FPE Name Generator

Fundamental Paper Education, Kaaatie's animated series about a paper-cutout school where getting a question wrong is fatal, names its characters with a deliberate split. The teachers are named for what they teach or what they are: Miss Circle is the geometry teacher who is literally a circle, Miss Bloomie is soft and flowery on the surface, and Miss Thavel is a short, invented word that sounds like a surname. Every teacher carries a title (Miss, never a first name) which keeps them distant and official even while they are terrifying.

The students get the opposite treatment: plain, friendly first names like Claire, Oliver, Edward, Abbie, Alice, Dave and Rebecca, the sort of names on a real elementary roll call. The one exception is Zip, a one-syllable nickname that tells you she is small and fast before she says a word. That contrast, formal object-teachers versus ordinary kids, is what makes an FPE OC name read as authentic.

The list below starts with the canon cast, then offers original teacher names built from shapes, stationery, subjects and flowers, a long run of plain student first names from retro to modern, and short Zip-style nicknames like Dot, Pip, Tack and Scribbles. Mix a title with an object for staff, or pick a single plain name for a student.