I’ve been mailing something similar with the devs in the past, as I too strongly support the variation and name diversity.
My reasoning was that if units look like generic north-central european ones, therefore using gear that was worn from Scotland to Poland, from Sweden to Slovenia, then the names of the brothers should reflect that.
Although it’s a question which variation of the name should be used, since most languages had their own variation of the same name, such a Mícheál, Michael, Michel, Mihál, Mihael, Mihajlo, etc. or Stiofán, Stephen, Steffen, Štefan, Stefan, Stjepan, etc.
Here’s the list I suggested, which is a balanced mix of Scandinavic, Germanic, French, Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Welsh, Romanic, Slavic and Christian/Biblical names:
“Sigurd” “Siegfried” “Benedict” “Teoderic” “Harald” “Ludovic” “Sigbold” “Gregor” “Cedric” “Gunther” “Egon” “Friedrich” “Boris” “Olafur” “Knut” “Baldric” “Aldric” “Arthur” “Agnar” “Ulfberht” “Tostig” “Bertram” “Albrecht” “Baldomar” “Brian” “Erwin” “Arnold” “Edmund” “Arnulf” “Vladimir” “Bjarni” “Henri” “Alrik” “Hubert” “Berengar” “Ernust” “Robin” “Horik” “Gerhard” “Lutobor” “Bogdan” “Alexander” “Iulius” “Gottfried” “Peter” “Martin” “Ferdinand” Dominic” “Gerold” “Gerulf” “Patrick” “Karl” “Bjorn” “Dagobert” “Erik” “Philip” “Hakon” “Fergus” “Randolf” “Rollo” “Leif” “Torstein” “Radomir” “Ivan” “Reynhart” “Baldur” “Olaf” “Egil” “Magnus” “Gunnar” “Georg” “Jan” Torvald” “Bernhard” “Einar” “Ragnar” “Dimitri” “Eberold” “Bertwin” “Reimund” “Wolf” “Eberhardt” “Hugo” “Johannes” “William” “Haribert” “Engelbert” “Francis” “Gawain” “Torkel” “Dunstan” “Torleif” “Erhard” “Valdemar” “Ulf” “Otto” “Hermann” “Heinrich” “Halsten” “Edward” “Eadwulf” “Aldemar” “Hrothgar” “Leofric” “Lothar” “Manfred” “Dietrich” “Wulfric” “Sigmund” “Kurt” “Volkun” “Ulrich” “Grimald” “Berthold” “Alberic” “Bertolf” “Walter” “Humbert” “Adelmar” “Konrad” “Radulf” “Rudolf” “Adalbert” “Hjalmar” “Reiner” “Roland” “Alfred” “Tristan” “Robert” “Wolfram” “Andreas” “Reynhold” “Raimund” “Dylan” “Roderic” “Jakob” “Llewelyn” “Richard” “Geoffrey” “Leonard” “Gabriel” “Michael” “Augustus” “Frederick” “Edgar” “Stephen” “Victor” “Conan” “Maximillian” “Leopold” “Nicholas” “Urban” “Clement” “Sebastian” “Anton” “Christopher” “Gustav” “Thomas” “Oswald” “Marcus” “Abelard”
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