I recruited a few new drivers recently and found they all had the same surname, and it got me thinking. Given the fact that everybody starts with British staff and drivers, and the recent influx of players, the British names get used all of the time.
I did see a thread about this long ago, and saw that names lists were comma separated, but now can't find the original.
I used a few different websites to gather this together. Some points:
These are British Ethnic names, not including Mohammed etc. which is in the top 100 now.
It includes some Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
There are 100 forenames each for male and female.
There are 618 surnames.
If the name generator is simply random forename + random surname, then I can't stop names such as Bruce Bruce, William Williams, etc. where the forename and surname match. Perhaps removing either of them would still be ok because there should be enough others.
Either way, please feel free to reply with any thoughts and I hope Jack and the devs can find this useful.
Surnames:
Abbott,Adams,Aitken,Albert,Alexander,Allan,Allen,Allison,Anderson,Andrew,Andrews,Anthony,Archer,Armstrong,Arnold,Arthur,Ashton,Atkins,Atkinson,Austin,Avery,Bacon,Bailey,Baines,Baird,Baker,Baldwin,Ball,Banes,Banks,Barber,Barker,Barlow,Barnes,Barnett,Barr,Barrett,Barry,Bartlett,Barton,Bates,Baxter,Beach,Beattie,Beck,Becker,Bell,Bennett,Benson,Berry,Bevan,Bird,Bishop,Black,Blair,Blake,Blevins,Blundell,Bolton,Bond,Booth,Bowen,Bowers,Bowman,Boyd,Boyle,Bradford,Bradley,Brady,Brewer,Brien,Briggs,Brooks,Bros,Brown,Browne,Bruce,Brundle,Bryan,Bryant,Buchanan,Buck,Buckley,Bull,Burgess,Burke,Burnett,Burns,Burton,Bush,Butler,Button,Byrne,Caldwell,Cameron,Camp,Campbell,Cannon,Carey,Carlson,Carpenter,Carr,Carroll,Carter,Case,Cecil,Chamberlain,Chambers,Chandler,Chapman,Charles,Chase,Chilton,Christie,Church,Clark,Clarke,Clay,Clayton,Cleveland,Cobb,Cohen,Cole,Coleman,Collier,Collins,Connell,Connolly,Connor,Cook,Cooke,Cooper,Cotton,Cox,Craig,Crane,Crawford,Creek,Cross,Cummings,Cunningham,Curtis,Dale,Daly,Daniel,Daniels,Davenport,Davey,David,Davidson,Davies,Davis,Dawson,Day,Dean,Dennis,Dickinson,Dickson,Dillon,Dixon,Docherty,Dodge,Doherty,Donaldson,Donnelly,Douglas,Doyle,Drake,Dudley,Duncan,Dunn,Dyer,Eaton,Edward,Edwards,Elizabeth,Elliott,Ellis,Emerson,Evans,Everett,Farmer,Farrell,Fellows,Ferguson,Field,Findlay,Fisher,Fitzgerald,Fleming,Fletcher,Floyd,Flynn,Forbes,Ford,Forrest,Foster,Fowler,Fox,Francis,Frank,Franklin,Fraser,Freeman,French,Frost,Fry,Fuller,Gallagher,Gardner,Garrett,Gates,George,Gibbs,Gibson,Gilbert,Gill,Glover,Goodman,Goodwin,Gordon,Gould,Graham,Grant,Graves,Gray,Green,Greene,Greenwood,Gregory,Grey,Griffin,Griffith,Griffiths,Hale,Hall,Hamilton,Hammond,Hancock,Hanson,Harding,Hardy,Harper,Harrington,Harris,Harrison,Hart,Hartley,Harvey,Hastings,Hawkins,Hawthorn,Hay,Hayes,Haynes,Heath,Henderson,Henry,Herbert,Hewitt,Hicks,Higgins,Hill,Hodges,Hodgson,Hoffman,Holden,Holland,Holmes,Holt,Hood,Hooper,Hopkin,Hopkins,Horton,Hotel,Houghton,House,Houston,Howard,Howe,Howell,Howes,Hubbard,Hudson,Hughes,Hull,Humphrey,Humphreys,Hunt,Hunter,Hutchinson,Hyde,Ireland,Island,Jackson,Jacobs,James,Jamieson,Jane,Jarvis,Jefferson,Jenkins,Jennings,John,Johnson,Johnston,Jones,Jordan,Joseph,Kay,Keller,Kelley,Kelly,Kemp,Kendall,Kendrick,Kennedy,Kent,Kerr,Kimball,King,Kirk,Knapp,Knight,Knowles,Knox,Lake,Lamb,Lambert,Lane,Lang,Law,Lawrence,Lawson,Leach,Lee,Leonard,Leslie,Levy,Lewis,Lincoln,Lindsay,Little,Livingston,Llewellyn,Lloyd,Lodge,Logan,Long,Lord,Love,Lovett,Low,Lowe,Lucas,Lynch,Lyon,Lyons,Macdonald,Mack,Mackay,Mackenzie,Maclean,Macleod,Maddox,Mann,Manning,Mansell,Marsh,Marshall,Martin,Marvin,Mason,Mathews,Matthews,Maxwell,May,McCarthy,McDonald,McGregor,McIntosh,McIntyre,McKay,McKenzie,McLaughlin,McLean,McMillan,Mead,Merrick,Merrill,Meyer,Middleton,Miles,Millar,Miller,Mills,Milne,Mitchell,Monroe,Montgomery,Moody,Moore,Moran,Morgan,Morris,Morrison,Morse,Morton,Moss,Muir,Munro,Murphy,Murray,Myers,Nash,Neal,Neil,Neill,Nelson,Newman,Newton,Nicholls,Nichols,Nicholson,Nixon,Noble,Norman,Norris,North,Norton,Oliver,Olson,O'Neill,Orr,Osborne,Owen,Owens,Page,Palmer,Park,Parker,Parks,Parry,Parsons,Paterson,Patrick,Patterson,Paul,Payne,Pearce,Pearson,Peck,Penn,Perkins,Perry,Peters,Peterson,Phelps,Phillips,Pierce,Pike,Poole,Pope,Porter,Potter,Powell,Powers,Pratt,Preston,Price,Pritchard,Probert,Pryce,Pugh,Quinn,Randall,Ray,Raymond,Read,Reece,Reed,Rees,Reese,Reeves,Reid,Reilly,Reynolds,Rhodes,Rice,Richard,Richards,Richardson,Richmond,Riley,Ritchie,Road,Robbins,Robert,Roberts,Robertson,Robinson,Robson,Rogers,Roosevelt,Rose,Ross,Rowe,Rowland,Roy,Russell,Ryan,Sanders,Saunders,Savage,Sawyer,Schmidt,Scott,Seymour,Sharp,Shaw,Shepherd,Sheppard,Sherman,Short,Simmons,Simpson,Skinner,Slater,Small,Smith,Snow,Snyder,Spencer,Stafford,Stanley,Stanton,Steele,Stephens,Stephenson,Stevens,Stevenson,Stewart,Stokes,Stone,Strong,Stuart,Sullivan,Surtees,Sutherland,Sutton,Swan,Swift,Taft,Taylor,Terry,Thomas,Thompson,Thomson,Thornton,Todd,Townsend,Tucker,Turner,Tyler,Underwood,Vaughan,Vincent,Wade,Wagner,Walker,Wall,Wallace,Walsh,Walter,Walters,Walton,Ward,Ware,Warner,Warren,Washington,Waters,Watkins,Watson,Watt,Watts,Weaver,Webb,Weber,Webster,Weeks,Welch,Wells,Welsh,West,Weston,Wheeler,White,Whitehead,Whitney,Wilcox,Wilkins,Wilkinson,Willard,Williams,Williamson,Willis,Wilson,Winter,Wise,Wood,Woods,Woodward,Wright,Yates,York,Young
Male names:
Aaron,Adam,Aidan,Aiden,Alex,Alexander,Andrew,Arran,Ben,Benjamin,Blair,Bradley,Brandon,Callum,Cameron,Charles,Charlie,Christopher,Ciaran,Connor,Craig,Daniel,Darren,David,Dean,Declan,Duncan,Dylan,Edward,Ethan,Evan,Ewan,Finlay,Fraser,George,Grant,Greg,Gregor,Hamish,Harris,Harrison,Harry,Jack,Jacob,Jake,James,Jamie,Jason,Jay,Joe,John,Jonathan,Jordan,Joseph,Josh,Joshua,Kai,Kian,Kieran,Kris,Kyle,Lee,Leon,Lewis,Liam,Logan,Louis,Lucas,Luke,Marc,Marcus,Mark,Matthew,Max,Michael,Mitchell,Nathan,Oliver,Owen,Patrick,Paul,Peter,Rhys,Robbie,Robert,Rory,Ross,Ryan,Sam,Samuel,Scott,Sean,Shaun,Stephen,Steven,Stuart,Thomas,Tyler,Will,William
Female names:
Abbie,Abby,Abigail,Aimee,Alexandra,Alice,Alicia,Amber,Amelia,Amy,Anna,Ava,Beth,Bethany,Brooke,Caitlin,Caitlyn,Cara,Carly,Catherine,Cerys,Charlotte,Chelsea,Chloe,Ciara,Claire,Courtney,Daisy,Danielle,Demi,Eilidh,Eleanor,Elise,Elizabeth,Ella,Elle,Ellie,Emily,Emma,Erin,Eva,Eve,Gemma,Georgia,Grace,Hannah,Hayley,Heather,Holly,Imogen,Iona,Isla,Jade,Jasmine,Jenna,Jennifer,Jessica,Jodie,Kaitlyn,Kara,Kate,Katherine,Katie,Kayla,Kayleigh,Kelsey,Kiera,Kirsty,Lara,Laura,Lauren,Leah,Lily,Louise,Lucy,Megan,Melissa,Mia,Millie,Molly,Morgan,Natalie,Natasha,Nicole,Olivia,Paige,Phoebe,Rachael,Rachel,Rebecca,Robyn,Rosie,Samantha,Sarah,Shannon,Sinead,Sophie,Stephanie,Victoria,Zoe