I have gone through every phase of changing names. With VV1 I used family names. Then with VV2 I used native american names, actually doing research on the net to get authentic ones. Then I got lazy and just used whatever appealed to me. Lately I have been using the names that the game picks except for some of the more rediculous ones like Bobo and Titta. I hate those so I change them. The game loves to duplicate names so I change them too.