancing 13) 13. Godfrey, Warren
14) 14. Crazy 14) 14. Duffus, William
15) 15. Mad 15) 15. Dolliver, William
16) 16. Silent 16) 16. Manning, Walter C.
17) 17. Bright 17) 17. Mcleod, John
18) 18. Crippled 18) 18. Barret, Robert
19) 19. Serene 19) 19. Power, Michael
20) 20. (None; skip this column) 20) 20. Hemmion, William
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Privateers Privateers
FEMALE RANKS & POSITIONS ABOARD SHIP VESSELS 2
Choose a male name. Add 1) 1. Forecastleman 1) 1. The Belcour 1778 Liverpool, UK
“young” to the front: young Zeb 2) 2. Carpenter 2) 2. The Diamond 1782 Penobscot
3) 3. Steward 3) 3. The Aurora 1782 Glasgow
Perkins, young Hank Kitchen. Rub 4) 4. Armourer 4) 4. The Hope 1779 Halifax
soot and dirt on your face. Learn to 5) 5. Agent 5) 5. The Jean 1781 Halifax
swagger. Keep to yourself. 6) 6. Captain (also Capt After, Capt Fore) 6) 6. The Lucy 1779 Liverpool, NS
7) 7. Cook 7) 7. The Lord Cornwallis 1781 Halifax
8) 8. Gunner 8) 8. The Providence 1781 Halifax
9) 9. Prizemaster 9) 9. The John & Rebecca 1782 London
10) 10. Boatswain 10) 10. The Alexander 1779 London
11) 11. Marine (also Sargeant of Marines) 11) 11. The Adventure 1780-1781 Halifax
12) 12. Owner 12) 12. The Resolution 1778 Halifax
13) 13. Sailing Master 13) 13. The Hurly Burly 1779 Quebec
14) 14. Seaman 14) 14. The Diana 1780 Glasgow
15) 15. Boy 15) 17. The Venus 1781 Halifax
16) 16. Cooper 16) 18. The Howe 1781 Halifax
17) 17. Lieutenant 17) 19. The Argyle 1778 London
18) 18. Surgeon 18) 20. The Campbelton 1781 Penobscot
19) 19. Captain’s Clerk 19) The Halifax Hero 1779 Halifax/London
20) 20. X’s Mate (eg Boatswain’s Mate) 20) The St. Andrew 1782 Halifax & Antiqua
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Roman Roman
Compiled by Jessica Hammer ena, ususally for outstanding char- PRAENOMEN LIST NOMEN LIST 1
The praenomen is a name which acteristics such as great victory in 1) 1. Gaius 1) 1. Aelius
2) 2. Lucius 2) 2. Calpurius
distinguishes you from other mem- battle. Most words can be used as
3) 3. Marcus 3) 3. Moravius
bers of your family. Only men have cognomena, particularly if there is 4) 4. Publius 4) 4. Naevius
praenomens, and they are rarely ac- some kind of story behind it. The 5) 5. Quintus 5) 5. Caecilius
tually used except within the fam- names here are simply examples. 6) 6. Titus 6) 6. Tullius
ily. The praenomina listed are the All names here are listed in 7) 7. Tiberius 7) 7. Vibius
8) 8. Sextus 8) 8. Livius
ONLY common praenomina within their masculine forms. Names are
9) 9. Aulus 9) 9. Lucilius
Rome. feminized by replacing “-us” with 10) 10. Postumus 10) 10. Durmius
The nomen is a family name, “-a” when necessary, though many 11) 11. Decimus 11) 11. Fabius
which indicates which ‘gens’ (col- cognomens do not require femini- 12) 12. Gnaeus 12) 12. Velleius
lection of families) you belong zation as they do not all end in “- 13) 13. Tertius 13) 13. Calidius
14) 14. Spurius 14) 14. Capenius
to. People with the same nomen us.”
15) 15. Manius 15) 15. Furius
are either directly related to each To create a male Roman name, 16) 16. Servius 16) 16. Galerius
other, or closely politically affiliated. choose one praenomen, one no- 17) 17. Appius 17) 17. Domitius
The names listed here are a repre- men, and one cognomen. For ex- 18) 18. Numerius 18) 18. Fannius
sentative sampling, but do comprise ample: Gaius Julius Caesar. 19) 19. Vibius 19) 19. Cordius
20) 20. Primus 20) 20. Larcius
a large proportion of the existing To create a female Roman name,
names; new citizens would take the choose and feminize one nomen NOMEN LIST 2 NOMEN LIST 3
name of an existing gens instead of and one optional cognomen. Girls 1) 1. Albius 1) 1. Ambrosius
inventing new ones. were often numbered instead of 2) 2. Amatius 2) 2. Memmius
3) 3. Cornelius 3) 3. Lulius
The cognomen is the most being given actual cognomens. For
4) 4. Laelius 4) 4. Sertorious
commonly used name, which was example: Flavia Tertia. 5) 5. Flavius 5) 5. Lucretius
assigned by the community or by 6) 6. Aemilius 6) 6. Marius
your family. You can think of it as 7) 7. Caelius 7) 7. Meridius
analogous to a nickname. These 8) 8. Tuccius 8) 8. Sempronius
9) 9. Curius 9) 9. Pontius
names were generally descriptive
10) 10. Decius 10) 10. Numerius
and often insulting. For example, 11) 11. Fidelius 11) 11. Octavius
someone who drank too much 12) 12. Fulvius 12) 12. Popillius
might be called ‘Bibulus.’ Alter- 13) 13. Gellius 13) 13. Annius
nately, the name can be sarcastic. 14) 14. Horatius 14) 14. Sergius
15) 15. Manlius 15) 15. Lucius
Someone who doesn’t drink at all
16) 16. Hortensius 16) 16. Modius
could also be called ‘Bibulus.’ They 17) 17. Marcius 17) 17. Licinius
are often (but not always) passed 18) 18. Labenius 18) 18. Scribonius
down within a family. People can 19) 19. Seius 19) 19. Lunius
also accumulate multiple cognom- 20) 20. Luventius 20) 20. Ovidius
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NOMEN LIST 4 NOMEN LIST 5 COGNOMEN original cognomen as a second cog-
1) 1. Antonius 1) 1. Servius There are several special types nomen. The adoption is indicated
2) 2. Papirius 2) 2. Arrius of cognomena that may also be by replacing the “-ius” ending with
3) 3. Sentius 3) 3. Claudius
4) 4. Minius 4) 4. Silvius
appropriate. While there are not an “-ianus” ending in your original
5) 5. Porcius 5) 5. Suetonius twenty of them, the other types are cognomen.
6) 6. Vipsanius 6) 6. Cassius listed here:
7) 7. Vitellius 7) 7. Tarquitius - Geographical: the city, region
8) 8. Petronius 8) 8. Titinius or tribe you are from. For example,
9) 9. Verginius 9) 9. Asinius
10) 10. Rufius 10) 10. Spurius
“Sabinus” means “Man of the Sabine
11) 11. Appolonius 11) 11. Villius tribe.”
12) 12. Pompilius 12) 12. Atilius - Honorific: often given after
13) 13. Postumius 13) 13. Ulpius a great military victory to all who
14) 14. Rubellius 14) 14. Valerius participated. For example, “Ger-
15) 15. Quintilius 15) 15. Terentius
16) 16. Rutilius 16) 16. Aurelius
manicus” means that you or an an-
17) 17. Salvius 17) 17. Vergilius cestor participated in the subdual
18) 18. Ursius 18) 18. Gratius of some Germanic tribe. Alter-
19) 19. Quintius 19) 19. Herennius nately, it could describe some great
20) 20. Servilius 20) 20. Vitruvius virtue, such as “Magnus” (generous)
or “Pius” (dutiful). These names are COGNOMEN LIST 1
always awarded by others and can 1) 1. Aculeo (prickly)
never be chosen by the individual. 2) 2. Salinator (salt-harvester)
Acquiring an honorific is an honor 3) 3. Vetus (old)
4) 4. Vatia (awkward)
for the entire family. 5) 5. Ambustus (scalded or burnt)
- Occupational: describing what 6) 6. Aquila (eagle)
you do. Some are listed above, such 7) 7. Vespillo (funeral director)
as “Caprarius” which means “goat- 8) 8. Arvina (fat)
herd.” 9) 9. Asina (donkey)
10) 10. Bassus (plump)
- Non-Roman: if you are not 11) 11. Varus (bow-legged)
Roman, you may keep a Romanized 12) 12. Capito (big-headed)
version of your name when you be- 13) 13. Agricola (farmer)
come a citizen. For example, “Idir” 14) 14. Cato (shrewd)
is a Berber name which could be 15) 15. Catulus (whelp)
16) 16. Celerus (quick)
used as a cognomen. 17) 17. Bibulus (drunkard)
- Adoptive: if you are adopted, 18) 18. Celsus (tall)
you take the cognomen of your 19) 19. Cicero (chick pea)
adoptive father, but you keep your 20) 20. Blaesus (stammerer)
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COGNOMEN LIST 2 COGNOMEN LIST 3 COGNOMEN LIST 6
1) 1. Brutus (dumb) 1) 1. Crispus (curly-haired) 1) 1. Plancus (flat-footed)
2) 2. Ahala (armpit) 2) 2. Bulbus (onion) 2) 2. Scipio (staff)
3) 3. Calidus (hot-headed) 3) 3. Cursor (runner) 3) 3. Postumus (born posthumously)
4) 4. Agrippa (born feet first) 4) 4. Bucco (dolt) 4) 4. Mergus (sea-gull)
5) 5. Scaeva (left-handed) 5) 5. Caecus (blind) 5) 5. Seneca (elderly)
6) 6. Bestia (animal-like) 6) 6. Barbatus (bearded) 6) 6. Silanus (nose)
7) 7. Scaurus (lame) 7) 7. Rufus (red) 7) 7. Merula (blackbird)
8) 8. Ahenobarbus (red-bearded) 8) 8. Taurus (bull) 8) 8. Metellus (army follower)
9) 9. Varro (blockhead) 9) 9. Ruga (wrinkly) 9) 9. Scrofa (pig)
10) 10. Albinus (white or pale) 10) 10. Vitulus (calf) 10) 10. Praeconinus (herald)
11) 11. Atellus (dark) 11) 11. Pavo (peacock) 11) 11. Corvinus (crow-like)
12) 12. Verres (pig) 12) 12. Pictor (painter) 12) 12. Laterensis (from the hill-side)
13) 13. Albus (fair-skinned) 13) 13. Musca (fly) 13) 13. Gemellus (a twin)
14) 14. Canus (golden-haired) 14) 14. Piso (mortar) 14) 14. Gurges (greedy)
15) 15. Cicurinus (gentle) 15) 15. Pullus (child) 15) 15. Paetus (squinty)
16) 16. Brocchus (toothy) 16) 16. Proculus (bastard) 16) 16. Macula (blemish)
17) 17. Crassus (fat) 17) 17. Ralla (fine fabric) 17) 17. Paullus (small)
18) 18. Pulcher/Pulchra (attractive) 18) 18. Naso (big-nosed) 18) 18. Cornutus (horned; also, cuckolded)
19) 19. Quadratus (stocky) 19) 19. Priscus (ancient) 19) 19. Galeo (helmet)
20) 20. Rullus (boorish) 20) 20. Natta (artisan) 20) 20. Cordus (born late)
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TOWN STRUCTURES LEGION NAMES LEGION NAMES
1) 1. Forum/Fora (town square and meeting place) Combine any of the Legion ti- 1) 1. Adiutrix
2) 2. Cryptoporticus/Cryptoportica (underground, colonnaded market) tles with a number from I to XXX 2) 2. Germanica
3) 3. Cisterns (water storage) 3) 3. Italica
4) 4. Aqueducts (channels to bring water into the city)
to get an authentic-sounding legion 4) 4. Macrinia
5) 5. Basilica/Basilica (public meeting hall and law court) name. For example: III Parthica. 5) 5. Pia Fidelis
6) 6. Curia/Curiae (senate house) 6) 6. Minervia
7) 7. Temples (places of worship) 7) 7. Parthica
8) 8. Macellus/Macella (market halls, full of shops of many different types) 8) 8. Augusta
9) 9. Horreus/Horrea (warehouses and granaries) 9) 9. Traiana
10) 10. Public baths (could also include swimming pools or gymnasiums) 10) 10. Gallica
11) 11. Monuments (arches, columns, or statues dedicated by or to important people) 11) 11. Macedonica
12) 12. Mansion/Mansiones (inns and wayhouses for the postal runners) 12) 12. Flavia Felix
13) 13. Theaters (for the performance of plays) 13) 13. Scythica
14) 14. Odeum/Odea (a smaller theater where music was performed) 14) 14. Aludae
15) 15. Ampitheaters (for the gladiatorial games) 15) 15. Ferrata
16) 16. Circuses (racetracks) 16) 16. Victrix
17) 17. Stadium/Stadia (public athletic facilities) 17) 17. Gemina
18) 18. Domus/Doma (single-family houses built around an atrium) 18) 18. Hispana
19) 19. Insula/Insulae (apartment buildings which could be as tall as eight stories high) 19) 19. Fulminata
20) 20. Villas (luxurious country houses, often built on small farms) 20) 20. Primigenia
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MINOR DEITIES MINOR DEITIES 1 MINOR DEITIES 3
The Romans absorbed deities 1) Aericura (underworld mother-goddess) 1) 1. Picus (prophetic god)
from many cultures. Here are some 2) 2. Andraste (victory) 2) 2. Portunus (protector of harbors)
3) 3. Angerona (silence and secrecy) 3) 3. Priapus (sheep and goats)
of the minor or borrowed deities 4) 4. Anna Perenna (the new year) 4) 4. Proserpina (germinating seeds and the underworld)
of Rome, along with their areas of 5) 5. Artio (forest animals, esp. bears) 5) 5. Rediculus (god worshipped for his aid against Carthage)
influence. 6) 6. Atargatis (Syrian fertility goddess) 6) 6. Robigo (god of rust and mildew)
7) 7. Bellona (war) 7) 7. Roma (divine spirit of Rome)
8) 8. Bona Dea (fertility goddess) 8) 8. Rumina (nursing mothers)
9) Bonus Eventus (successful enterprises) 9) 9. Sabazios (Phrygian god of magic)
10) Carmentis (protection in childbirth) 10) 10. Salus (health)
11) Castor and Pollux (popular demi-gods) 11) 11. Silvanus (god of pastures and woodlands)
12) 12. Concordia (peace and agreement) 12) 12. Sirona (Celtic goddess worshipped as consort of Apollo)
13) 13. Consus (granaries and harvest) 13) Sol Invictus (the unconquered Sun; Syrian god who replaced state religion for a time)
14) 14. Cupid (romantic love) 14) 14. Spes (hope)
15) Cybele (worshiped with orgiastic rites) 15) 15. Sterculinus (manure-spreading)
16) 16. El-Gabal (Phoenician sun god) 16) 16. Talassius (god of marriage)
17) 17. Epona (Celtic horse goddess) 17) 17. Tempestates (trio of weather goddesses)
18) 18. Faunus (also known as Pan) 18) 18. Terminus (state god of boundary stones)
19) 19. Felicitas (goddess of good luck) 19) 19. Victoria (goddess of victory)
20) 20. Feronia (spring flowers) 20) 20. Virtus (physical and moral excellence)
MINOR DEITIES 2
1) 1. Fides (goddess of verbal contracts)
2) 2. Forculus (god of doors)
3) 3. Fornax (goddess of preventing grain from burning while drying. really.)
4) 4. Gaia (earth goddess)
5) 5. Hecate (magic)
6) 6. Hercules (demi-god; worshipped as god of victory and of commerce)
7) 7. Honos (honor)
8) 8. Ianuaria (music and healing)
9) 9. Inuus (god of sex)
10) 10. Juventas (goddess of youth)
11) 11. Larentina (demi-goddess; nurse of Romulus and Remus)
12) Latis (Celtic goddess, bogs & marshes)
13) 13. Libitina (funerals)
14) 14. Luna (moon)
15) 15. Matuta (goddess of the dawn)
16) 16. Nemesis (vengeance)
17) 17. Oceanus (god of the oceans)
18) 18. Pales (shepherds and sheep)
19) 19. Patelana (corn)
20) 20. Pax (peace)
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Shetland Islands Shetland Islands
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE I SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2
These are interesting because 1) 1. Magnús 1) 1. Knycht 1) 1. “of Westerhous”
2) 2. Androw 2) 2. Lauder 2) 2. Strang
they are from a transitional time, so
3) 3. Ollaw / Óláfr 3) 3. “of Sandis” 3) 3. “of Newhouse”
many names have a familiar sound 4) 4. William 4) 4. Blance 4) 4. Boynd
to them but are not entirely mod- 5) 5. David 5) 5. “of Burrafirthe” 5) 5. “of Brughe”
ern. Some of the surnames are not 6) 6. Jhone / Johne 6) 6. Calmie 6) 6. Nisbett
surnames at all; if you don’t like “of 7) 7. Nichale 7) 7. “of Ustanes” 7) 7. Orak
8) 8. Nicole 8) 8. Aclay 8) 8. Leisk
Udsta”, just make Udsta the sur-
9) 9. James 9) 9. Betoun 9) 9. “of Kewis”
name. Source: Donaldson, Gordon, 10) 10. Hendrie 10) 10. “of Mangirsetter” 10) 10. Kinnard
ed. The Court Book of Shetland 11) 11. Mathow 11) 11. Mowat 11) 11. “of Stobrek”
1602-1604. Edinburgh: J. Skinner & 12) 12. Alexander 12) 12. Neip 12) 12. Dischingtoune
Co. Ltd., 1954. 13) 13. Donald 13) 13. “of Nesting” 13) 13. “of Dowarie”
14) 14. Erasmus 14) 14. Roy 14) 14. Archbald
15) 15. Patrik 15) 15. “of Howasetter” 15) 15. Beg
16) 16. Thomas 16) 16. Hoxasetter 16) 16. Farchar
17) 17. Cristopher 17) 17. Keilo 17) 17. “of Kirkatoun”
18) 18. Frances 18) 18. “of Buthdoun” 18) 18. Leslie
19) 19. George 19) 19. Sinclair 19) 19. “of Ordaill”
20) 20. Lowrence 20) 20. “of Vaulsgarthe” 20) 20. Piters
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Shetland Islands Sixties America
SURNAMES 5 SURNAMES 6 Compiled by Nathan Paoletta and MALE
1) 1. “of Corsbuster” 1) 1. Gray Jason Morningstar 1) 1. James
2) 2. Smyth 2) 2. Hekfuird 2) 2. William
3) 3. MacRitchie 3) 3. Clowstaine 3) 3. Robert
4) 4. “of Mainland” 4) 4. “of Scrawall” 4) 4. John
5) 5. Scott 5) 5. Silvester 5) 5. Richard
6) 6. “of Scatstay” 6) 6. Cogill 6) 6. David
7) 7. Cuming 7) 7. Hemlein 7) 7. Charles
8) 8. Lindsay 8) 8. Fowler 8) 8. Thomas
9) 9. Fleming 9) 9. Himmill 9) 9. Michael
10) 10. “of Frangord” 10) 10. Stevin 10) 10. Ronald
11) 11. Frissall 11) 11. Sutherland 11) 11. Larry
12) 12. “of Tingwall” 12) 12. “of Swenesetter” 12) 12. Donald
13) 13. Gairdie 13) 13. Thomassoun 13) 13. Joseph
14) 14. Linklett 14) 14. Turvous 14) 14. Gary
15) 15. Gaitt 15) 15. “of Udsta” 15) 15. George
16) 16. Sclatter 16) 16. Lundiman 16) 16. Kenneth
17) 17. “of Southdaile” 17) 17. Fouller 17) 17. Paul
18) 18. Spens 18) 18. “of Lunay” 18) 18. Edward
19) 19. Giffair 19) 19. Still 19) 19. Jerry
20) 20. “of Gilbrek” 20) 20. Clipagarthe 20) 20. Dennis
FEMALE SURNAMES 1
1) 1. Mary 1) 1. Smith
2) 2. Linda 2) 2. Anderson
3) 3. Barbara 3) 3. Clark
4) 4. Patricia 4) 4. Wright
5) 5. Carol 5) 5. Mitchell
6) 6. Sandra 6) 6. Johnson
7) 7. Nancy 7) 7. Thomas
8) 8. Sharon 8) 8. Rodriguez
9) 9. Judith 9) 9. Lopez
10) 10. Susan 10) 10. Perez
11) 11. Betty 11) 11. Williams
12) 12. Carolyn 12) 12. Jackson
13) 13. Margaret 13) 13. Lewis
14) 14. Shirley 14) 14. Hill
15) 15. Judy 15) 15. Roberts
16) 16. Karen 16) 16. Jones
17) 17. Donna 17) 17. White
18) 18. Kathleen 18) 18. Lee
19) 19. Joyce 19) 19. Scott
20) 20. Dorothy 20) 20. Turner
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Sixties America Sixties America
SURNAMES 2 SURF GUITAR BANDS SOLDIER NICKNAMES
1) 1. Brown 1) 1. The Fabulous Playboys 1) 1. Deuce
2) 2. Harris 2) 2. P.J. & Artie 2) 2. Cowboy
3) 3. Walker 3) 3. The Challengers 3) 3. Snowball
4) 4. Green 4) 4. The Progressives 4) 4. Joker
5) 5. Phillips 5) 5. The Vibrants 5) 5. Animal
6) 6. Davis 6) 6. Thom Starr & The Galaxies 6) 6. Madman
7) 7. Martin 7) 7. The Surfriders 7) 7. Sparhawk
8) 8. Hall 8) 8. The Gladiators 8) 8. Ace
9) 9. Adams 9) 9. The Travelers 9) 9. Bomber
10) 10. Campbell 10) 10. The Pyramids 10) 10. Doc
11) 11. Miller 11) 11. David Marks & The Marksmen 11) 11. Dickie
12) 12. Thompson 12) 12. The Original Surfaris 12) 12. Sharky
13) 13. Allen 13) 13. The Trashmen 13) 13. Gunner
14) 14. Baker 14) 14. The Tornadoes 14) 14. Iceman
15) 15. Parker 15) 15. The Royal Coachmen 15) 15. Zapper
16) 16. Wilson 16) 16. Dave Myers and His Surftones 16) 16. Tex
17) 17. Garcia 17) 17. The Ebb Tides 17) 17. Rocky
18) 18. Young 18) 18. The Tandems 18) 18. Cherry
19) 19. Gonzalez 19) 19. Steve and the Emperors 19) 19. Cobra
20) 20. Evans 20) 20. The Chandelles 20) 20. Geronimo
U.S. ARMY UNITS FROM THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE VIETNAM WAR 100 GENERIC WAR SCENES. Roll or pick one from 1-10 and one from 11-20
1) 1. 2nd Battalion 8th Infantry - Mechanized Panthers 1) 1. A civilian...
2) 2. 1st Battalion 8th Infantry “Bullets” 2) 2. Your commanding officer...
3) 3. 4th Battalion 42nd Artillery (105mm) “Black Jacks” 3) 3. Your best buddy...
4) 4. 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry “Regulars” 4) 4. Your lover....
5) 5. 2nd Battalion 77th Artillery (105mm) “Blackhawks” 5) 5. An enemy soldier...
6) 6. 3rd Battalion 8th Infantry “Dragoons” 6) 6. Your main rival...
7) 7. 1st Battalion 12th Infantry “Red Warriors” 7) 7. The squad medic...
8) 8. 2nd Battalion 9th Artillery (105mm) “Mighty Ninth” 8) 8. The new guy...
9) 9. 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry “White Warriors” 9) 9. The enemy soldier you just spared...
10) 10. 1st Battalion 35th Infantry “Cacti Green” 10) 10. The prisoner of war you are escorting...
11) 11. 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry “Braves” 11) 1. ...has killed a child.
12) 12. 2nd Battalion 34th Armor “Dreadnaughts” 12) 2. ...has been hit by a boobytrap.
13) 13. 1st Battalion 69th Armor “Black Panthers” 13) 3. ...is running at you with a suicide charge strapped to him.
14) 14. 1st Battalion 14th Infantry “Golden Dragons” 14) 4. ...appears to be hiding something important.
15) 15. 2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry “Triple Deuces” 15) 5. ...is furtively burning documents.
16) 16. 6th Battalion 29th Artillery (105mm) “Can Do” 16) 6. ...tells you where to get contraband goods.
17) 17. 3rd Battalion 22nd Infantry “Red Dragoons” 17) 7. ...is lying dead at your feet.
18) 18. 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry “Cacti Blue” 18) 8. ...is blackmailing you.
19) 19. 5th Battalion 16th Artillery (155mm & 8-inch Self Propelled Howitzer) 19) 9. ...rapes a civilian, who comes to you for help.
20) 20. 4th Military Intelligence Company, Motto: First to Know 20) 10. ...takes aim at you in the middle of a firefight.
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Swedish Swedish
Compiled by Olle Jonsson and MALE SMUGGLERS SMUGGLERS
Jason Morningstar 1) 1. Oscar The smugglers are a sub-set of 1) 1. Kolar-Alfred (Coaler-Alfred)
2) 2. William Swedish names in the 1920s-30s. In 2) 2. Axel Winkel
3) 3. Lucas 3) 3. Gösta i Broby (Gösta of Broby)
4) 4. Filip
the style of the historical smuggler- 4) 4. Edvard Kron
5) 5. Isak king Algoth Niska. Sources: 5) 5. Vrak-Elof (Vrak: Wreck)
6) 6. Elias 6) 6. Rune Spetsig (Spetsig: Pointy)
7) 7. Alexander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al- 7) Kräk-Olle (Kräk: “puke” or “weasel”)
8) 8. Emil got_Niska 8) Janne Torpare (Torpare: cottager)
9) 9. Hugo 9) 9. Calle Cederström
10) 10. Viktor 10) 10. Ernst i Hulta (Hulta: rural place)
11) 11. Axel http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/ 11) 11. Sundberg
12) 12. Kristian kanister.htm 12) 12. Gäddsnärjarn (catcher of pike)
13) 13. Daniel 13) 13. Efraim
14) 14. Tobias http://www.imdb.com/title/ 14) 14. Vesterman
15) 15. Stefan 15) 15. Kalle i Udden
16) 16. Per
tt0090038/ 16) 16. Landström
17) 17. Jonas 17) 17. pråmskeppar Jansson
18) 18. Jon 18) 18. Sammel i Hyra
19) 19. Joseph 19) 19. Johan i Bogård
20) 20. Mattias 20) 20. Valfrid Lindholm
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Tlingit Tlingit
Compiled by Jason Morningstar MALE 1 MALE 2 MALE 3
Tlingit society is divided into 1) 1. Naawushkeitl 1) 1. Táax’aa / mosquito 1) 1. Geetwein
2) 2. Jánwu / mountain sheep 2) 2. Kooshtéeni / blind man 2) 2. Watsíx / caribou
two moeities - Raven and Eagle/
3) 3. Nóoskw / wolverine 3) 3. X’igaa Káa / he fights 3) 3. Át Kukawu.Aagú / war leader
Wolf - with complex kinship rules. 4) 4. Kusaxa Kwáan / cannibal 4) 4. K’ul’kaskéxkw / beetle 4) 4. Kanóox’ / turtle
Within each moiety are clans to 5) 5. Dáa / weasel 5) 5. At danáayi / drunkard 5) 5. Yadák’w / young man
which individuals are attached in 6) 6. Dáanaa S’aatí / rich man 6) 6. Shyáa.awudanéiyi / he is respected 6) 6. Yadak’watsk’u / boy
family houses. 7) 7. Shak’únts’ / deer sprouting horns 7) 7. Xáaw / driftwood 7) 7. S’eek: black bear
8) 8. Kuts’een / rat 8) 8. Xóots / brown bear, grizzly bear 8) 8. Shaa seiyí: shadow mountain
My apologies to any Tlingit who
9) 9. X’eis’awáa / ptarmigan 9) 9. Ayaheeyáa / curlew 9) 9. L’ut’tláak / snake
might be reading this - I’ve made a 10) 10. Aankáawu / rich man 10) 10. Ch’áak’ / bald-headed eagle 10) 10. Goox / slave
hash of your fascinating culture. 11) 11. Kuwakaan / deer 11) 11. Gáx / rabbit 11) 11. Táaw S’aatí / thief
12) 12. Xalak’ách’ / porcupine 12) 12. Gooch / wolf 12) 12. Kaa Sháade Háni / merchant leader
13) 13. Xéex / owl 13) 13. Weiha 13) 13. Aanyádi / aristocrat
14) 14. Xaldleit / white fox 14) 14. K’anashgidéi káa / poor man 14) 14. Yaakw Yasatáni / boat captain
15) 15. Ch’ak’yéis’ / young eagle 15) 15. Koowajagi Aa / murderer 15) 15. Hít s’aatí / master of houses
16) 16. Ch’eet / murrelet 16) 16. K’idaaká Aa / neighbor 16) 16. Kaa S’aatí / master
17) 17. Kookénaa / messenger 17) 17. Shaa yadaa: face of a mountain 17) 17. Íxt’ / shaman
18) 18. Dagitgiyáa / hummingbird 18) 18. Toowú kalagé / pride 18) 8. Kín / brant (small goose)
19) 19. Xalt’ooch’ / black fox 19) 19. Tíxwjaa / stamps his feet 19) 19. K’atxáan / coward
20) 20. Wanatóox / ant 20) Kóoshdaa / land otter 20) 20. Tlaganís / sapling
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Tlingit Tlingit
WAR, MAGIC, AND TERROR 2 21) KEEX’ KWÁAN, The Dawn People (a 70) 14. Taan Hít / Sea Lion House 88) 8. Gooch Hít / Wolf House
1) 1. Héixwaa / magic small village) 71) 15. Xinaa Hít / House At The Lower 89) 9. Kutxayanahá Hít / Star House
2) 2. Yíxch’ / frog 22) RAVEN MOIETY End Of Town 90) 10. Xóots Hít / Brown Bear House
3) 3. At s’aan.axw dzáas: spear 23) Kaac.Houseádi Clan 72) 16. Xíxch’i Hít / Frog House 91) 11. Kaawagaani Hít / Burned House
4) 4. Léix’w / face paint, red 24) 1. X’áakw Hít / Freshwater Marked 73) 17. Yáay Hít / Whale House 92) 12. Kuháada Hít / Fish-Chasing Stick
5) 5. Lékwaa / spirit (fighting spirit) Sockeye House 74) T’akdeintaan Clan House
6) 6. Galsháatadi / captive 25) 2. Kutis’ Hít / Looking Out To Sea 75) 18. Danakoo Hít / Danakoo House 93) Kookhittaan Clan
7) 7. Yéesh / bloodsucker House 76) X’at’ka.aayí Clan 94) 13. Tóos’ Hít / Shark House
8) 8. Wéis’ / louse 26) Sukteeneidí Clan 77) 19. Kayaashka Hít / Platform House 95) 14. Kóok Hít / Box House
9) 9. Niyaháat / breastplate 27) 3. Aanx’aak Hít / Middle Of Town 78) 20. L’ook Hít / Coho House 96) 15. Kutis’ Hít / Looking Out To Sea
10) 10. Noow / fort House 79) EAGLE/WOLF MOIETY House
11) 11. Woon / maggot 28) 4. Shaa Hít / Mountain House 80) Kaagwaantaan Clan 97) 16. Tl’aadein Hít / Standing Sideways
12) 12. Tl’úk’x / worm 29) 5. Tax’ Hít / Snail House 81) 1. Aanyádi Hít / Nobility House House
13) 13. Tíx / bedbug 30) 6. Wandaa Hít / Wooden Armor 82) 2. Eech Hít / Reef House 98) Chookaneidí Clan
14) 14. At kanas.aadí / crawling things House 83) 3. Ch’áak’ Kúdi Hít / Eagle’s Nest 99) 17. Xaatl Hít / Iceberg House
15) 15. Ts’ankwaat / spider 31) 7. Yéik Hít / Spirit House House 100)18. Aan Eegayaak Hít / Iceberg On The
16) 16. Xáa / attacking force 32) Teeyineidí Clan 84) 4. Ch’eet Hít / Murrelet House Beach House
17) 17. Xát’aa / whip 33) 8. Kóoshdaa Hít / Land Otter House 85) 5. Cháatl Hít / Halibut House 101)Wooshkeetaan Clan
18) 18. Adawóotl / war 34) 9. Teey Hít / Cedar Bark House 86) 6. Déix X’awool Hít / House With Two 102)19. Noow Hít / Fort House
19) 19. At lóox’aa / bad trouble 35) 10. Kaats’ Hít / House of Kaats’, the Man Doors 103)X’ax’ahittaan Clan
20) 20. Dletgéedi / snowstorm who Married the Bear 87) 7. Gayéis’ Hít / Iron House 104)20. X’ax’a Hít / Cliff House
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Zulu Zulu
Compiled by Moyra Turkington MALE IZITHOPHO IZITHAKAZEL
The izithopho are personal 1) 1. Amhale 1) 1. Bhungwane
2) 2. Bhekizizwe 2) 2. Gumede
praise names that are self-com-
3) 3. Delani 3) 3. Mangethe
posed or granted by parents or 4) 4. Sakhile 4) 4. Dinangwe
peers. They are more dynamic than 5) 5. Ghakarhi 5) 5. Fihlela
given names and may change over 6) 6. Hlengiwe 6) 6. Gatsheni
time. 7) 7. Kosan 7) 7. Makhathini
8) 8. Philani 8) 8. Mchunu
The izithakazel are not names
9) 9. Sibusiso 9) 9. Mntungwa
themselves, but greetings used to 10) 10. Jabulani 10) 10. Ngcolosi
address specific clans. They are 11) 11. Msizi 11) 11. Mzilikazi
sometimes (especially when inter- 12) 12. Nhlkakanipho 12) 12. Ngqulunga
acting with foreigners or in urban 13) 13. Sipho 13) 13. Sokwalisa
14) 14. Thabo 14) 14. Ntimande
centres) used in place of a surname,
15) 15. Siyabongo 15) 15. Macingwane
and celebrate the heritage of the 16) 16. Themba 16) 16. Shenge
entire clan, rather than any specific 17) 17. Ulwazi 17) 17. Phambuka
family line. 18) 18. Vusumuzi 18) 18. Gxabhashe
Outside of the clan, people are 19) 19. Xolani 19) 19. Khumalo
20) 20. Zithembe 20) 20. Sokwalisa
usually addressed by the izithakazel,
while within the clan, the izithopho FEMALE IZITHOPHO
is used (exception: married wom- 1) 1. Ayize
en generally address their husbands 2) 2. Zola
3) 3. Bhekisisa
using the izithakazel).
4) 4. Funani
5) 5. Ayanda
6) 6. Makhosazana
7) 7. Nokuthula
8) 8. Samukelisiwe
9) 9. Simosihle
10) 10. Thandeka
11) 11. Thulisile
12) 12. Unathi
13) 13. Vuyiswa
14) 14. Zanele
15) 15. Nolwazi
16) 16. Zodwa
17) 17. Gugu
18) 18. Khethiwe
19) 19. Lindiwe
20) 20. Mbhali
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Humourous
Names
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Barbarians and Enchantresses Barbarians and Enchantresses
Compiled by Jason Morningstar BARBARIAN GIVEN NAMES BARBARIAN SURNAMES
1) 1. Grimdar 1) 1. Wolfskin
2) 2. Fertag 2) 2. Fireblaster
3) 3. Thingfar 3) 3. Warslayer
4) 4. Lordwig 4) 4. Spearfist
5) 5. Sagdar 5) 5. Spellflayer
6) 6. Ziglar 6) 6. Lightbane
7) 7. Rigdek 7) 7. Gemflayer
8) 8. Krongak 8) 8. Throatkiller
9) 9. Norgek 9) 9. Holypaw
10) 10. Fagtarr 10) 10. Godpanther
11) 11. Gordar 11) 11. Beastcrusher
12) 12. Nyragg 12) 12. Serpentfeast
13) 13. Rogdek 13) 13. Dwarf-reaper
14) 14. Stabdar 14) 14. Fearflinger
15) 15. Nurbdar 15) 15. Lionhawk
16) 16. Thygar 16) 16. Hateflayer
17) 17. Warmar 17) 17. Dragonfist
18) 18. Northstarr 18) 18. Peaceleaf
19) 19. Darkthag 19) 19. Darkhelm
20) 20. Korgoth 20) 20. Threndarsson
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Bikers Creepy Campus
Compiled by Graham Walmsley MALE Compiled by Brand Robins, MALE PROFESSORS
1) 1. Mad Dog Mischa D. Krilov and 1) 1. Underwood Mayfield-Carter
2) 2. Goose 2) 2. Juan Santiago Ramos-Torres
Jason Morningstar
3) 3. Red Tex 3) 3. Ward Younghusband
4) 4. Chainsaw 4) 4. Archibald Woolidge
5) 5. Dagger Call it 1925, somewhere in New 5) 5. Lafeyette Horner
6) 6. Skullsmasher England. Somewhere unwhole- 6) 6. Jean-Jacques Brasseur
7) 7. Hog some... The ancient and dead lan- 7) 7. August Ransom-Lowell
8) 8. Deaf Charlie 8) 8. Howard Murray Sharpless
guages are perfect for your Curious
9) 9. Bone 9) 9. Bentinck Krahn
10) 10. Blackbeard Volumes of Forbidden Lore. 10) 10. Alphonso Deane
11) 11. Bull 11) 11. Wallace Rutland-Mosteller
12) 12. Headbanger 12) 12. Erkenfried Moeller-Heilemann
13) 13. Pitbull 13) 13. Everett Charles Blackburn
14) 14. Crusher 14) 14. William Asher Church
15) 15. Hammer 15) 15. Urban Blazej Kusnierewicz
16) 16. Warlock 16) 16. Percival Dorsett-McNelly
17) 17. Pretty Boy Pete 17) 17. Franklin Oglethorpe-Waite
18) 18. Chip 18) 18. Maynard Creasy III
19) 19. Bear 19) 19. Benedict Willard-Makepeace
20) 20. Ratty 20) 20. Manchester Clematis-Frost
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Creepy Campus Creepy Campus
FEMALE STUDENTS CAMPUS LOCATIONS ANCIENT AND DEAD LANGUAGES 2
1) 1. Lottie Anne Werther 1) 1. The ruins of the Old Rectory 1) 1. Coptic (Medieval Egypt, Coptic alphabet)
2) 2. Clementine Dupree 2) 2. Scadwell auditorium 2) 2. Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopia, Ge’ez abugida script)
3) 3. Hester Hollingsworth 3) 3. Watkin-Tench conservatory of music 3) 3. Ammonite (Ancient Jordan, Canaanite alphabet)
4) 4. Edwina Cobb 4) 4. Manders library and annex 4) 4. Edomite (Ancient Jordan, Canaanite alphabet)
5) 5. Rosebud Grampian-Kettering 5) 5. Drummond laboratory 5) 5. Nesite (Hittites, Akkadian cuneiform)
6) 6. Eliza-Jane Overton 6) 6. Hohenleutner observatory 6) 6. Lydian (Ancient Turkey, related to Nesite, Lydian alphabet)
7) 7. Helen Mogg-Wilson 7) 7. Muzetti gymnasium and ballroom 7) Khitan (“small script” derived from Han characters, “large script” derived from Uighur)
8) 8. Irma Louise Plunkett 8) 8. Museum of Art and Science 8) 8. Tocharian (Ancient China/Central Asia, slanting Brahmi script)
9) 9. Mina Todd Watson 9) 9. Physical plant and laundry 9) 9. Kuchean (Ancient China/Central Asia, slanting Brahmi script)
10) 10. Jenny Biggs 10) 10. Gamma Gamma Gamma house 10) Gudian HÃ nyu - Classical Chinese (Ancient China Zhou to Han period)
11) 11. Capella Rausch 11) 11. “Hillview”, the Chancellor’s house 11) 11. Classical Arabic (Language of the Qur’an, Arabic alphabet)
12) 12. Renee Fitzhugh-Camperdown 12) 12. Brotherton chapel 12) Khazarian (Khazars, Medieval Kazakhstan, Turkic runiform script and Hebrew alphabet)
13) 13. Mildred Toynbee 13) 13. Theodore Roosevelt athletic field 13) 13. Nabataean (Classical Arabia, Syriac alphabet)
14) 14. Button Hastings 14) 14. Braithewaite field-house 14) 14. Sabaean (Classical Yemen, South Arabian alphabet)
15) 15. Roxie Brackett 15) 15. Westcote-Kern arboretum 15) 15. Hurrian (Northern Mesopotamia, Akkadian cuneiform script)
16) 16. Louise Warner 16) 16. Rowing club shed on Sexton lake 16) 16. Chagatai (Central Asia, Arabic alphabet)
17) 17. Loretta Potts 17) 17. “The green acre” quadrangle 17) 17. Etruscan (Pre-Roman Italy, Etruscan alphabet, dubious translation only)
18) 18. Alice Bamberton-Willy 18) 18. The Old Oak 18) 18. Lusitanian (Ancient Portugal, Latin alphabet)
19) 19. Susan Peach 19) 19. The statue of “Old Incorrigible” 19) 19. Scythian (Ancient Central Asia and Near East, very dubious, Hieroglyphic Hittite)
20) 20. Delia Wannamaker Levy 20) 20. Passion Point above Sexton lake 20) 20. Jurchen (Ancient China/Manchuria/Central Asia, Jurchen script)
ANCIENT AND DEAD LANGUAGES 1 REAL MAGICAL TEXTS 1 REAL MAGICAL TEXTS 2
1) 1. Latin (Rome, Latin alphabet) 1) 1. Sworn Book of Honorius 1) 1. Yog’c’bh’mi
2) 2. Mycenaean (Ancient Greece, Linear B) 2) 2. Mishkat al-anwar 2) 2. Tabaqat al-Awliya
3) 3. Eteocretan (Ancient Minoan Crete, Linear A, non translated) 3) 3. Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis 3) 3. The Black Pullet
4) 4. Classical and Hellenistic Greece (Classical and Hellenistic Greece, Greek alphabet) 4) 4. Datttreya 4) 4. Bodhicaryvatra
5) 5. Paninian Sanskrit (Classical India, Devanagari script, Gupta script, Sharada script, etc.) 5) 5. Monas Hieroglyphica 5) 5. Greater Key of Solomon
6) 6. Vedic Saskrit (Ancient India, Brahmi script, Devanagari script) 6) 6. On the Ogdoad and Ennead 6) 6. Hatha Yoga Pradipika
7) 7. Pahlavi (Middle Persian, Pahlavi script and sometimes Manichean script) 7) 7. The Vaishashik Darshana of Kanada 7) 7. Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis
8) Avestan (Ancient Persian religious language, Den Dabireh script added late in history) 8) 8. Rasaratanakaram 8) 8. Le Grand Grimoire
9) 9. Old Persian (Ancient Persia, cuneiform script) 9) 9. Kitab al-Kimya 9) 9. Mahvairocanbhisambodhi Tantra
10) 10. Akkadian (Assyria and Babylon, cuneiform script) 10) 10. Declarations of the Perfected 10) 10. Voynich manuscript
11) 11. Sumerian (Mesopotamia, cuneiform script) 11) 11. Sefer Yetzirah 11) 11. Taittiriya
12) 12. Aramaic (Ancient and Biblical Middle East, Phoenician script, then Syriac alphabet) 12) 12. The Zohar 12) 12. De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres
13) 13. Classical Hebrew (Ancient Israel, Hebrew alphabet) 13) 13. Heptaplus 13) 13. The Mystery of the Cathedrals
14) 14. Elamite (Linear Elamite, cuniform Elamite script, non-translated proto-Elamite script) 14) 14. The Kybalion 14) 14. De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum
15) 15. Harappan (Harappa - very ancient India, Indus Script, non translated) 15) 15. Atharva-Veda 15) 15. Hayagrava
16) 16. Classical Nahuatl (Aztec, pictographic) 16) 16. Asclepius 16) 16. The Scrolls of Mahendrath
17) 17. Classic Maya (Mayans, Maya hieroglyphics) 17) 17. Mahanirvana Tantra 17) 17. Markandeya Purana
18) 18. Phoenician (Phoenicians, Phoenician alphabet) 18) 18. The Divine Pymander 18) 18. Secrets of the Jade Chamber
19) 19. Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egypt, Egyptian hieroglyphic) 19) Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage 19) 19. Shivastotravali
20) 20. Demotic Egyptian (Classical Egypt, Demotic script) 20) 20. Guhyasamja Tantra 20) 20. Orus Apollo
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Creepy Campus Gamers
IMAGINARY MAGICAL TEXTS WEIRD BOOK MATERIALS Compiled by Dave Younce MALE 1
1) 1. Dazhdbog’s Garden This is an homage to Garry In case you need some random 1) 1. Ron
2) 2. Scrolls of Skelos Stahl’s Generating Books article 2) 2. Joshua
gamers sitting around a table play-
3) 3. The Necronomicon 3) 3. D. Vincent
4) 4. Black Tome of Alsophocus
from Roleplaying Tips Weekly #314. ing a game within your game. The 4) 4. Jason
5) 5. Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan See the full article here: http:// games we’re playing were pulled 5) 5. Clinton R.
6) 6. Cthaat Aquadingen www.roleplayingtips.com/readis- from http://slithytoves.sytes.net/ 6) 6. Andy
7) 7. Sevil-el-Mafouh Whash sue.php?number=314 ~dave/rpggen/. 7) 7. Brand
8) 8. Les Fleurs du Mal 8) 8. Luke
You can also roll to see who the
9) 9. Testament of Carnamagos 9) 9. Christian
10) 10. Zaywar andar’a’Baagh gamers in your game are playing if 10) 10. Nathan
11) 11. Red Book of Yarrow you want. 11) 11. Matthew
12) 12. White Book of Cavalonia 12) 12. Mark
13) 13. Acta Sanctorum 13) 13. Fred
14) 14. Liber Ivonis 14) 14. Remi
15) 15. Unaussprechlichen Kulten 15) 15. Graham
16) 16. The Blasphemies of King Yama 16) 16. Ben
17) 17. Prassidia Finium 17) 17. Jonathan
18) 18. Faded Librum of His Hunters 18) 18. Larry
19) 19. Catechism of the Wild Swan 19) 19. Eric
20) 20. De Senectutae 20) 20. Shreyas
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Gamers Gamers
SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2 WHAT ARE WE PLAYING?
1) 1. Robins 1) 1. Provost 1) 1. The PCs are streetwise con artists just trying to get by who, with Big, Fraggin’ Guns,
2) 2. Crane 2) 2. Sampat fight people who look at them the wrong way for pocket change in 2150 A.D.
3) 3. Griffen 3) 3. Adkins 2) 2. The PCs are reincarnated Texas Rangers who just won the lottery and who, with stem
4) 4. Newman 4) 4. Paoletta cells, fight disease for profit. From there, events proceed as expected.
5) 5. Morningstar 5) 5. Tan 3) 3. The PCs are enchanted postal workers in a junkyard who, with Red Ryder BB guns,
6) 6. Kitkowski 6) 6. Fredera fight the status quo for God and country, oh, back before you were born.
7) 7. BishopRoby 7) 7. Chinn 4) 4. The PCs are lovable evangelists who have switched bodies and who, with crossbows,
8) 8. Walmsey 8) 8. Wilson fight werewolves for the last donut. Add robots and/or ninjas to taste.
9) 9. Care 9) 9. Rush 5) 5.The PCs are masked fanatics in an imaginary third-world country who, with honor, fight
10) 10. Hammer 10) 10. Wolke pod people for the sled they had when they were little in a bygone era.
11) 11. Purkayastha 11) 11. Borgstrom 6) The PCs are dancing philosophers in schoolgirl uniforms who, with the help of their fan
12) 12. Burton-Oakes 12) 12. Lehman club, fight whatever needs fighting for more wealth than you could imagine, only at night.
13) 13. Lower-Basch 13) 13. Walton 7) 7. The PCs are one-eyed action figures from beyond space and time who, with large-
14) 14. McChesney 14) 14. Lade caliber handguns, fight owlbears for college credit to pad their resumes.
15) 15. Younce 15) 15. Causey 8) 8. The PCs are chain-smoking truck drivers (or are they?) who, with lightning bolts, fight
16) 16. Freedberg 16) 16. Treuer Conservatives for the secret to The DaVinci Code until further notice.
17) 17. Nixon 17) 17. Snyder 9) 9. The PCs are debonair folk singers in a 747 who, with poison darts, fight fire with fire
18) 18. Baker 18) 18. Blair for Her Majesty before deciding to play something different.
19) 19. Edwards 19) 19. Kornelsen 10) 10. The PCs are unintentionally hilarious siblings in a lunatic’s brain who, with their bare
20) 20. Jonsson 20) 20. Mazza hands, fight a dark conspiracy for the glory of Rome to get into Harvard.
11) 11. The PCs are glow-in-the-dark office workers in the Mirror Universe (where
TABLE SNACKS everything is the opposite of normal) who, with killer rabbits, fight their own shadows for the
1) 1. Dusty potato chips Championship Belt and learn how to love again.
2) 2. The heart of a bull, still beating 12) The PCs are alcoholic Supreme Court justices in a world in which they simply don’t
3) 3. Messy buffalo wings & bleu cheese belong who, with only themselves to blame, fight their rivals for political favors to a soundtrack
4) 4. Pepperoni pizza of classic hits from the Sixties.
5) 5. Greasy Chinese food 13) 13. The PCs are kidnapped slaves on a space station who, with no other options, fight
6) 6. Vegan chocolate cake organized crime for all the wrong reasons like in that movie.
7) 7. Leftover Halloween candy 14) 14. The PCs are cowardly conspiracy theorists in a beat-up station wagon who, with a
8) 8. Salt & vinegar Pringles hilarious and talented NPC, fight goblins for drugs to a block-rockin’ beat.
9) 9. Fritos & chili 15) The PCs are white trash entrepreneurs in the ghetto who, with superpowers, fight a
10) 10. Digestive biscuits soulless mega-store only out to make a profit until the end of the world.
11) 11. Pop-Tarts 16) 16.The PCs are beautiful but deadly babes on an alternate Earth in which the South won
12) 12. Smarties & Milk Duds the American Civil War who, with breakdancing, fight Republicans for the right to party.
13) 13. Hash brownies 17) 17. The PCs are French wizards on a sacred quest who, with magic hats, fight grues for
14) 14. Cool ranch Doritos redemption until they storm out in disgust.
15) 15. Trail mix 18) 18. The PCs are wacky (owl)bears in group therapy who, with a ululating battle cry, fight
16) 16. Pitas & hummus the indigenous population for delicious pie because it would be a shame not to.
17) 17. Toaster waffles 19) 19. The PCs are cowardly Texas Rangers acting as judge, jury, and executioner who, with
18) 18. Caramel apples large wrenches, fight their android duplicates for victory when duty calls.
19) 19. White Russians 20) 20. The PCs are misogynous comedians living in a trailer who, with a lack of common
20) 20. Melting ice cream sense, fight skinheads for pieces of eight to the last man.
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Gnollish Gnollish
Compiled by Brendan Adkins MALE AMUSING GAMES OF THE GNOLLS
Since Gnollish society is matri- 1) 1. Grangir 1) 1. Beat the Halfling
2) 2. Heenen 2) 2. How Long Will It Take That Bite To Fester, Wagers Here Please
archal, female names are given a -sh
3) 3. Krachak 3) 3. On-Fire Tag
suffix to indicate deference. (Or 4) 4. Brangah 4) 4. Will Your Arm Or My Jaw Break First, Oh Wait, It Was Your Arm
something.) 5) 5. Deegak 5) 5. Pee In Your Food
6) 6. Ninigin 6) 6. What Will The Human Eat
7) 7. Shakshak 7) 7. Sneak Up And Hit Very Hard
8) 8. Rikitak 8) 8. Pin The Tail On The Elf, Where By “Tail” I Mean “Board With A Nail In It”
9) 9. Kukin 9) 9. Dwarfball
10) 10. Nyragar 10) 10. Live Coals In Your Loincloth Dance-Off
11) 11. Doben 11) 11. Sit On Head
12) 12. Brikin 12) 12. Make The Wizard Baa Like A Goat, Then Eat Him
13) 13. Yingar 13) 13. Very Loud Noise
14) 14. Zijak 14) 14. Guess Which Hand Is Going To Hit You
15) 15. Ringak 15) 15. Count The Welts
16) 16. Hagashin 16) 16. Rock-Paper-I Can’t Make My Paw Do A Scissors So I’m Going To Bite You
17) 17. Jinjar 17) 17. You Are Stupid
18) 18. Rachagah 18) 18. Poker
19) 19. Shrisheb 19) 19. Tetherdog
20) 20. Zugo 20) 20. Guess Whether I’m Beating You Into Unconsciousness Or Death
FEMALE
1) 1. Dotigash
2) 2. Hagesh
3) 3. Jinkush
4) 4. Shriegash
5) 5. Zugesh
6) 6. Bingash
7) 7. Takesh
8) 8. Rikigash
9) 9. Brakagush
10) 10. Kuchakesh
11) 11. Heenkakash
12) 12. Ninigush
13) 13. Jagash
14) 14. Narkash
15) 15. Nyashash
16) 16. Snikesh
17) 17. Tirigash
18) 18. Kikigesh
19) 19. Shangesh
20) 20. Rinkush
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Gorgon Island Mexican Cinema
Compiled by Team Story-Games MALE NAMES Compiled by Jason Morningstar ACTORS
These names were the result 1) 1. Galbraith Godhands Actually Mexican wrestling- 1) 1. Ignacio Lopez Tarso
2) 2. Achilles Questar 2) 2. Abel Salazar
of an informal contest to name the horror-science fiction movies. All
3) 3. Ratic’ss The wary 3) 3. German Robles
iconic characters appearing with the 4) 4. Ehe Yore the personal names refer to real 4) 4. Armando Silvestre
warrior woman Fyren Cloudfloater 5) 5. Badvron the Bringer of God’s Fist people, and yes, Boris Karloff did 5) 5. Wolf Rubinski
in the Drowning and Falling Role- 6) 6. Gunpoo the Innocent appear in La Muerta Viviente! 6) 6. Ramon Gay
playing Game. The winners were 7) 7. Till Sch’wayger 7) 7. Jorge Marx
8) 8. Stumpy MacTavish 8) 8. Bruno VeSota
Gwarl Ovensinger (Dwarfling), Ma-
9) 9. Smack Foreskin 9) 9. Carlos Agosti
bel Firewind (Wizard), Silverblade 10) 10. Guntharr Glorybright 10) 10. Armando Calvo
Spellweaver (Elf), and, of course, 11) 11. David Godhämmar 11) 11. Fernando Oses
Jaesyn the Mørnyngstär (Cleric). 12) 12. Jaesyn the Mørnyngstär 12) 12. Arturo De Cordova
13) 13. Dorfun Kn’btrkz 13) 13. Boris Karloff
14) 14. Thresp 14) 14. Carmen Gonzales
15) 15. Ultarr 15) 15. Gaston Santos
16) 16. Ironheart McAllister 16) 16. Roberto Guzman Huerta
17) 17. Smytar Holinson 17) 17. George Martinez
18) 18. Bangledancer-Who-Descends 18) 18. Joaquin Vargas
19) 19. Gwarl Ovensinger 19) 19. Raul Meraz
20) 20. Nevryn 20) 20. Jose Jiminez
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Mexican Cinema Orcish
BIT PARTS WRITERS AND DIRECTORS Compiled by Brendan Adkins MALE
1) 1. The Kid 1) 1. Federico Curiel 1) 1. Azbag
2) 2. El Barracho 2) 2. Jerry Warren 2) 2. Bogbar
3) 3. Old Gordo 3) 3. Rafael Portillo 3) 3. Golagash
4) 4. The Contortionist 4) 4. Alfredo B. Crevenna 4) 4. Golgrek
5) 5. Erwin Rommel 5) 5. Benito Alazraki 5) 5. Lagrat
6) 6. Aztec Priest 6) 6. Rene Cardona 6) 6. Herzog
7) 7. Detective Manzanaro 7) 7. Chano Urueta 7) 7. Melgash
8) 8. The Manager 8) 8. Fernand Mendez 8) 8. Rolg
9) 9. The First Victim 9) 9. Fernando Cortes 9) 9. Shaggash
10) 10. Santo’s Double 10) 10. Fernando Mendez 10) 10. Sharluk
11) 11. El Presidente 11) 11. Rafael Baledon 11) 11. Hufduf
12) 12. The Sex Fiend 12) 12. Alfredo Salazar 12) 12. Uhur
13) 13. The Midget 13) 13. Carlos Enrique Taboaba 13) 13. Barnakh
14) 14. The Pirate 14) 14. Guillermo Calderon 14) 14. Melgubol
15) 15. The Mummy’s Helper 15) 15. Antonio Orellana 15) 15. Gorku
16) 16. Ring Announcer 16) 16. Raul Zenteno 16) 16. Luguzog
17) 17. Queen of the Vampires 17) 17. Alfredo Torres Portillo 17) 17. Bulfimbok
18) 18. Inspector Carlos 18) 18. Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain 18) 18. Roshanakh
19) 19. Dancer 19) 19. Rafael Garcia Travesi 19) 19. Sharbukh
20) 20. Freddy 20) 20. Alfonso Corona Blake 20) 20. Mozbag
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Owlbear Owlbear
Compiled by the Story Games Owl- PAN-GENDER OWLBEAR NAMES RANDOM THINGS FOUND IN AN OWLBEAR NEST
bear Fan Club 1) 1. Stevelyn 1) 1. A wooden beak pick
2) 2. Leanndrew 2) 2. A honeysalt dispenser
Owlbears, perhaps the most
3) 3. Edsue 3) 3. A wheel of steakmilk cheese
enlightened and inclusive culture 4) 4. Jonmarie 4) 4. A clutch of eggs
of red-eyed maniacal predators to 5) 5. Benjosie 5) 5. Dense pellets of undigested demihuman bone, teeth, and hair
grace the planet, embrace a mashup 6) 6. Moniquentin 6) 6. +1 dagger, +3 vs. lycanthropes
approach to the naming of their 7) 7. Kristenmark 7) 7. Corrective lenses
8) 8. Katetom 8) 8. A molt pile
chickubs: A combination of the
9) 9. Irvannie 9) 9. A flattened, mummified chickub
names of a respected grandpar- 10) 10. Micharuth 10) 10. A parchment map of Whistling Skull cave!
ent and a close friend, perhaps, or 11) 11. Lizbob 11) 11. Goblin bladders packed with stewbread
sometimes simply a juxtaposition 12) 12. Paulizabeth 12) 12. A pinfeather remover
of the names of their parents. Or 13) 13. Arthursarah 13) 13. A silver fur comb
14) 14. Estherichard 14) 14. A copy of Unisex: The Magazine For Discrete Owlbears
maybe you’re supposed to have two
15) 15. Lilleonard 15) 15. Eye-reddener in a decorative tin
genders in your first name and two 16) 16. Jennifred 16) 16. A hidden gas trap!
cultures in your surname. Wait, are 17) 17. Erina 17) 17. A jaunty red leather jerkin made from human skin
they hermaphrodites? Somebody 18) 18. Micharity 18) 18. Claw trimmings
go get the book. 19) 19. Christolivia 19) 19. Pecan Sandies
1) 20) 20. Debian 20) 20. Greasy loose fur stinking of salmon
PAN-CULTURAL OWLBEAR NAMES OWLBEAR CUISINE RANDOM THINGS FOUND IN OWLBEAR PELLETS
1) 1. Maksimoto 1) 1. Stewbread 1) 1. The bones of a dog which had recently eaten the bones of a cat
2) 2. Qikivan 2) 2. Appleroast 2) 2. Perfectly preserved mummy’s hand, bedecked with rings
3) 3. Bennissur 3) 3. Chocosparagus 3) 3. Cask of Amontillado
4) 4. Siobhanaka 4) 4. Lemoncreams 4) 4. Six pounds of carpenter’s nails
5) 5. Keikowen 5) 5. Enchilatte 5) 5. AAHH SPIDERS
6) 6. Bernatshilaba 6) 6. Livertea 6) 6. Sand, just sand
7) 7. Aishelionor 7) 7. Cakepilaf 7) 7. Wooden tiles imprinted with the letters A, B, F, L, O, R and W
8) 8. Narcistevo 8) 8. Honeysalts 8) 8. Skull of the much rarer “bearowl,” now disputed as a hoax
9) 9. Jamallorenc 9) 9. Peppergrapes 9) 9. Bicarbonate of soda
10) 10. Osmanicolau 10) 10. Burritopie 10) 10. Four badly discolored juggling balls
11) 11. Kuvigukaty 11) 11. Popsiclorn 11) 11. Nearly complete set of Bronze Age silverware, missing most of a spoon
12) 12. Akuagmaquentin 12) 12. Steakmilk 12) 12. That’s where my hat went
13) 13. Bonofacinarkaev 13) 13. Saladbeque 13) 13. Three salted pork chops, now perfectly marinated
14) 14. Néidheinhard 14) 14. Potatoburger 14) 14. A troll’s arm, trying to grow a new troll
15) 15. Remishtar 15) 15. Pizzamalt 15) 15. Egg teeth
16) 16. Yomadaniel 16) 16. Lambeggs 16) 16. Eleven lead sling bullets
17) 17. Jennifatima 17) 17. Berryfries 17) 17. One of those bent-nail puzzle thingies
18) 18. Verandrea 18) 18. Chilihaggis 18) 18. Hairshirt, men’s large
19) 19. Crookaty 19) 19. Pastasausage 19) 19. The rest of the Antikythera mechanism
20) 20. Abeberkan 20) 20. Ice Cream 20) 20. I don’t know, but it’s still moving
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Owlbear Porn Stars
WAYS OWLBEARS SPEND AN EVENING Compiled by Team Story-Games MALE 1
1) 1. Romantic Evening Eviscerating other Sentients 1) 1. Edmonton Masasoit
2) 2. Playing Baskethockey 2) 2. Ezekiel Dakin
3) 3. Watching Operahorror 3) 3. Charcoal Guilford
4) 4. Attending Churchbath 4) 4. Aaron Divine
5) 5. Hunting Goblins 5) 5. Max Sugar
6) 6. Watching Radiovision 6) 6. Thunderbolt Thayer
7) 7. Taking the Chickubs to Basesoccer Practice 7) 7. Burton Ruffner
8) 8. Tinkering with their Boatcars in the Garagepool 8) 8. Hephaestus Flomar
9) 9. Shopping for Jaunty Red Leather Jerkins 9) 9. Jake Vayland
10) 10. Self-publishing roleplaying sports 10) 10. Karl Hungus
11) 11. Beak Picking 11) 11. Dizzy Danforth
12) 12. Crying at own flightlessness 12) 12. Agamemnon Colonial
13) 13. Going to Evil Monster Society meetings 13) 13. Mangus Coventry
14) 14. Roving the forests for hapless prey 14) 14. Pitch Christian
15) 15. Roving nightclubs for cute boygirls 15) 15. Blackie Thoreau
16) 16. Arts, Crafts, and Blood Sacrifice 16) 16. Puddy Adams
17) 17. Networking 17) 17. Flash Frazier
18) 18. Browsing through Bookmeat Stores 18) 18. Duke Brower
19) 19. Playing Junta 19) 19. Elvis Emerald
20) 20. Posting Endless Jokes About Humans on the Internet 20) 20. Buddy Forge
FEMALE 1 MALE 2
1) 1. Britty Winchester 1) 1. Midnight J
2) Muffin, Big Kitty and Little Kitty Sunrise 2) 2. Bucky Oneida
3) 3. Taffy White 3) 3. Anubis Broadway
4) 4. Snowball Nashville 4) 4. Zapruder Lawnmont
5) 5. Sable Delphines 5) 5. Bourbon Stoneman
6) 6. Maya Salem 6) 6. Odysseus Riker
7) 7. Boogie Tacoma 7) 7. ‘Mr. T’ Memphis
8) 8. Bimbam 3600 8) 8. Peanut
9) 9. Yuki Chickamauga 9) 9. Biko Thulstrup
10) 10. Fluffy Whitecliff 10) 10. Joel Eastend
11) 11. Euphrates Portsmouth 11) 11. Richard Bayline
12) 12. Tiger Aurora 12) 12. Tuffy Braeburn
13) 13. Sly Daphne 13) 13. Omar Fauntleroy
14) 14. Trouble Breckenridge 14) 14. Shadow Beeches
15) 15. Harley Greenwood 15) 15. Hoku Lake
16) 16. Peppermint Woodbine 16) 16. ‘Tuxedo’ Southview
17) 17. Candy Wood 17) 17. ‘Curious’ George Galloway
18) 18. Coco Blueball 18) 18. Moby Ravenscroft
19) 19. Duchess Drake 19) 19. Drake Duchess
20) 20. Dorian Sylvanwood 20) 20. Oliver Bodemann
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Porn Stars Pseudo-American
FEMALE 2 Compiled by Graham Walmsley MALE
1) 1. Megan Honeywell 1) 1. Yo
2) 2. Kitty Oneida 2) 2. The Rock
3) 3. Hobeaux Fourteener 3) 3. Whoah
4) 4. Samantha Power 4) 4. Gee
5) 5. Aphasia Washington 5) 5. Budweiser
6) 6. Marlo, Anoria, and Melicinae Riker 6) 6. Walmart
7) 7. Hypatia Papania 7) 7. Clint
8) 8. Ophelia Broadway 8) 8. Stallone
9) 9. Ding-a-ling Memphis 9) 9. Killa
10) 10. B.J. Oakcreek 10) 10. Brad
11) 11. Annie Aurora 11) 11. Todd
12) 12. Rosie Mills 12) 12. Joshua
13) 13. Anne Goldston 13) 13. Bushwacka
14) 14. Martha Murray 14) 14. M.C.
15) 15. ‘Squeaky’ Sherry Summerland 15) 15. 2ThaMax
16) 16. Weenie Charlotte 16) 16. LOL
17) 17. Bambi Winchester 17) 17. Newt
18) 18. Sasha Sugar 18) 18. Randy
19) 19. Heddy Good 19) 19. Will
20) 20. Lorraine Murrayhill 20) 20. Jamie
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Pseudo-American Ridiculous Hobo
GENERATOR PIECES Compiled by Moyra Turkington MALE 1
For an authentic-sounding 1) 1. john- All credit goes to John Hodg- 1) 1. Ironbelly Norton
American name, just combine three 2) 2. -stein 2) 2. Timely Clayton, Human Writstwatch
man’s musical reading of 700 hobo
3) 3. elli- 3) 3. Frog Eatin’ Lou
or four of these parts. 4) 4. - the third names from Hobo Matters in “The 4) 4. Stungun Jones
5) 5. -ski Areas of My Expertise” (http:// 5) 5. Kid Silverhair
6) 6. o’- www.areasofmyexpertise.com/ho- 6) 6. Robert Eatsforfree
7) 7. mac- boes.html) which inspired the 700 7) 7. Floyd Dangle
8) 8. - oni - 8) 8. Senator Cletus Scoffpossum
Hobos Project (http://www.e-hobo.
9) 9. gold - 9) 9. Sir Francis Drank
10) 10. steve - com/). 10) 10. Jeremiah Tip Top
11) 11. -bart 11) 11. Aesop Bedroll
12) 12. -bush- 12) 12. Dr. Bill Stainchin, the Boxcar Medic
13) 13. rab- 13) 13. Jebediah Dryasdust
14) 14. -field 14) 14. Hugo Stares
15) 15. -feld 15) 15. Tar Nose Cohen
16) 16. -ton- 16) 16. Boxcar Jones
17) 17. -son- 17) 17. Kneepants Erasmus
18) 18. -sin- 18) 18. Monkey’s Paw Patterson
19) 19. - junior 19) 19. King Cotton
20) 20. -let- 20) 20. Nooney Sockjelly
FEMALE 1 MALE 2
1) 1. Molly Bewigged 1) 1. Oklahoma Stilgar
2) 2. Candleyed Sally 2) 2. Jiminy Sinner
3) 3. Mermaid Betty Scales 3) 3. Crispy Morton
4) 4. Ol’ Barb Stabyouquick 4) 4. Ashen Merle Buzzard
5) 5. Shanty Queen Elizabeth Regina 5) 5. Battling Joe Frick-n-Frack
6) 6. Nit Louise 6) 6. Shagrat, Orc of the Ozarks
7) 7. Mairah Nix 7) 7. Captain Slicktalk
8) 8. Unshakably Morose Flo 8) 8. Venemous Byron
9) 9. Honest Amelia Dirt 9) 9. Celestial Stubbs
10) 10. Bathsheba Ditz 10) 10. Ammonia Cocktail Jones
11) 11. Dora the Explorer 11) 11. Cholly the Yegg
12) 12. Andrea Clarke, the Human Shark 12) 12. Birdflu Barry
13) 13. Cecilia Graveside 13) 13. Crooner Sly
14) 14. Betty, the Excorcist 14) 14. Whiman Sampler
15) 15. Antigone Spit 15) 15. Thermos H. Christ
16) 16. Pamela Chickeneggs 16) Pantless, Sockless, Shoeless Buster Bareass
17) 17. Scabpicker Sandy Rump 17) 17. Pally McAffable, Everybody’s Friend
18) 18. Moped Enid 18) 18. Unconditional Gavin
19) 19. Trixie of the West 19) 19. The Goose
20) 20. Elephantine McMoot 20) 20. Not the Goose
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Ridiculous Hobo Spammers
FEMALE 2 Compiled by Mischa D. Krilov MALE 1
1) 1. Norma Shinynickels These are names culled from 1) 1. Harold Aragon
2) 2. Sylvia Patience Hidden-Forks 2) 2. Woods Bank
actual spam. Good for alien cultures
3) 3. Ma Churchill 3) 3. Guerra Dharma
4) 4. Laura Delite that don’t understand humans, ar- 4) 4. Morton Skaggs
5) 5. Nootka the Flatworm tifical intelligences in a cyberpunk 5) 5. Matin L. Agave
6) 6. Amen to Polly Fud setting, bad pseudonyms for obvi- 6) 6. Horace Ok
7) 7. South Carolina Sarah Lardblood ous clues in a detective story, false 7) 7. Lazaro Stein
8) 8. Mastiff Mama 8) 8. Mark Duqum
passports, or even as sales and mar-
9) 9. Amanda Until 9) 9. Emerson Ferguson
10) 10. Sally Hoot-Hoot keting, 10) 10. Ricardo Frydman Eureka
11) 11. Ribery Dana 11) 11. Max Polarfleece
12) 12. Chili-Mix Wilma Bensen 12) 12. Assam Diaz
13) 13. Itinerant Jane 13) 13. Donald B. Skynet
14) 14. Holy Hannah Hottentot-Smythe 14) 14. S. David Snovcode
15) 15. Pick Mama Susan Xavier 15) 15. Thurman Bog
16) 16. Amanda CeeCee Stobelight 16) 16. Romeo Beltran
17) 17. Chelsea Bacon 17) 17. Sheldon Dispersal
18) 18. Mallory Many-Bruises 18) 18. Ulysses Ivory
19) 19. Lolly Hoot Holler 19) 19. Mohamed Swenson
20) 20. Maria the Pumpkin-Patch Crooner 20) 20. Walden Toccara
FEMALE 2 GENDER-NEUTRAL 1
1) 1. Leola Helms 1) 1. Sterling Caudill
2) 2. Arlene Ardell Yuki 2) 2. Lakeisha Utiljip
3) 3. Marcie Houser Tkyles 3) 3. Artlover Paris
4) 4. Concetta Hickey 4) 4. Hutchinson Gino
5) 5. Kyla Goldenring 5) 5. Irahf Bright
6) 6. Bessie Dunbar 6) 6. Josue Crawford
7) 7. Susan Gray Nailhead 7) 7. Gontsov L. L.
8) 8. Tari Kayak 8) 8. Hartley Blanton
9) 9. Kaley Kathryne 9) 9. Khodadad Shorty
10) 10. Millicent Herron 10) 10. Apple Pollock
11) 11. Calandra Reyes 11) 11. Dewey Dobson
12) 12. Kerr Margo 12) 12. Evron Nagata
13) 13. Bianca Disease Hill 13) 13. Dayna Joane Martinn Brynn
14) 14. Maddie Coombs 14) 14. Linwood Evans
15) 15. Beulah Weaver 15) 15. Oak Nutgall
16) 16. Twila Bain 16) 16. Bad Hayes
17) 17. Leonore Alfaro 17) 17. Tang Fufuo
18) 18. Eva V. Hoodia 18) 18. Zavala Perla
19) 19. Valeria Orr 19) 19. Toronto Legara
20) 20. Selena Grubbs 20) 20. Military Americas
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Spammers Trapplensteink
MALE 2 FEMALE 2 Compiled by Meguey Baker,
1) 1. Jacques Shafter 1) 1. Cinema Hilton Mischa Krilov,
2) 2. Odilon Hornsby 2) 2. Dominique Alonzo
Vincent Baker, and
3) 3. Delmer Gaines, Jr 3) 3. Charity Pasquale
4) 4. Jorge Savannah 4) 4. Ivey Tovar Emily Care Boss
5) 5. Ferguson Sprague 5) 5. Effie Schumacher As with all great names, the
6) 6. Roosevelt Henley 6) 6. Summer Fitzpatrick Boyd Von Trapplensteinks pass the family
7) 7. Augustine Cummings 7) 7. Latonya Thorpe name along the male line, so those
8) 8. Dickie Neff 8) 8. Audra Cohen
who marry in have their own maid-
9) 9. Prince Ira 9) 9. Enid Weaver
10) 10. Richard Pozoxu 10) 10. Phoebe Pavel en names, also included on this list.
11) 11. Berry Romeo 11) 11. Cristina Kareem It ought to be easy for anyone to
12) 12. Elvin Magicplant 12) 12. Cleopatra Else see the fine family tree represented
13) 13. Carl Curryrod 13) 13. Charity Romeo here.
14) 14. Galvan Gore 14) 14. Vesta Hilton
15) 15. Conrad Sprague 15) 15. Buena Waters
16) 16. Jamaal Penny 16) 16. Lakeisha Benavides
17) 17. Blake Clarke 17) 17. Sosa Mohamed
18) 18. Osvaldo Post 18) 18. Melba Chang Pan
19) 19. Blackmon Kerzen 19) 19. Jesstess Codec
20) 20. Cornelius Archery 20) 20. Sonata Begay
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Trapplensteinks Weather
FEMALE VON TRAPPLENSTEINKS Compiled by Mischa D. Krilov and RETIRED MALE NAMES
1) 1. Sobriquet Millicent, nee Humphendorfer (wife of B.P.E.) Jason Morningstar 1) 1. David
2) 2. Merrybelle Gladys Olivia (the young daughter of B.P.E.) 2) 2. Frederic
Hurricanes are named primarily
3) 3. Eurastia Stern (sister of B.P.E.) 3) 3. Allen
4) 4. Bravura Alabaster Kentch (partner of Eurastia Stern von T.) to avoid confusion and aid tracking, 4) 4. Gilbert
5) 5. Wilactia Wilhelmina, nee McBaerrenpfeffer (mother of B.P.E.) a practice several hundred years 5) 5. Hugo
6) 6. Berneatha Octavia, nee Cadwallader-Hornbuckle (grandmother of B.P.E.) old. The World Meteorological Or- 6) 6. Klaus
7) 7. Parthenon Perditia C-H (spinster sister of Berneatha) ganization, in 1979, established six 7) 7. Bob
8) 8. Phyllis Delphinia, nee von T., now Snodgrass (sister of B.P.E.) 8) 8. Andrew
yearly lists of names for Atlantic
9) 9. Hortense Marie, nee von T., now Penker(aunt of B.P.E.) 9) 9. Cesar
10) 10. Clemency Caroline nee Cadwallader (distant cousin, wife of Grosskurth) hurricanes, used in a rotation. This 10) 10. Georges
11) 11. Flora Aurora Corona (daughter of Grosskurth)(twin) list only changes if a storm gains 11) 11. Mitch
12) 12. Fauna Andorra Celesta (daughter of Grosskurth)(twin) notoriety as particularly deadly or 12) 12. Floyd
13) 13. Eucase Belinda, nee Astrogenes(wife of Worthington P.) costly, to prevent the inappropriate 13) 13. Lenny
14) 14. Rhoda Desdemona Elisabeth (daughter of Worthington P.) 14) 14. Keith
use of a name in the future.
15) 15. Janice Kachina Penker (daughter of Hortense) 15) 15. Isidore
16) 16. Sinclaire Bernice, nee Radenberger (wife of Nicolas P.C.) Prior to 1978, hurricanes only 16) 16. Fabian
17) 17. Leeann Kegan (daughter of Nicolas P.C.) had women’s names. These might 17) 17. Juan
18) 18. Myrmidon Bellweather (sister of Gormbauld von T.) be cool names for robots, programs, 18) 18. Charley
19) 19. Celedon Anastacia, nee Barthurston (wife of Victor T.) or servers, or maybe clueless aliens. 19) 19. Ivan
20) 20. Broganne Jocasta Fordellia (daughter of Victor T.) 20) 20. Dennis
More information here:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/ RETIRED FEMALE NAMES
jetstream/tropics/tc_names.htm 1) 1. Carol
2) 2. Hazel
3) 3. Connie
4) 4. Diane
5) 5. Ione
6) 6. Janet
7) 7. Audrey
8) 8. Donna
Jason, is this
9) 9. Carla
10) 10. Hattie
11) 11. Flora
missing the six 12) 12. Cleo
13) 13. Dora
present lists?
14) 14. Hilda
15) 15. Betsy
16) 16. Inez
17) 17. Beulah
18) 18. Edna
19) 19. Camille
20) 20. Celia
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Weather Weather
TYPHOON NAMES TYPHOON 1 TYPHOON 4 TYPHOON 5
These are named by various Pa- 1) 1. Damrey 1) 1. Maria 1) 1. Sonamu
cific rim nations who each submit 2) 2. Kong-rey 2) 2. Francisco 2) 2. Podul
3) 3. Nakri 3) 3. Higos 3) 3. Noul
ten at a time, so they are incongru- 4) 4. Krovanh 4) 4. Omais 4) 4. Mindulle
ous and diverse and of both male 5) 5. Sarika 5) 5. Roke 5) 5. Nalgae
and female gender with an Asian 6) 6. Longwang 6) 6. Saomai 6) 6. Shanshan
flair. Good code names, perhaps? 7) 7. Yutu 7) 7. Lekima 7) 7. Lingling
8) 8. Fengshen 8) 8. Bavi 8) 8. Dolphin
9) 9. Dujuan 9) 9. Conson 9) 9. Lionrock
10) 10. Haima 10) 10. Sonca 10) 10. Banyan
11) 11. Kirogi 11) 11. Bopha 11) 11. Yagi
12) 12. Toraji 12) 12. Krosa 12) 12. Kajiki
13) 13. Kalmaegi 13) 13. Maysak 13) 13. Kujira
14) 14. Mujigae 14) 14. Chanthu 14) 14. Kompasu
15) 15. Meari 15) 15. Nesat 15) 15. Washi
16) 16. Kai-Tak 16) 16. Wukong 16) 16. Xangsane
17) 17. Man-yi 17) 17. Haiyan 17) 17. Faxai
18) 18. Fung-wong 18) 18. Haishen 18) 18. Chan-hom
19) 19. Choi-wan 19) 19. Dianmu 19) 19. Namtheun
20) 20. Ma-on 20) 20. Haitang 20) 20. Matsa
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Weirdos
Compiled by Meguey Baker MALE NAMES
Town busy-bodies, weirdos, hill- 1) 1. Neville
2) 2. Elmer
billies, and self-important charac-
3) 3. Floyd
ters. Add a middle initial for extra 4) 4. Gunther
oddness. 5) 5. Cleatus
6) 6. Wilmer
7) 7. Bert
8) 8. Clem
9) 9. Lloyd
10) 10. Jarvis
11) 11. Otis
12) 12. Melvin
13) 13. Phineas
14) 14. Darnell
15) 15. Euell
16) 16. Amos
17) 17. Beaumont
18) 18. Harvey
19) 19. Walter
20) 20. Davis