Use the 6 sided die.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/
Roll to get the grade
1: Grade 4
2: Grade 5
3: Grade 6
4: Grade 1
5: Grade 3
6: Grade 2
Roll to get the number of children
1: 24
2: 19
3: 20
4: 15
5: 26
6: 17
Last names: Roll for each child, then decide which of the 3 choices you want to use.
http://surnames.behindthename.com/origin.php
1: English, Japanese or Polish
2: Italian, Scottish or Hungarian
3: Greek, Hindu or Danish
4: Chinese, Spanish or Dutch
5: German, Muslim or Serbian and Croatian
6: French, Russian or Swedish
Roll to get gender of each child
Odd number: Girl
Even number: Boy
Roll to get the number of middle names for each child
1: 1 middle name
2: Your choice
3: 2 middle names
4: No middle name
5: 3 middle names
6: Your choice.
And now onto generating some names.
Roll once for each name. Eg if a child has 2 middle names roll the dice 3 times.
1. Let the random name generator choose a name for you.
http://www.behindthename.com/random/ You can choose any category you like.
2. Choose a name from your personal name list
3. Top 100 names in Belgium 2005
http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100be2005.php4: A name you don't like
5: A one syllable name
6: A name not in the database
Have fun!
This message was edited 7/8/2007, 4:22 AM