You can edit the save file to change a character's name. Open it with a text editor and search "name value=" I use this method in my Challenges...

that's cool i guess. but sounds like it would be kinda hard to do that for every person. while just click and type in game doesn't sound like much trouble... but what do i know.

Yeah, there's actually a few of those bells and whistles that the devs don't seem to think matter, another example being naming your save files. Still a good game, though...

In the challenge i made, death resurection most of the names are from myfriends and family. I just use wordpad and search for next occurance to replace stuff. it is easy enough.