Second Life, Linden Lab & OpenSim News
On 6th May 2022 Linden Lab announced new last names for Mother’s Day (US) which are now available. These limited new last names will remain available until Friday 13th May 2022. You can change your account name here. and find the FAQ here.
Here is the full list of current last names now available….
The lab will announce more new last names throughout the year and for anyone that wants to suggest a new last name for Second Life then here is the Last Name Suggestions form.
On 1st March 2022 Linden Lab released more new Last Names in Second Life which are now available. The lab have removed many older Last Names apparently this week. It’s important to note that changing your name includes having a Premium account to do so. See Changing your username FAQ for more information. It costs $39.99 to change a username and Basic account holders are not eligible for a username change. All new accounts are created with the last name of Resident by default.
The lab will continue to add more new Last Names in the months ahead and there is a suggestion form to suggest new last names. Please note that the lab will not be reusing previous legacy last names shown here.
Here are the new Last Names that are available now.
Here is the full list of available last names as of Wednesday 2nd March 2022.
Stay tuned for more updates soon on my blog.
Linden Lab have announced new winter last names for the Second Life community which are now available. The lab have been happy with the responses received for all of the limited edition last names thoughout 2021.
These new winter themed last names will remain usable until 5th January 2022 and they may return for next winter.
Here is the full list of last names at the moment. Check them all out below.
Please spread the word. More last names will most likely be available for a short time throughout 2022.
Today Linden Lab have officially announced new Halloween limited edition last names. These new Halloween themed names are only available until Monday 1st November 2021. They may come back for Halloween 2022 for a limited time.
Linden Lab have been very pleased to see the response to the limited edition last names. The lab plans on making new updates to the last names pool in the months and years ahead.
Here are the new Halloween themed last names below…
Linden Lab have removed these last names
Here are the current updated list of available last names:
You can suggest new last names by filling out this form. Please spread the word.
On Monday 12th July Linden Lab announced more new Last Names on the Second Life official blog. These new Last Names will be available until mid-October 2021. Then some new Last Names will be removed and some will be added to the main pool of surnames. The lab plan on having some Halloween themed limited edition last names. It will be interesting to see what the lab comes with up for that.
The lab have removed some older Last Names and here are some of the new Last Names added…
Check out the full list below of current last names until mid-October 2021.
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On Thursday 17th June Linden Lab announced new limited edition last names for SL18B which will be available until 9th July 2021. The Father’s Day last names will only be available until 25th June 2021. This is all apart of the Second Life 18th birthday celebrations and again there are some interesting last names on the list.
The following names are in theme with SL18B this year and are only available until July 9th.
Mystic
Fae
Mote
Woodsprite
Silvius
Fyrewik
Padfoot
The following names for Father’s Day are only available until June 25th. Â
Daddy
Pop
Sire
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There will be more last names added to the overall last names pool in the near future.
On 1st April 2021 Linden Lab announced two new limited edition last names which are only available until Thursday 8th April 2021. The reason for these new limited edition last names is “in appreciation of our Anthro/Furry community in Second Life”. Woooot! 🙂
For anyone that wants to change their last name in Second Life you must have a premium account. For the annual membership it’s USD 99.00 per year or for the quarterly membership it’s USD 39.56 per quarter or a monthly membership it’s USD 14.39 per month. For more details about upgrading click here.
Linden Lab mentioned in the blog post that they will continue to make additional updates to the available last names pool soon. I have highlighted the new ones in yellow above and hopefully the next lot of last names will stay in the available last names pool for longer.
I wonder what other new last names the lab will come up with next.
On Wednesday 10th February Linden Lab announced the latest new round of Last Names to choose from. The lab does now anticipate the rotation of available options will happen more often going forward now due to the fact that the Uplift is complete.
Here are the new Last Names that have been added to the available selection…
Orlando
Incognito
Nebula
Knickers
Aviator
Bunny
Blackwood
Darkheart
Amore
Suki
Venus
Evergarden
Caboose
Dakota
Absinthe
I actually love these new ones like Aviator, Knickers, Venus and Bunny. The lab plans to roll out more last names very soon.
Which last names from the list above do you love the most ?
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Today Linden Lab have announced 7 new Last Name options for purchasing with another three new last name options in honor of Second Life 17th birthday theme.
There will be further updates to the last name options pool in the near future. Last week ten last names were officially retired and they are no longer available for purchase.
Here is the newly updated list of available last names as of 25th June 2020.Â
Here is the full blog announcement below…
As we announced last week, ten last names have officially been retired and are no longer available for purchase.
Today, we are pleased to announce the names replacing them, available as an option for purchase now:
Vortex
Fluffpaw
Sassypants
Amethyst
Bloodrose
Aurelia
StarlightAdditionally, three names are being made available for purchase in honor of Second Life’s 17th Birthday theme:
Wayfarer
Rover
WandererThese three names will be retired in the next round of updates, so if you’re interested, be sure to grab them while they’re available!
We will continue to make additional updates to the available last name pool, so if these options aren’t for you, stay tuned for future updates.
What do you think of these last name options ?
Ebbe Altberg CEO of Linden Lab has said this week on Twitter that we can expect to see last names launch in a matter of weeks. Not months. It’s very close apparently.
The lab could be launching this around the Easter period at best estimates. Probably more likely before the end of April 2020. Anything later than that is not good enough.
More updates soon.
Daniel Voyager 