Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
TBT's 2026 New Year's Party has started! Join us from now until January 11th in eight fun New Year's activities. Earn currency to spend on collectibles and raffle tickets. Get started in The Bulletin Board event thread. Happy New Year!
I like having villagers with the same name as my characters, but never really concidered names besides Judy, which is the name of my grandma. I thought it was cute at first, but slowly weirded me out.
I like Kid Cat's name because its inigue, like a few others, and stands out. Since its just his code name, though I call him Cat. I wonder what his actual name is
Since I've experienced this game in two languages I can say that in English I have 0 issues, but Spanish. Oh what an experience in Spanish. For starters one character has my name, so I physically can't invite her to my island. Cyd has a friend's name, so sometimes when he gets all philosophical in his letters I show them to my friend, but I haven't experienced the "it reminds me of you" at all. I think that it's because even though I read the name "Ramón" my mind processes it as Cyd because I knew him by that before.
In English I love names like Dom (who? Who saw this name and was like yes, nothing weird to see here?!), Angus (which is not only a bull but their meat is delicious, so I find it even funnier and darker when his shirt has fire on it) and Lucky (the irony. Though I like a little more his name in Spanish, Pupas, as a referenced to him probably getting hurt a lot.). There are names that are just translations or very similar like Kid cat - Gatomán (Catman), but oh boi how weird the names can turn in Spanish. There's a snooty anteater that is literally called vacuum cleaner (Aspiradora).
I have no sought out or rejected a villager based on name. There is a villager with my name and I don’t want her. Not because of her name but because the way she dresses makes her look like she has a shall we say adult oriented career.
Honestly, when I meet someone with the same name as me irl, I really just don’t like it. It’s very rare though and I always feel like they mutually dislike it. With that being said though I was drawn to a villager with the same name as me from the beginning and not because of the name, but because there’s something about them that I liked. I almost didn’t get them because of the name. They became kind of a joke between someone and I and and they grew on me anymore and I decided to give them a chance and I’m glad I did because I adore this villager so much. Their personality is great and their aesthetic matches me perfectly. They’re even my favorite color. It happened again with a different villager having the name of someone who hurt me in the past and I wanted to dislike them, but there’s something about them that I really like. I got them as my forced camper and planned to give them away. The longer they were on my Island though, the more attached I became and I couldn’t bring myself to give them away. So I wouldn’t say that I’ve chosen or have been repelled by them because of their names because I just like them.
I don't think so actually! I used to know someone who was named Lily-- but I don't mind the fact that she shares the same name as the frog villager.
In fact, my usual perspective is: If it's a video game character that has the same name as someone I knew, even if I don't like them or didn't get along with them in real life, I don't really mind at all, because it's a video game character, not a real person.
fantasy and reality are not the same!
that's my take on it. : ^ )
(I also think that maybe my personality is more relaxed about those types of things. I don't get bothered by that type of thing a lot, but yeah, I guess it depends. It can feel tempting not to like a fantasy character because they are named of someone I didn't like IRL. but I try not to go down that path, because it's not worth it. What's more important is that I have fun playing the game or doing the thing I love! And yeah, fundamentally, fantasy is different from reality.)
(and yes, I actually LOVE Lily the frog villager with all my heart, but personality-wise, she is nothing like the real person I knew!)
Oh yeah.. there are quite a few villagers I like the design of, but I could never invite them to my island, because they remind me of old friends.
I could simply switch the game to english to solve that problem, but it's one of the only things I have left in german.. I couldn't bring myself to change it to english or french just for a few names.
