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For Olive's son, Nervous, please look under the Beaker Family.
* '''Nigmos''': Possibly a reference to the Spanish and Portuguese word ''negro'' meaning "black" for the Nigmos's dark complexions. Alternate definitions include dark, raven, gloomy, and pitchy.
* '''[[Ophelia Nigmos]]''' (Olive's niece): Derived from the Greek word ''ophelos'' meaning "help." Ophelia is also the doomed love interest of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
* '''[[Willow Nigmos]]''' (Ophelia's mother, Olive's sister): Refers to the willow tree or more appropriately, the weeping willow tree. This would be more fitting to the Specter family's melancholy name theme.
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* '''[[Mike Steel]]''' (Buzz's maternal grandfather): Mike is short for Michael, means "who is like god", and steel as in steel,a metal alloy of mostly iron plus carbon, harder than pure iron but malleable when hot.
* '''[[Mary Melons]]''' (Buzz's maternal grandmother): Mary means "to be bitter", while Melons as in melon, a type of fruit. Also possibly a reference to a slang term for breasts
* The reason why Mary does not have the same last name as Mike is that Missy wasthey anwere illegitimatenever childmarried. SheTheir daughter, Missy, was born outside of marriage.
 
==The [[Smith Family]]==
* '''Smith''': Derived from the Middle English ''smyth'' and from the Old English ''smiþ'' meaning "a worker in metals or wood." Smith is a very common, normal name which is quite ironic given that the Smiths are anything but common or normal. It is likely Pollination Tech#9 chose this name with suchthis in mind, as he may have wanted to seem normal in a way despite being an alien.
 
* '''[[Pollination Tech#9 Smith]]''': ''Pollination'' means "the transfer of pollen to allow fertilization" and ''technician'' means "a person skilled in the technique of an art or craft." This is referring to his abduction and impregnation of Sims as an alien.
* '''[[Jenny Smith]]''': ShortA fordiminutive of Jennifer which is the Cornish form of Guinevere, meansderived from the Welsh ''windo'' meaning "white," or"fair," and "smoothholy" and ''sēbarā'' meaning "magical being."
* '''[[Johnny Smith]]''' : A diminutive of John, meaningderived Godfrom hasthe favoured/GodLatin name Ioannes, which is mercifula form of the Greek name Iōannēs, originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yohanan meaning "Graced by Yah."
* '''[[Jill Smith]]''' : ShortA for Gillian, which is the English formdiminutive of Julia,Gillian which is the feminine version of Julian whichEnglish meansorigin downymeaning beard"youthful".
Other alien names we know of, e.g. Colony Drone and Birth Queen, all have something to do with reproduction. It is assumed that aliens live only for the purpose of reproduction in The Sims 2.
 
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* '''[[Erin Singles]]''': Derived from the Irish word "Éirinn" which is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland.
* '''[[Lola Singles]]''': A diminutive of the Spanish name "Dolores" meaning "sorrows." It is taken from one of the title of the ''Virgin Mary: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores'' meaning ''Our Lady of Sorrows.''
* '''[[Chloe Singles]]''': Derived from the Greek word ''khlóēchlói'' meaning "grass." It was one of the many names of the goddess Demeter and refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring.
* '''[[Kristen Singles]]''': Of Danish origin meaning "a Christian," from the Latin ''christiānus'' which is from the Greek ''christianos'' meaning "a Christian, a follower of Christ."
* '''Loste''': A corruption of "lost" meaning "unable to find one's way."
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* '''[[Goshem Loste]]''' (Kristen's paternal grandfather): Possibly a curruption of "Goshen" which refers to the "Land of Goshen," the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph. This name in combination with Loste sounds like "Gosh, I'm lost" which is fitting considering he was abducted by aliens.
* '''[[Vera Loste]]''' (Kristen's paternal grandmother): Of Russian or Latin origin. It coincides with the Latin ''verus'' meaning "verity." In Russian, ''vera'' means "faith." This name in combination with Loste sounds like "very lost."
* '''Simnitch''': --This 'Nitch'name ahints commonat misspellingRussian forancestry 'niche',through meansthis 'nest'. Sosection perhapsof the namefamily meanstree. 'A SimIt's Nest'not uncommon for Russian surnames to end in "ich."
* '''[[Leonard Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandfather): Derived from the Old High German name "Leonhard," from ''levon'' meaning "lion" and ''hardu'' meaning "brave" or "hardy." It may also be derived from the Latin ''leo'' meaning "lion."
* '''[[Petunia Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandmother): Of English origin referring to the petunia flower.
 
==The [[Loner Family]]==
* '''Loner:''' --A Becausereference heto the fact Ajay is onthe only one in his ownhousehold at the beginning of the game.
* '''[[Ajay Loner]]:''' :Derived Indianfrom the Sanskrit word ''ajaya'' meaning "unconquered," "unsurpassed", or unconquerable/"invincible."
* '''[[Vikram Loner]]''' (Ajay's father) : VikramDerived mayfrom meanSanskrit braveroot orwords victorious''vis'' inmeaning Sanskrit"to work" and ''krama'' meaning "a step, stride or path."
* '''[[Madhuri Loner]]''' (Ajay's mother) : A Sanskrit forname meaning "sweetness." In Hindi, ''madhuri'' can also mean "mellowness" or "lusciousness."
* '''[[Kavi Loner]]''' (Ajay's paternal grandfather): Kavi (from a root kū "to cry out") is a Sanskrit term for thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding or a leader.
* '''[[Jeevika Loner]]''' (Ajay's paternal grandmother): Unknown
* '''Frehndly:''' --A corruption of the word ''friendly'' meaning "kind and pleasant."
* '''[[Bhu Frehndly]]''' (Ajay's maternal grandfather) : the act of becoming or arising, the place of being, space, world or universe or the earth.
* '''[[Milony Frehndly]]''' (Ajay's maternal grandmother) : Form of Melany/Melanie meaning Black, Could also mean Melon.
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