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Hey, I love that idea! And it's so obvious, why didn't we all think of that? Thanks.

I change names most of the time, til the village gets so big Irun out of names! & imagination. I have 2 new villages (I love starting out best) & I name them according to how they look. I have a Sven, a Marina--haven't thought of a good name for the girl with white hair, she looks so Norwegian. They all have last names, too, but sometimes I give the kiddies their mothers surname, if its in danger of disappearing when there are no more men with that name.

Yeah if I get duplicate names, I have to change one. I had a 5 or 6 yr old girl named Ebi and when another baby got 2 yrs old, her name was Ebi, so I changed it. And I change some that sound weird to me. I had one boy named Top. I changed that one. That's just too weird LOL. And I had a girl named Coral, so I took off the L... then later one of the babies was named Kora, so I had to change that LOL. I had one boy named Kayak. I thought, okay, that's just too weird... what's next a boy named Yacht? So, I changed his name to Kamden (its all I could think of at the time LOL). Then later on, another boy baby was named Kayak... so I changed it to Kyle I think it was LOL. One girl was named Topa which is okay I guess, but I changed it to Topaz lol.

For the most part I do not change the names of my villagers. I have had a tribe going since I bought the game so they are self-sufficient. I do, however, change the names when I feel the urge. As I stated in a previous post in this poll, I went through and renamed all my villagers a unique mexican food/dish. I had Enchilada and Burrito. They mated and had a Taco. Well, this time I think I will try and name all my villagers names from Disney cartoons. I will have (Steamboat) Willie, I will have Mortimer, Huey, Duey, and Louis. I am going to use the names of the mice in Cinderella, and the Chip and Luminere from Beauty and the Beast. Boy, the list can go on. I shouldn't run out of names too quickly.

For the most part, I only change the names if I have multiple of the same name. For example, if I have a 58-year old Hula and I have a 15-year old Hula, I tend to change the 15-year old's name to Hula II. If it's a male, I change it to the name with Jr. after it or III if I have three of them. And then I just continue with that genre of naming, sometimes arriving at IV or V or futher if I remember to check for multiple names. Other than that, I don't change the name.

I had one villager that had the name Nanu. I nearly busted out laughing when I saw that one. All I could think of was Mork on Mork and Mindy saying "nanu nanu" all the time LOL. I left that name alone though cause I thought it was funny/cute. But, just recently, one of the 2 yr old girls was named Papa LOL, so of course I had to change that one!

in vv1 I've been trying to keep track of how many total villagers I've had in my villager with each name by sticking numbers on the end, we'll see how long THAT lasts. Other then that I don't change names, except for the Golden Child who is currently named Lobsang but may be named something less polite the next time I'm in a bad mood.

In vv2 I've been combining the parents names to make a new name.

I've done the name combining a couple of times too. I have a couple who are named Mabu and Taia and one of their daughters is named Maia.

Strange... It wouldn't give me the edit button for my last post. Anyway, just wanted to say that I just had a new little villager who was named Nono. LOL. I quickly changed that. Nono is a no-no name! LOL!