Real Families...and Fake Ones Too. ;)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I met a set of siblings yesterday.
Jaycee (g, 4th grade?)
Caden (b, 1st grade)
Brennan (b, 4 yrs.?)

When I heard the first two, I was inwardly cringing at the trendiness. Brennan isn't bad though, and they were all very nice kids.

Today, a woman who is friends with my grandparents was over and she was talking about various members of her family. If I correctly gathered, her daughter is Lisa. Lisa's daughters are Lindsey and Lauren. Lindsay's daughters, age 2, are Addie and Ava. I think that is a cute set for twins. I'm not sure if Addie is short for anything. I think Adele and Ava would be pretty nice, but for all I know, it's Addison or just Addie.

On to the fake family. I'm doing a Legacy Challenge in Sims 2. Actually, not so much of a challenge. They come with all sorts of rules I'm not using. The only thing I'm keeping is that you don't use money cheats and from each generation you pick an heir to the house and fortune. Usually, these go for 10 generations, but mine is going for...more. Really, I guess it is a challenge in that sense. I'm doing the founder plus 26 generations. That's the idea anyway. I've chosen an alphabet theme since I like names so much. Each generation will have its own letter.

So...

Founder T'Omega married Marisa Bendett, a Townie
Their first child is Adelaide.

I need three children for Founder's Lifetime Want, but there's always the possibility of surprise multiples.

The first boy will definitely be Alistair.
Ideas for any subsequent girls are Antigone and Avalon. Which should be first choice? Or do you have any other ideas?
For boys, I'm thinking Amos. I'm trying to avoid using two Al-- names, but I might be convinced to use Algernon.
I need more boy ideas and girl ideas are welcome too, as I said. So what goes with Adelaide and Alistair?

Comments

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I hate Jaycee. Cadan and Brennan are not bad. I don't think I would use them though.

I love Adelaide.

I like Ava, and I like Addie for a nn, but I do not like the first name Addison. I would like Addie for Adelaide! or Adele, too.

I like your little set for sims. Those names work well for what you want to do. In real life I would not give children such similar names, but since you are doing a theme for a game, it works.
Abraham and Alexander might fit into your set.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't like it Addison either. I love Addie for Adelaide, but that name isn't used very often so I kind of figure it probably isn't for that in this case.

I don't like matching initials in real life, but it was too great of a Sim theme to resist. :P Thanks for your suggestions. I'll keep them in mind!

[hwar.livejournal.com]

boys: Adelard, Armand, Ambrose, Abraham, August, Adrian, Arthur

girls: Augusta, Angelique, Agatha, Aurelia, Annelise

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Ambrose! I can't believe I forgot that one. My dad and I were trying to come up with names last night and that was one of them. I couldn't for the life of me remember it when I posted. And I can't believe I forgot August! I love that name. Thanks for all of the suggestions [and reminders ;) ]. I think Agatha is a winner.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I forgot to mention Arthur. It's a name I'll never forget due to an association. Maybe it's a good thing it did not come to mind?
I do like Ambrose. It works with Alistair

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

You did mention Arthur. It was the last one you listed.
Ambrose is definitely a top contender.

[lorielizabeth.livejournal.com]

I don't like Caden or Jaycee but Brennan has always been a favourite of mine, but the mister hates it :/.

I love the name Adelaide! also Avalon, it's gorgeous, i have a wicked need to call any future girls i have Aurora and Avalon lol.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Brennan is a nice Irish name. Sorry your mister doesn't like it. :(

I love Adelaide too. I like the whimsical feel of Avalon, but it's not one I'd use myself. Actually, due to OCD, I probably would never use any name that starts with an A myself. Heh. Stupid OCD. But it would be cool to see some little Avalons running around!

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Sims names themes are the best. I like all of your names, although for the boys with Alistair I'd go with Algernon, just because Amos seems too normal with Alistair, haha. I like Antigone more than Avalon, too.

in one of my familys, I had 14 children. Hamish, Xavier, Winifred, Sterling, Zelda, Eleanor, Truman, Althea, Louise, Paloma, Norah, Faye, Birdie, and Daisy. I was trying to go for a late 19th century theme, except for Hamish and Xavier, I hadn't thought of the theme yet. also I didn't use the same first letter more than once. I was really proud of this family!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

As much as I kind of want to use Algernon, in real life, Alistair and Algernon would probably both be occassionally shortened to Al. Or it could be Al and Algie. I just can't do it. Maybe I'll do an Importance of Being Earnest theme with one of the spares.

14 children! Woah. I can't imagine trying to run THAT household. Did you use the cheesecake or spawn them from the Tombstone of Life and Death? I can't imagine that happened naturally. ;)

That's a fun theme. I love a lot of old names. Now, I want to make a neighborhood where each family has names from a different time period and if they marry someone from another decade/century family you average the dates to name their children. Haha!