Copy and Paste names using a variable for the number of times

are you familiar with vba?

this oughta do the trick:

Private Sub nameslist()
Dim lr As Long
Dim rng As Range
Dim nlr As Long
lr = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).row
nlr = 1
For Each rng In Range("A1:A" & lr)
    For i = 1 To rng.Offset(0, 1)
    Range("C" & nlr) = rng
    nlr = nlr + 1
    Next i
Next rng
End Sub

Try

Option Explicit

Sub Macro3()
Dim LR As Long, I As Long
    LR = 0
    For I = 1 To Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
        Cells(LR + 1, "C").Resize(Cells(I, "B"), 1) = Cells(I, "A")
        LR = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Next
End Sub