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 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 | |
| Other OS-tans (to be sorted later) | |||
| Bell Labs UNIX | Eunice Bell | ||
| CTSS | Tess Corbató | ||
| Dead Hand | Mertvaya Ruka | ||
| Multics | Minerva Corbató | ||
| 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.