OS-tan Human Names

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A very basic table of nicknames and proposed human names for OS-tans. All of these names are fanon, though the nicknames for the canon Windows-tans are canon, using them as the OS-tans' real names isn't necessarily.

In recent years, the OS-tan verse has become westernized in much of the fanon, with many of the new OS-tans having only western names. This seems to make the Japanese names and cultural practices of the Windows-tans appear out of place, but are kept for the sake of tradition and the OS-tan phenomenon's Japanese roots. As a compromise between the Japanese roots, and the more Western-style fanon, it has been proposed to try and come up with both Western and Japanese names for OS-tans whenever possible, which ever one being used (if at all), being up to individual preference, and why not? The OS-tan verse setting is already portrayed as anachronistic, why not a cultural fusion too?

List of proposed names

Character	Western name	Japanese name	Common nickname(s)
Windows-tans
Windows 95			95-neechan, Chicago
Windows 98		Hacchan Madobe	Memphis
Windows 98SE		Secchan Madobe
Windows 2000		Nisen Madobe	NT 5.0, 2K-san
XP Professional		Saseko Madobe	Pekepi, Whistler
XP Home		Homeko Madobe
Windows Vista		Vistake, Visbou, Chivistan Madobe	Vistan
Windows 7	n/a?	Nanami Madobe	Win7, NT 6.1
Apple-tans
Apple I	(none yet?)	Kiboriko Ringo	I-okaasama
Apple II	(none yet)	Shiroyuki Ringo
Apple III	Sara	Sara Ringo
Apple Lisa	Lisa	Lisa Ringo
GS/OS	Phoenix	Phoenix Ringo	Cortland, IIGS
Macintosh System 1	(none yet)	Ichigo
Macintosh System 2	Nina Macintosh	Nina	Ahiru-chan
Macintosh System 3	Hisca Macintosh	Hinoe, Mitsuko
Macintosh System 3.4	(none yet)	Sayoko
Macintosh System 4	(none yet)	Yoko, Shizune
Other OS-tans (to be sorted later)
Bell Labs UNIX	Eunice Bell
Commodore VIC-20	Victoria		Vixen, Volkscomputer
CRAY-1	Corina Seymour
CTSS	Tess Corbató
Dead Hand	Mertvaya Ruka
GENIAC	Jeanie Berkeley
Linux	Lina Torvalds	Lina	GNU/Linux
Multics	Minerva Corbató
OpenVMS	Vanessa
PDP-1	Penelope/Penny
SAGE	Gina Forester
Whirlwind	Winifred Forester

How to add names to the table

Table code

{|cellpadding=2 border=1 style= "background:#EFF5FB;"
|- style="background:#AFAFE9;"
!scope="col"|'''Character'''
|scope="col"|'''Western name'''
|scope="col"|'''Japanese name'''
|scope="col"|'''Common nickname(s)'''
|-
|character goes here||western name||japanese name ||other nicknames
|-
|}

Add an entry

Look at this sample row:

|character goes here||western name||japanese name ||other nicknames

The first pipe "|" marks the start of the new row, and because scope="col" is used for each column, the other cells in the row use double pipes "||". The last entry goes to the right of the last double pipes, and is closed off with a

|-

right below the row.

Insert it into the section you are looking for.

Notes about names

Windows-tans

Since the debut of the semi-official Windows 7 mascot, Nanami Madobe, some fans have decided to incorporate Madobe (meaning "by the window") as the last name for all Windows-tans.