i name my ppl 001, 002... some time later i also added a rank behind it... lastly (which is my current system of naming) i use 0001, 0002...

I change their names until there are so many and I can't think of any more names. At that time, I change the name to what they do. So all names will be scientist, builder, healer, etc.

I only change the names from my fav people

If I like the name, I keep it.
If I can change the name to something I like (like Karly to Carly or even something like Carl to Crow (because I like birds).
If I can't change the name to something similar, then I give it a totally random name.

I always do. but now I made up the last names ; Blue, Lopez, Hutchinson, Sander, Jones, and Terexun( Terexuna if female) there used to be Uppleware and Goldyson but that family died out. What I do is I mate the parents, then when the kid comes out I look at his dad's last name and give it to the kid. Sometimes I give the kid his moms last name or make one up

Did you get Katarina from the book by Kathryn Winter?

I used to, but haven't done it since October.

I only rename them on one of the Virtual Villagers games, because I play on the IOS version, and you can only rename the villagers in Virtual Villagers: Origins on the mobile version.