OS-tan Human Names
A very basic table of nicknames and proposed human names for OS-tans. All of these names are fanon at most, 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 1.0 | Kazue Madobe | ||
| Windows 2.0 | Niiko Madobe | ||
| Windows 3.1 | Baba-chan, Baba-loli | ||
| 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 Appletree | Sara Ringo | |
| Apple Lisa | Lisa Appletree | Lisa Ringo | |
| GS/OS | Phoenix Appletree | Phoenix Ringo | Cortland, IIGS |
| Macintosh System 1 | (none yet) | Ichigo Fuji | |
| Macintosh System 2 | Nina Macintosh | Nina Fuji | Ahiru-chan |
| Macintosh System 3 | Hisca Macintosh | Hinoe, Mitsuko Fuji | |
| Macintosh System 3.4 | (none yet) | Sayoko Fuji | |
| Macintosh System 4 | (none yet) | Yoko, Shizune Fuji | |
| Macintosh System 5 | Phantom Macintosh | (none yet) | |
| Macintosh System 6 | Antares Macintosh | (none yet) | |
| Macintosh System 7 | (none yet) | Pleiades, Subaru Fuji | |
| Macintosh System 7.5 | (none yet) | Kapone Fuji | |
| Mac OS 8 | Veronica Macintosh | Tempo Fuji | |
| Mac OS 9 | Sonata Macintosh | Sonata Fuji | |
| OSX Snow Leopard | Snow | Yuki | Full name is Snow Leopard, but goes by "Snow" |
| Other OS-tans (to be sorted later) | |||
| Bell Labs UNIX | Eunice Bell | ||
| BESYS | Bethany Murray | ||
| BSD | Lilith Joy | ||
| BUIC | Becca Forester | ||
| Commodore VIC-20 | Victoria | Vixen, Volkscomputer | |
| CRAY-1 | Corina Seymour | ||
| CTSS | Tess Corbató | ||
| Mertvaya Ruka | Mertvaya Ruka | Ruka | |
| FLAC | Florence Patrick | ||
| FUJIC | Fujiko Okazaki | ||
| GCOS | Glenda Oliver | ||
| GENIAC | Jeanie Berkeley | ||
| Harvard Mark I | Marcie Aiken | ||
| Harvard Mark II | Mary Aiken | ||
| Harvard Mark III | Addie Aiken | ||
| ITS | Izzy Knight | ||
| KolibriOS | Sachi Hachidori | Kori-chan | |
| Linux | Lina Torvalds | Lina | GNU/Linux |
| LINC | Dr.Lincoln | ||
| Lunar Linux | Luna Moonowl | Tsukibukuro (or Tsukiko) Mahoumoto | |
| MCP | Margaret Burroughs | ||
| MenuetOS | Minna Turjanmaa | MeOS | |
| Multics | Minerva Corbató | ||
| OpenVMS | Vanessa Cutler | ||
| OS/8 | Octavia DeCastro | ||
| PDP-1 | Penelope (Gurley or Olsen suggested as surname) | ||
| PDP-8 | Kate DeCastro | ||
| QNX | Quinn X. Dodge | ||
| Rainbow 100 | Rain Decker | ||
| RSX | Risa Cutler | ||
| RT-11 | Renita Decker | ||
| SAGE | Gina Forrester | ||
| Source Mage | Kurohane Mahoumoto | ||
| VAXELN | Ellen Cutler | ||
| VME | Vera Boys | ||
| VMS | Vanessa Cutler | ||
| WAITS | Willow | ||
| Whirlwind | Winifred Forrester | ||
| Plan 9 | Glenda Bell | ||
| WWMCCS | Wimmex | ||
| Xenix | Xenia | ||
| ORDVAC | Olive von Neuman | ||
| OS/software/hardware-kuns | |||
| Emacs | Evan MacIntyre | ||
| FASTRAND | Randall Sperry "Randy" | ||
| IBM 728 | Ivan van der Zee | ||
| KRONOS | Konrad Fawley | ||
| QED | Ted Fredericks | ||
| Selectric | Samuel Almächtig | ||
| RED | Red | ||
| Vi | Victor Joy | ||
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.
Mac-tans
Their proposed last name of Fuji for their Japanese names refers to the Japanese Fuji apple.
