List of name systems

This is a list of name systems in the Ngorld

Koz name system

Surnames

Koz have two surnames, one from each parent. The first surname is their mother's first surname, and their second surname is their father's first surname. General practice is to use only the first surname, with the complete name being reserved for formal, legal, and documentary purposes. Surnames are not changed with marriage.

Example of a full name

As an example of Koz naming, the full name of Doge Peleṽa Thoa-Saevakki is Peleṽa-Issaʉ Thoa-Heerigi Eme-Anhanu Saevakki Huakkʉ, containing the following elements:

• Given names: Peleṽa-Issaʉ, with Issaʉ being the name given to him at birth, and Peleṽa being a epithetic name adopted after coming of age.
• Matronymics: Thoa-Heerigi Eme-Anhanu, with Thoa-Heerigi indicating his position as a male firstborn to Heerigi, and Eme-Anhanu likewise indicating Heerigi's position as a fourthborn to Anhanu.
• Surnames: Saevakki Huakkʉ, with Saevakki being his maternal surname and Huakkʉ being his paternal surname.

Kyawcenni name system

The Kyawcenni name system consists of a single legal name. This name is given to a person on their birth by their parents, though people are allowed to change it later at any time. This name can consist of only one morpheme, or it can be made up of multiple words, with the last one usually being the name commonly used informally and the ones before being descriptors. Common descriptors are attributes of the person, the names of the parents or honorary titles.

Laevanaak name system

The Laevanaak name system consists of the given name for individual identity, the genus name for gender identity, the glottic name for ethno-linguistic identity, the relation name for social identity and the zodiac name for the birth month. A more detailed description can be found at the government website of Enkavak or this documentation about Laevanaak.

Latin name system

The Latin name system consists of a given name, a family name and an optional descriptive name.

Modern name system

The name system described as "Modern" by the Atlantic Government is the usual name system used in English. It has one or more first names or given names followed by a last name or family name, which is usually the same for people related to each other.

The Rauratoshan Kingdom uses a naming system that is best described as Modern, but unlike e.g. the fakeworld Anglosphere, there is no distinction between a middle name and the second part of a two-part name.

Śácamþań name system

The Śácamþań naming system is used in Þunan Qumreá and Maraśa. It consists of four parts: the name of the niman or guardian deity assigned during the Rite of Passage in genitive, the child name (generally based on time/place of birth and sex), the adult name (chosen based on gender and niman after the Rite of Passage, and the occupation.

An example could be e.g. Miŋeń Rup Þuna Muń Nmu nAzu pru (mu(. This person was associated Miŋe ‘Sun’ at the Rite of Passage, was named Rup ‘Waterfall’ as a child due to being born near one, and now takes the name Þuna ‘star’, which suggests they are third gender and highlights their ability to co-operate and defend the weak. Their occupation is Muń ‘carpenter’.

Þaj name system

Þaj name has 3-5 parts. Occupational Title (optional), Nickname, First name, Middle name (optional), and Surname. With the first name, middle name, and surname being in English, nickname being in Þaj, and Title being whatever. For example, the English name of the Insanity Faction's leader is Ethan Brynkleigh. But his Þaj name would be "Big-Tàm" Ethan Brynkleigh, with "Big" being a suffix for politicians and rulers. Nickname can be anything. Sirenguardeds calls people by their nickname, with nickname+first name combo being more formal, and first name+last name being so formal it's used even less than the full name.

Nahan name system

The Nahan name system is used in Mosici speaking parts of Imerchal. It is composed of 3 parts: a clan name ciailcave ciailcave /kjɛwkaβɛ/ (inherited from one of the parent, typically the mother) in the genitive, a given name siehiilcave siehiilcave /ɕijeːwkaβɛ/ (chosen by the parents at birth) and a chosen name (chosen by the individual as they reach maturity ipleilcave ipleilcave /epʟiwkaβɛ/. In formal settings or when disambiguation is required, parental names anmateilcavé anmateilcavé /ãmatiwkaβi/ (which are the chosen names of the parents expressed in the ablative) can be used between the clan names and the given name. In daily life, a person typically goes only by their chosen name, along with optionally their clan name, even in formal circumstances. The use of the clan name typically doesn’t add formality and is solely up to personal preference. The given name is only used in the most formal circumstances and the parental name only in forms and in situation where there is a strong need to avoid all ambiguity. Nahan names are typically non-gendered, as gender roles are extremely weak in the culture. A single profession or title can be added after the name as an honorific or another disambiguation system.

An example of a full Nahan name would be Céilec Marenvia i Laparevia Pilsen Marelneó nicirts Céilec Marenvia i Laparevia Pilsen Marelneó nicirts , more succintly (Céilec) Marelneó nicirts (Céilec) Marelneó nicirts : Pilsen (given name) Marelneó (chosen name), from Marens and Lapare (parental names), of Céile (clan name), scribe (profesional title)