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Originally Posted by jg2977
Andrianus De Jonker - what a great name! I wonder what country he is from?
Reminds me of a player I had in my IPA - Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie. I borrowed the name from a song by Primus called "My Name is Mud."
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It is a Dutch surname... could be I created it... I often change the names of free agents... too often for my taste, the AI comes up with some strange names... sometimes some stupid names... so I fix them.
I create the names of all the ethnically-based teams like Valmara (Polish), Valka (Estonian), San Alejo (Hispanic), Belle Plaine and LaGrange (French)... Tuckanarra and Wynnamac are Australian-based... I include aboriginal names on the Tucks and the Macs... Far Mountain is German... Kilkenny is Scotch... Glasco is Irish... Taranto is Italian.
I search on the internet for the most common ethnic first names and surnames... it is time-consuming to do, but I think it gives the IPA more personality.