diff --git a/ImperatorToCK3.UnitTests/CK3/Cultures/NameListTests.cs b/ImperatorToCK3.UnitTests/CK3/Cultures/NameListTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dc3edfbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ImperatorToCK3.UnitTests/CK3/Cultures/NameListTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using commonItems;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ImperatorToCK3.UnitTests.CK3.Cultures;
+
+public class NameListTests {
+	[Fact]
+	public void NameListIsCorrectlyLoaded() {
+		var reader = new BufferedReader("""
+		    {
+		      male_names = {
+		        John
+		        "Alexander"
+		        2 = { Tom "Mark" }
+		      }
+		      female_names = {
+		        Jane
+		        "Alexandra"
+		        2 = { Sandra "Maria" }
+		      }
+		""");
+		var nameList = new ImperatorToCK3.CK3.Cultures.NameList("test", reader);
+
+		Assert.Equal("test", nameList.Id);
+		Assert.Collection(nameList.MaleNames,
+			item => Assert.Equal("John", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Alexander", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Tom", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Mark", item)
+		);
+		Assert.Collection(nameList.FemaleNames,
+			item => Assert.Equal("Jane", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Alexandra", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Sandra", item),
+			item => Assert.Equal("Maria", item)
+		);
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/ImperatorToCK3/CK3/Cultures/NameList.cs b/ImperatorToCK3/CK3/Cultures/NameList.cs
index 5858fc71f..8a753c61f 100644
--- a/ImperatorToCK3/CK3/Cultures/NameList.cs
+++ b/ImperatorToCK3/CK3/Cultures/NameList.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 using commonItems;
 using commonItems.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace ImperatorToCK3.CK3.Cultures; 
 
 public sealed partial class NameList : IIdentifiable<string> {
 	public string Id { get; }
-	private readonly OrderedSet<string> maleNames = new();
-	private readonly OrderedSet<string> femaleNames = new();
-	public IReadOnlyCollection<string> MaleNames => maleNames.ToImmutableList();
-	public IReadOnlyCollection<string> FemaleNames => femaleNames.ToImmutableList();
+	private readonly OrderedSet<string> maleNames = [];
+	private readonly OrderedSet<string> femaleNames = [];
+	public IReadOnlyCollection<string> MaleNames => maleNames;
+	public IReadOnlyCollection<string> FemaleNames => femaleNames;
 
 	public NameList(string id, BufferedReader nameListReader) {
 		Id = id;
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ public NameList(string id, BufferedReader nameListReader) {
 			maleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.String, (_, nameStr) => {
 				maleNames.Add(nameStr);
 			});
-			maleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.QuotedString, (_, nameStr) => {
-				maleNames.Add(nameStr);
+			maleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.QuotedString, (_, quotedNameStr) => {
+				maleNames.Add(quotedNameStr.RemQuotes());
 			});
 			maleNamesBlockParser.IgnoreAndLogUnregisteredItems();
 			maleNamesBlockParser.ParseStream(maleNamesReader);
@@ -39,8 +38,8 @@ public NameList(string id, BufferedReader nameListReader) {
 			femaleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.String, (_, nameStr) => {
 				femaleNames.Add(nameStr);
 			});
-			femaleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.QuotedString, (_, nameStr) => {
-				femaleNames.Add(nameStr);
+			femaleNamesBlockParser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.QuotedString, (_, quotedNameStr) => {
+				femaleNames.Add(quotedNameStr.RemQuotes());
 			});
 			femaleNamesBlockParser.IgnoreAndLogUnregisteredItems();
 			femaleNamesBlockParser.ParseStream(reader);