Are you expecting a baby in Popmundo (or just otherwise?). And can’t decide on a name until you know if it’s a boy or a girl?
Well then, the solution is to use a unisex name! A name that exists both for girls and boys. I made the extra effort to check all the namelists in Popmundo and built a list of names that exist for both genders and counted how many times it’s used in the game.
Here’s a complete list of all the 601 unisex names available in Popmundo (The times field tells how many alive characters in the game currently have this name).
mysql> select unisex.name, (select count(f) from charname where f=unisex.name) AS Times from unisex order by name;
+---------------+-------+ | name | Times | +---------------+-------+ | Achlys | 0 | | Ada | 417 | | Addison | 45 | | Ade | 0 | | Ahu | 105 | | AiMin | 25 | | Akgün | 69 | | Aki | 26 | | Akira | 6 | | Alana | 77 | | Ale | 20 | | Aleksa | 2 | | Alex | 579 | | Alexis | 474 | | Alija | 1 | | Alison | 4 | | Alix | 39 | | Alla | 14 | | Altan | 59 | | Alva | 12 | | Ambar | 0 | | Amber | 107 | | Ami | 2 | | Amiri | 0 | | Anıl | 127 | | Andrea | 379 | | Andrija | 5 | | Ane | 28 | | Angel | 109 | | Anouk | 37 | | Anto | 4 | | Aoi | 1 | | Aphrodite | 9 | | Aran | 0 | | Arata | 0 | | Ares | 32 | | Ari | 58 | | Arie | 1 | | Ariel | 52 | | Ashley | 107 | | Ashton | 61 | | Asri | 1 | | Ateş | 215 | | Aubrey | 0 | | Aurél | 6 | | Avery | 48 | | Ayame | 1 | | Aycan | 115 | | Aygün | 61 | | Ayhan | 81 | | Aytaç | 169 | | Ayumu | 2 | | Aza | 1 | | Şule | 140 | | Đuka | 3 | | İdil | 131 | | İsmet | 75 | | Özden | 119 | | Özen | 127 | | Özgür | 144 | | Özge | 335 | | Özgecan | 26 | | Çağrı | 224 | | Başar | 253 | | Baby | 420 | | Badem | 21 | | Bahrija | 0 | | Bailey | 49 | | BaoYi | 37 | | Baran | 30 | | Batı | 167 | | Bela | 51 | | Beren | 164 | | Berin | 35 | | Bertie | 0 | | Bilge | 229 | | Bilgen | 48 | | Blair | 123 | | Bobbie | 26 | | Bobby | 3 | | Bona | 1 | | Brett | 51 | | Burçin | 178 | | Cameron | 58 | | Cankat | 65 | | Cansın | 56 | | Carey | 0 | | Carol | 56 | | Carrol | 0 | | Carroll | 0 | | Carson | 32 | | Cary | 1 | | Casey | 44 | | Cecil | 49 | | Chance | 35 | | Chandler | 108 | | Charis | 1 | | Charlie | 74 | | Cherry | 63 | | Chevy | 48 | | Chibi | 1 | | Chin | 0 | | Chinda | 1 | | Chris | 536 | | Clair | 1 | | Clarence | 5 | | Cleo | 6 | | Clyde | 6 | | Collen | 0 | | Connie | 68 | | Corey | 43 | | Cory | 5 | | Courtney | 58 | | Cris | 59 | | Dallas | 41 | | Damaris | 31 | | Dan | 16 | | Dana | 103 | | Dani | 15 | | Daniele | 31 | | Dara | 61 | | Darby | 42 | | Darcy | 3 | | Darian | 49 | | Darnell | 1 | | Daryl | 2 | | Dünya | 107 | | Dee | 4 | | Denise | 130 | | Deniz | 331 | | Dennis | 46 | | Denny | 3 | | Deon | 48 | | Derin | 245 | | Derya | 308 | | Devin | 58 | | Devon | 2 | | Devrim | 183 | | Dilber | 54 | | Dina | 9 | | Dion | 1 | | Doğa | 167 | | Doğu | 211 | | Dominique | 87 | | Donnie | 5 | | Dora | 60 | | Dorian | 19 | | Drew | 48 | | Dylan | 186 | | Eddie | 82 | | Ege | 360 | | Eiko | 4 | | Ekin | 381 | | Eko | 1 | | Elen | 0 | | Eli | 10 | | Elia | 18 | | Elif | 211 | | Elin | 20 | | Elis | 106 | | Eliza | 29 | | Ellis | 12 | | Elmas | 44 | | Elmer | 1 | | Elmi | 1 | | Elvan | 89 | | Emanuele | 68 | | Emel | 41 | | Enid | 0 | | Ere | 0 | | Eren | 57 | | Eric | 306 | | Erin | 58 | | Eru | 2 | | Esa | 13 | | Esen | 76 | | Eser | 100 | | Esin | 82 | | Eugene | 4 | | Evan | 72 | | Evelin | 4 | | Ezel | 48 | | Felice | 16 | | Ferda | 140 | | Feza | 79 | | Fidan | 44 | | Figen | 64 | | Firdevs | 62 | | Firuz | 41 | | Flori | 1 | | Fran | 1 | | Francis | 174 | | Freddie | 20 | | Fumio | 0 | | Gabi | 7 | | Gabriele | 53 | | Gale | 0 | | Gayle | 1 | | Gökçe | 189 | | Görkem | 96 | | Güneş | 158 | | Güner | 102 | | Güngör | 60 | | Güral | 76 | | Güray | 80 | | Gürcan | 96 | | Güven | 60 | | Gene | 56 | | Gerd | 10 | | Gerry | 102 | | Gigi | 1 | | Glenn | 29 | | Guadalupe | 49 | | Gwyn | 0 | | Ha-Neul | 0 | | Haiko | 2 | | Hale | 45 | | Hali | 35 | | Hamida | 0 | | Han | 2 | | Hana | 16 | | Hanifa | 1 | | Hanna | 111 | | Haru | 0 | | Haruki | 0 | | Hedwig | 7 | | Heike | 5 | | Heini | 7 | | Helgi | 11 | | Helmi | 4 | | Henny | 5 | | Hikaru | 1 | | Hilal | 140 | | Himi | 0 | | Hiro | 20 | | Hironobu | 0 | | Hiroshi | 2 | | Hisashi | 0 | | Hollis | 2 | | Husnija | 0 | | Hyang-Soon | 0 | | Işık | 187 | | Ida | 168 | | Ilgın | 99 | | Indira | 38 | | Indra | 0 | | Ines | 56 | | Inge | 41 | | Ira | 10 | | Irmak | 132 | | Isa | 32 | | Isamu | 0 | | Itsuki | 2 | | Ivica | 5 | | Ivon | 20 | | Jackie | 56 | | Jadey | 2 | | Jae | 5 | | Jae-Hwa | 0 | | Jaime | 133 | | Jamie | 341 | | Jane | 60 | | Janis | 5 | | Jann | 1 | | Janne | 64 | | Jasmin | 106 | | Jayme | 1 | | Jean | 96 | | Jerry | 50 | | Jesse | 50 | | Jessie | 98 | | Jewell | 4 | | Jimmie | 7 | | Jimmy | 130 | | Jin | 1 | | Joan | 80 | | Jody | 55 | | Joe | 159 | | Jone | 0 | | Jong | 0 | | Jordan | 169 | | Jordyn | 39 | | Jori | 1 | | José | 427 | | Jude | 54 | | Juli | 1 | | Julian | 44 | | Jun | 2 | | June | 88 | | Jung | 0 | | Juri | 14 | | Kader | 57 | | Kadri | 56 | | Kaede | 1 | | Kahu | 2 | | Kai | 38 | | Kamira | 0 | | Kamuran | 73 | | Kane | 1 | | Kaoru | 1 | | Kara | 91 | | Karan | 14 | | Kari | 15 | | Karol | 29 | | Kasey | 0 | | Katsu | 0 | | Kay | 48 | | Kazuki | 2 | | Kazuya | 1 | | Kazuyoshi | 0 | | Kıvılcım | 55 | | Kelley | 2 | | Kelly | 99 | | Kendall | 34 | | Kenji | 2 | | Kennedy | 99 | | Kenneth | 17 | | Keno | 0 | | Kerry | 1 | | Kevser | 44 | | Kim | 168 | | Kimi | 12 | | Kirby | 2 | | Kit | 1 | | Kitti | 4 | | Kiyoshi | 0 | | Kohaku | 0 | | Koko | 2 | | Kris | 24 | | Kristen | 88 | | Kristian | 27 | | Kumsal | 54 | | Kyo | 1 | | Lacy | 47 | | Laine | 8 | | Lal | 49 | | Layne | 3 | | Leigh | 58 | | Lennie | 1 | | Leone | 3 | | Leonida | 5 | | Lesley | 45 | | Leslie | 114 | | Levi | 67 | | Li | 4 | | Lilo | 15 | | Lindsey | 58 | | Ljuba | 2 | | Logan | 70 | | Lois | 23 | | Lonnie | 3 | | Loren | 0 | | Lou | 103 | | Lulu | 6 | | Lynn | 126 | | Maha | 1 | | Maiko | 1 | | Makoto | 0 | | Malin | 10 | | Man | 3 | | Mana | 0 | | Mare | 16 | | Marian | 10 | | Marika | 28 | | Marin | 1 | | Marino | 25 | | Maris | 25 | | Marty | 4 | | Masa | 0 | | Masayoshi | 0 | | Mason | 54 | | Mateja | 5 | | Maurice | 122 | | Mavi | 241 | | Maxie | 2 | | May | 51 | | Mefharet | 30 | | Megumu | 0 | | Meiko | 0 | | Meng | 13 | | Meriç | 64 | | Merih | 67 | | Merle | 8 | | Michele | 113 | | Michi | 0 | | Michihiro | 0 | | Mihriban | 42 | | Mika | 61 | | Miki | 2 | | Miko | 1 | | Miku | 0 | | Minik | 66 | | Mio | 2 | | Misa | 6 | | Mito | 0 | | Mitsuo | 0 | | Moe | 1 | | Morgan | 399 | | Muhterem | 22 | | Muzaffer | 54 | | Myrna | 0 | | Nada | 11 | | Nae | 5 | | Nami | 22 | | Nan | 24 | | Nermin | 74 | | Nevin | 100 | | Nicky | 130 | | Nico | 35 | | Nicola | 38 | | Niki | 3 | | Nikita | 70 | | Nikko | 2 | | Niko | 37 | | Nikola | 17 | | Nil | 390 | | Ninel | 3 | | Nobu | 0 | | Noe | 3 | | Noel | 49 | | Nori | 0 | | Nozomi | 0 | | Nur | 52 | | Nurcan | 80 | | Nuria | 23 | | Odell | 1 | | Oki | 0 | | Ola | 10 | | Ollie | 2 | | Ori | 1 | | Orphée | 64 | | Paris | 83 | | Pat | 1 | | Pınar | 724 | | Rahil | 0 | | Rain | 69 | | Rani | 0 | | Ranko | 5 | | Rasema | 1 | | Rüzgar | 144 | | Reiko | 1 | | Remi | 2 | | Remzija | 1 | | Ren | 3 | | Rene | 42 | | Reno | 0 | | Reyes | 41 | | Reyhan | 41 | | Rida | 1 | | Riho | 3 | | Riko | 2 | | Riku | 1 | | Riley | 49 | | Rino | 13 | | Rio | 73 | | Riza | 1 | | Robbie | 240 | | Robin | 114 | | Roine | 5 | | Roko | 6 | | Rosario | 67 | | Rowan | 22 | | Royce | 2 | | Ruşen | 42 | | Rudy | 5 | | Rushi | 1 | | Ryan | 248 | | Ryo | 2 | | Ryou | 0 | | Saša | 7 | | Sabi | 0 | | Saini | 5 | | Saku | 4 | | Salla | 0 | | Sam | 88 | | Sami | 72 | | Sammie | 1 | | Sammy | 20 | | Sandy | 0 | | Santi | 22 | | Süreyya | 132 | | Seçkin | 375 | | Sedef | 44 | | Senko | 0 | | Seung | 0 | | Sezer | 75 | | Shannon | 77 | | Shaun | 70 | | Shawn | 11 | | Shay | 45 | | Shayne | 49 | | Sheela | 0 | | Shelby | 55 | | Shin | 4 | | Shinobu | 1 | | Sidney | 51 | | Sima | 11 | | Simone | 155 | | Sina | 42 | | Solveig | 7 | | Soo | 2 | | Sook | 2 | | Soon-Ok | 2 | | Sora | 0 | | Sri | 0 | | Stacey | 69 | | Stacy | 74 | | Stef | 20 | | Stephane | 0 | | Stevie | 37 | | Su | 633 | | Suat | 130 | | Sultan | 237 | | Sun | 11 | | Sydney | 403 | | Tai | 3 | | Taiyan | 19 | | Tajana | 1 | | Takehiko | 0 | | Taki | 0 | | Tako | 1 | | Takumi | 0 | | Tamara | 151 | | Tame | 0 | | Tami | 32 | | Tamra | 1 | | Tana | 0 | | Tanay | 40 | | Tane | 0 | | Tara | 82 | | Taree | 0 | | Tatsuya | 0 | | Taylor | 54 | | Teijo | 0 | | Teo | 25 | | Terje | 20 | | Terry | 51 | | Tezer | 64 | | Thais | 26 | | Tijen | 127 | | Toimi | 9 | | Toma | 18 | | Tome | 5 | | Tomi | 29 | | Tomo | 4 | | Toni | 135 | | Tory | 1 | | Toshi | 1 | | Toshiaki | 0 | | Touko | 0 | | Tracey | 1 | | Tracy | 65 | | Tsubasa | 2 | | Tuana | 162 | | Tuna | 79 | | Tutku | 94 | | Tyler | 58 | | Uğur | 93 | | Ukyo | 0 | | Ulvi | 37 | | Umut | 125 | | Utku | 101 | | Vali | 2 | | Valo | 11 | | Vanja | 6 | | Vasa | 2 | | Veera | 13 | | Vesa | 23 | | Vic | 6 | | Viera | 0 | | Viki | 1 | | Vildan | 45 | | Vinnie | 1 | | Vivian | 174 | | Vlada | 7 | | Vuslat | 79 | | Whitney | 57 | | Willie | 4 | | Winnie | 0 | | Yaşar | 129 | | Yağmur | 154 | | Yalın Altuğ | 30 | | Yani | 1 | | Yanni | 20 | | Yaren | 25 | | Yasu | 0 | | Yüksel | 163 | | Yori | 0 | | Yoshi | 0 | | Yoshiki | 1 | | Young | 6 | | Yuki | 19 | | Yukio | 1 | | Yuli | 0 | | Yuma | 1 | | Yuri | 47 | | Yutaka | 0 | | Yuu | 4 | | Zaid | 1 | | Zane | 7 | | ZiJun | 38 | +---------------+-------+ 601 rows in set (4 min 4.16 sec)
(It took me over 4 minutes to run this on a fairly old computer due to the repeated iterations in the subquery.)
I’m quite certain many of the names here should not be allowed to given to both genders. For example Aphrodite and José sound very misplaced, but after asking around from native speakers, I’ve learned they’re actually correct. It’s interesting to note, that by running one kind of analysis on a database, unexpected results can help to pinpoint errors that otherwise would be quite impossible to do manually. How else would we have found out that there’s a José in the dutch girls’ name list?
I’ll have some translators look into this list so they pick out names that are definitely out of place. Don’t be surprised if this list will change one day!
If you actually want to give out this name to your newborn popo-baby, you will of course need to know in what language the name is available. For a full 2,042 row long list, please go to:
http://popodeus.com/namesearch/unisex-names-popmundo-20090829.html
It contains gender and language info (and the name id as it is originally stored in the Popmundo database.)
The previous blog entry has other kinds of interesting numbers that I picked out from the namelists today.
