While reading about elementary particles I came up with this weird idea for a name game. Don’t worry, I’ll explain my idea below and you don’t have to be a physicist, just a name nerd!
In this Create A Family every family member is tied to a particle (more precisely: J^P = 1/2+ baryon). These particles consist of elementary particles (quarks), and that is were our name requirements come from! Here is the list:
up: a name starting with one of these letters abcdefghijklm
down: a name starting with one of these letters nopqrstuvwxyz
charm: one of your favourite names!
strange: one of your guilty pleasures
top: a name that is in the US top 250
bottom: a name that is not in the US top 250
Let’s do a quick example: Dad is a proton, so we have 2 up and 1 down. So we need three names (so a first name and two middles). Two ‘up names’: a name starting with one of these letters abcdefghijklm. And one ‘down name’: a name starting with one of these letters nopqrstuvwxyz. It’s up to you which requirement you choose for which name (first name, first middle name, second middle name). So we could for example name him Niels Henrik David.
Sorry for the long explanation. I hope everything is clear now. Have fun!
Dad: proton (2 up, 1 down)
Mom: neutron (1 up, 2 down)
Older Daughter: lambda (1 up, 1 down, 1 strange)
Older Son: charmed lambda (1 up, 1 down, 1 charm)
Younger Son: bottom lambda (1 up, 1 down, 1 bottom)
Triplet daughters: sigma+ (2 up, 1 strange), sigma0 (1 up, 1 down, 1 strange), sigma- (2 down, 1 strange)
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Dad: [name_m]Odin[/name_m] [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Mees[/name_m]
Mom: [name_f]Sara[/name_f] Elsabeth Willemijn
Older Daughter: [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] ‘Panda’ [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
Older [name_m]Son[/name_m]: Juriaan [name_m]Willem[/name_m] [name_m]Frederik[/name_m]
Younger [name_m]Son[/name_m]: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Maarten[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m]
Triplet daughters: Cosmea [name_f]Milena[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] [name_f]Petra[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f], Thessalia [name_f]Rosa[/name_f] [name_u]Noor[/name_u]
DH: [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_m]Fraser[/name_m] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] ‘Ever’
DW: [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] [name_u]Vesper[/name_u] [name_u]Reagan[/name_u] ‘Delphi’
DD: [name_f]India[/name_f] [name_u]Presley[/name_u] [name_u]Vega[/name_u] ‘Indie’
DS: [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Roger[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
DD/DD/DD: [name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Cher[/name_f], [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] [name_u]Tai[/name_u] & [name_u]Simone[/name_u] [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f]
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Dad: [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] [name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
Mom: [name_f]Megan[/name_f] [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f] [name_f]Ursella[/name_f]
Older Daughter: [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] [name_f]Laureline[/name_f]
Older [name_m]Son[/name_m]: [name_m]Yadiel[/name_m] [name_u]Brayden[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]
Younger [name_m]Son[/name_m]: [name_u]Chase[/name_u] [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_u]Rome[/name_u]
Triplet Daughters: [name_u]Eden[/name_u] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Harmonia[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] [name_f]Juno[/name_f] & [name_f]Sara[/name_f] [name_f]Trinity[/name_f] [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f]
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Physics crossed with baby names - intriguing! I had to give it a go…
Dad -
(proton): [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Willow[/name_u]
Mom -
(neutron): [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
Older daughter -
(lambda): [name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_f]Viviana[/name_f] [name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]
Older son -
(charmed lambda): [name_u]George[/name_u] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Rosewood[/name_m]
Younger son -
(bottom lambda): [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_u]Firefly[/name_u]
Triplet daughters -
(sigma+): [name_f]Maudie[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f] Sunflower
(sigma0): [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Honey[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
(sigma-): [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [name_f]Poetry[/name_f]