Basically the title
I’ve been tryna figure it out but my brain is a potato
There may be instructions somewhere but I’ll do an example one quickly
[name_f][/name_f]DH (dear husband): [name_m]James[/name_m], [name_m]Fred[/name_m], [name_m]Wesley[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]DW (dear wife): [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]DD1 (dear daughter 1): [name_f]June[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]DD2 (dear daughter 2): [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]DS1 (dear son 1): [name_m]Alfie[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]Max[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
(Instead of husband/wife sometimes people put father/mother or DGF/DGM for grandfather/grandmother)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]So[/name_f] then you just choose a first and middle name from each list for each person, and you can give them a nickname if you want. [name_f]My[/name_f] answers:
[name_f][/name_f]DH: [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_m]James[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]DW: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] ‘Betty’
[name_f][/name_f]DD1: [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]June[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]DD2: [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]DS1: [name_m]Alfie[/name_m] [name_m]Max[/name_m]
Sometimes there is a slash in the name bank to indicate first name options / middle name options, so something like
[name_f][/name_f]DW: [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f] / [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]and I might choose
[name_f][/name_f]DW: [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] ‘Cate’
[name_f][/name_f]Sometimes there is more than one generation, in which case there are usually ages in brackets, so it might say something like
[name_f][/name_f]DH (70): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]DW (68): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]DD1 (35): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]-DH (37): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]—DS1 (4): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]DD2 (32): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]-DGf (31): name name name name
[name_f][/name_f]—DD1 (nb): name name name name
[name_f]So[/name_f] DH (37) is the eldest daughter’s husband and DS1 (4) is their son; DGf (31) is the second daughter’s girlfriend and DD1 (nb) is their newborn daughter. These can get complicated!
[name_f][/name_f]Sometimes there are rule instead of names, for example
[name_f][/name_f]DD1 (nb): name name name name / grandmother’s first name
[name_f][/name_f]in which case you choose her a first name from the bank, then her middle name is whatever name you chose for her grandma.
[name_f][/name_f]Okay hope that makes sense…just say if you have any questions!
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Persephone’s explanation is fantastic! 
[name_f][/name_f] you may also find this thread helpful:
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[name_m]Just[/name_m] in case you weren’t aware too, CAF stands for “Create a Family” 