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The onomatology (study of names) for [[Sim]]s in [[Sunset Valley]].
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*'''Alto''': means "high" in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, also refers to the lower register of a woman's voice
*'''[[Nick Alto]]''': short for Nicholas, means "victory of the people" in Greek
*'''[[Vita Alto]]''': means "life" in Latin and in Italian
*'''[[Holly Alto (Sunset Valley)|Holly Alto]]''': derived from the
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*'''Alvi''': possible reference to Alvi Dental Hospital
*[[Iqbal Alvi|'''Iqbal''' '''Alvi''']]: means "fortunate" in Arabic
*[[VJ Alvi|'''VJ''' '''Alvi''']]: most likely short for Vijay, which is derived from Vijaya, meaning "victory" in Sanskrit
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*'''Andrews''': derived from the name Andrew, meaning "man"
*'''[[Beau Andrews]]''': the masculine form of the word "beautiful" in French
*'''[[Victoria Andrews]]''': means "victory" in Latin and in Spanish
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*'''Bachelor''': from the English word meaning an unmarried man
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*[[Bella Goth|'''Bella Bachelor''']]: means "beautiful" in
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*'''Bunch''': most likely an English surname, could be referring to the fact that there are a "bunch of people" in the household, or referring to "The Brady Bunch"
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*'''Clavell''': could be derived from Claville, which comes from the Old Scandinavian word meaning "door bolt" or "peg."
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*'''[[Ransom Clavell]]''': most likely referring to a ransom, which is "the release of property or a person in return for payment of a demanded price."
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*'''Crumplebottom''': most likely a combination of the English words "crumple" and "bottom"
*'''Darling''': an English word meaning a "special loved one"
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*'''Frio''': means "cold" in Spanish and Portuguese
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*'''Goth''': could refer to an early East Germanic Tribe, but most likely refers to the Gothic subculture that the family seems to be a part of
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*'''[[Dorie Hart]]''': short for Dorothy, derived from Dorothea meaning "gift of God" in Greek.
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=='''The [[Jolina Family]]'''==▼
*'''Jolina''': could be derived from the French word jolie, meaning "beautiful"
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*'''Keaton''': an Old English surname meaning "shed town"
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*'''Kennedy''': means "
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*'''Koffi''': a variation of the word coffee
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*'''[[Nancy Landgraab]]''': short for Anne, which is derived from the name Hannah which means "favor" or "grace" in Hebrew
*'''[[Malcolm Landgraab (The Sims 3)|Malcolm Landgraab]]''': means "disciple of Saint Columba" in Scottish
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*'''Langerak''': could be derived from the name of a town in South Holland.
*'''Mae''': a variant of May, the name of which is derived from the month of May.
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*'''McGraw''': could mean "son of grace"
*'''Donner''': a French verb meaning "to give"
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*'''Hatch''': "to hatch" is to emerge or break out of an egg; a hatch is also an opening on the roof or floor of a building
*'''Wainwright''': an occupational surname for a wagon-builder
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*'''Sekemoto''': presumably a Japanese surname, origin unknown
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*'''McIrish''': "mc" is a variant of "mac", which when placed in front of a name means "son of"; therefore the name could mean "son of Ireland"
*'''French''': most likely refers to the people who live in the country of France and the language they speak
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*'''Steel''': variant of Steele, which is an occupational surname for a steelworker
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*'''Ursine''': could be a variant of Orsini, which means "little bear" in Italian; "ursa" means bear in
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*'''Wainwright''': an occupational surname for a wagon-builder
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*'''Goddard''': meaning unknown, this is the name of several towns in the United States.
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*'''Wolff''': variant of Wolf, which refers to the animal
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*'''Kimura''': means "tree village" in Japanese
*'''VanWatson''': means "from Watson"
*'''Ansari''': derived from Ansar, which means "supporters" in Arabic
*'''Morris''': derived from the name Maurice, which means "dark skinned" in Latin
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