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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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==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.