Tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando
Is your party in Castile? Aragon? The manifold colonies along the Empire on which the Sun does not Set? Herewith a 2d20 table of Spanish names to anchor your NPCs and come off all prepared and stuff.
Rules for two-part given names:
* 2 in 6: preceded by José
** 2 in 6: succeeded by José
Roll 1d6 for all other male names, they will be preceded by José on a 1 or Juan on a 2.
Nicknames for two-part given names: Juan José > Juanjo, Juan Manuel > Juanma.
The youngest boy in a family can be nicknamed Benjamín.
+ Roll 1d6: 1-2 María (de los) Ángeles, 2-4 María José
All other female names have a 4 in 6 chance of being preceded by María.
Second surname table:
1 De la Piedad
2 De Alba
3 Mendoza
4 De las Austrias
5 Del Rey
6 Maturín
7 Marañón
8 De la Vega
9 Martínez
10 García
11 Vizcaya
12 Serrano
13 De la Granja
14 Marqués
15 De Belcadiz
16 Campeador
17 De León
18 De la Virgen del Rocío
19 De la Virgen de la Hoz
20 Montes
By all means, kill your darlings... but by golly, name them first!
Edited 12-Aug-2020. Thanks Caius for extra ideas!
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