This is the Onomatology page for Sim State University.
The Bright household[]
Bright: an adjective that means that someone is intelligent.
- Martin Ruben: Martin comes from the Latin Martinus and means "of mars" or "of war/ warlike", "martial", "warrior". Ruben is the Dutch and Armenian way of writing the biblical male name Reuben.
- Jane Stacks: Jane is the feminine form of the Hebrew Yehochanan, which means "yahweh is merciful/gracious" or " graced by yahweh". Stacks is usually written as Stack (it also has a meaning in mathematics, geology and chemistry).
- Allegra Gorey: Allegra is an Italian name which means "joyful/happy, lively". It is unknown what Gorey means.
The Frat Brothers household[]
Frat: Short for the Latin frater, which means "brother" or "brotherhood".
Brothers: plural for brother, which means a male sibling (biological or adopted).
- Ashley Pitts: Ashley is an English unisex given name that means "ash tree meadow". It is unknown what Pitts means.
- Joshua Ruben Joshua is derived from the Hebrew Yehoshua, which means "yahweh is salvation". Ruben is the Dutch and Armenian way of writing the biblical male name Reuben.
- Kevin Beare: Kevin means "of noble birth". It is unknown what Beare means.
- Castor Nova: Castor means "to excel/shine" in Greek. Nova means "new" in some languages, in Slovene it's the feminine form of the word nov, which also means "new". Possibly a play on "Casanova", making sense with his reputation.
The Tri-Var Sorority household[]
- Tiffany Sampson: Tiffany is a Greek name which means "manifestation of god" or "appearance of god" It is also a surname. Sampson has multiple meanings in several languages.
- Brittany Upsnott: Brittany is taken from the Brittany region in France. It is unknown what Upsnott means.
- Heather Huffington: Heather is taken from a flower It is also a surname, Huffington has multiple meanings in several languages.
The Freshman household[]
Freshman: first year students in college and high school
- Sam Thomas: Sam is short for Samantha; it's the feminine form of the Greek name Samuel and means "flower". Thomas means "son of Thomas" as a surname and "twin" as a first name.
- Jared Starchild: Jared may mean "descend", "rose", or "servant" Starchild is a combination of star and child; star is a type of astronomical object of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity, and child is the offspring of humans or an individual of the human species that is under the age of majority.
- Ty Bubbler: Ty is often a short form of Tyler (means "maker or layer of tiles" or "doorkeeper of") or Tyrone (a given name). It is unknown what Bubbler means.
Jimmy Phoenix[]
- Jimmy: A diminutive of James, which means "supplanter".
- Phoenix: A mythical bird that is cyclically reborn.
Erik Swain[]
- Erik: "Sole ruler", "eternal ruler".
- Swain: "Youth", "young man", "boy", "young male", or "servant"
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