name list for the uninspired

this will not have consequences in the future, no sirree. *gets bombarded with childcare ads when my browser fucks up*
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const_def 1 const_def 1
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; If you're looking for names, here's a bunch. General aim is to improve etymological diversity. Largely taken from "popular name" charts. I will now get ads for childcare products. - PvK
; Mandarin names use the notoriously horrid *toneless* Hanyu Pinyin, consistent with Sages. Wades-Giles will NOT invade my ROM Hack.
; Korean names use Revised Romanisation for "localisation" and time-aptness.
; If you want Japanese names, Bulbapedia tends to note them, so you can nick em from there.
; SEREN - Welsh girl's name meaning "star"
; ADERYN - Welsh girl's name meaning "bird"
; FFION - Welsh girl's name
; CERYS - Welsh girl's name
; ALUN - Welsh boy's name
; ARWYN - Welsh boy's name
; BRYN - Welsh boy's name
; RIONA - Irish girl's name
; TADHG - Irish boy's name
; RIAN - Irish unisex name
; FIADH - Irish girl's name
; AINE - Irish unisex(?) name
; CORMAC - Irish boy's name
; DIARMUID - Irish boy's name
; LUCA - Scottish boy's name
; THEO - Scottish boy's name
; EWAN - Scottish boy's name
; ORLA - Scottish girl's name
; AVA - Scottish girl's name
; DOVID - Yiddish version of David
; FEIVEL - Yiddish girl's name (like Eyvel)
; HERSHEL - Yiddish boy's name
; MOISHE - Yiddish name derived from Moses
; ALTAIR - Hebrew boy's name (means Falcon - could use somewhere...)
; SHEM - Hebrew name
; ZARA - Arab-Hebrew girl's name
; SOLOMON - Hebrew boy's name
; LILA - Sanskrit girl's name
; XAVIER - Basque boy's name
; NYLA - Arab girl's name, means winner which is really good here
; VEGA - Latin-Arab name meaning "swooping eagle", doubles as a Street Fighter reference
; SALAM - Arab boy's name (I think it's male, anyway?)
; JAMAL - Yemeni boy's name (I also want to reference a friend who got me into ROM Hacking as a whole)
; ABDULLAH - Arab boy's name
; KHALID - Arab boy's name
; OSAMA - Arab boy's name
; ABDUL - Arab boy's name. On its own this can mean a large number of things, but it's also a JoJo reference!
; YANG - 杨 Mandarin name
; ZHAO - 赵 Mandarin name
; ZHOU - 周 Mandarin name
; WU - 吴 Mandarin name
; WANG - 王 Mandarin name
; MEI - 美 Mandarin name
; IJUN - Korean boy's name
; SIU - Koran boy's name
; YEJUN - Korean boy's name
; HAYUN - Korean girl's name
; ISEO - Korean girl's name
; JIA - Mandarin/Korean girl's name
; trainer class ids ; trainer class ids
; `trainerclass` indexes are for: ; `trainerclass` indexes are for:
; - TrainerClassNames (see data/trainers/class_names.asm) ; - TrainerClassNames (see data/trainers/class_names.asm)