Au Ra Naming Conventions Speculation Thread

So.. I haven't seen anything about this pop up nor seen it skimming through the main thread about the Au Ra.

We have the name of Yugiri; which is our first known Au Ra.

What ethnicity do you think the Au Ra draw their names from?
Do you think male and female names will differ in a way like Miqo'te?
What kind of surnames do you think the Au Ra would take up? Title monikers like the Highlanders?

I'm interested to see what everyone thinks and if we could get a Dev post in here to shed some light so we can all start thinking of what to name our Au Ra characters.

I always thought Yugiri Mistwalker was more of a Doman name. Just take a look at the full name of the NInja NPCs.

With that said I always thought the name Au Ra is a good indicator of their naming convention. Maybe they'll have 4 letters total, but that may not be enough.

Ex: Ra Va, Va Tu, KO Ra, Ma Ko

Not to sure about naming conventions, but I get the feeling that they'll be a more matriarchal race from the presentation. I'm almost hoping for this because of the size difference between male and female, I'd find it both funny and interesting to see that the women rule.

But, the fact that they made sure we knew the women were "elegant and mysterious" while the men were simple "Sporting muscular builds". Kinda sounds like the women lead and the men labor.

So, if that becomes the case, its something else to think of for naming conventions.

I was actually hoping to follow a japanese style convention, as it would be a great excuse for me to use a Japanese name... But now I'm worried and I have to know the convention so I don't mess it up.... I mean perhaps Yugiri is so conservative because she was adopted by Domans? we really don't know.

i think female names will be 3 names ending in a i while males may be 4 letters long with a a

both based on japanese naming conventions :3

with the last name with mist walker being something like that so, i think it is a japanese based really

My speculation is that they will utilize a combination of Celtic and Anglo-saxxon influence alongside Irish patronymic prefixes. If I don't see Bilbo McSwaggins as an NPC, I will be very disappointed.

Well... I think it's pretty guaranteed that no matter what the naming conventions are, the number of Priscillas and Seeths in the world will explode like Bikini.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Well... I think it's pretty guaranteed that no matter what the naming conventions are, the number of Priscillas and Seeths in the world will explode like Bikini.

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I'm pretty sure people already jumped on reserving the names since SE hinted that Yugiri's race was going to be the new race way back then. XD

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Originally Posted by Grimmel

I'm pretty sure people already jumped on reserving the names since SE hinted that Yugiri's race was going to be the new race way back then. XD

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Yeah but back then people were seriously stuck on Viera or Bangaa (or Viangaa, heh). This race looks nothing like those.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Yeah but back then people were seriously stuck on Viera or Bangaa (or Viangaa, heh). This race looks nothing like those.

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And back then people were saying Yugiri was a Viera. =_=

Yugiri uses Doman naming conventions. Even the Hyur follow it and that convention is "Japanese personal name" "Nature themed last name"

If we assume there's going to be a Dravanian strain rather than all Au'ra come from Doma we can look at the proponderance of Russian names among the Dravinian horde as a basis. On the otherhand they only have one name to go from.

I honestly don't care what the naming convention is. I've already reserved "Yui Bateson" for my future female Au Ra, so I'm gonna be using that. BoF2 was the best BoF game of the four!

...What, there was a fifth? Nah, that's just a rumor.

They shall all be named Steve!

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Originally Posted by kyuven

They shall all be named Steve!

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And Bob! :D

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I honestly don't care what the naming convention is. I've already reserved "Yui Bateson" for my future female Au Ra, so I'm gonna be using that. BoF2 was the best BoF game of the four!

...What, there was a fifth? Nah, that's just a rumor.

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Ryu Protagonist!

Following Yugiri naming, I would expect something that sounds mildly Japanese.

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Originally Posted by Thistledown

Following Yugiri naming, I would expect something that sounds mildly Japanese.

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Well considering Yugiri is a Doman; it follows traditional Doman naming. The Au Ra may not all be from Doma.

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Originally Posted by Grimmel

Well considering Yugiri is a Doman; it follows traditional Doman naming. The Au Ra may not all be from Doma.

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Well if we look at named dragons in game, the majority seem to be based on IRL dragon names types with a slight leaning towards Russian/slavic names. So if we assume that Eorzean AuRa are from Dravinia we might see them using Slavic naming schemes in part.

They aren't Dravanian. Already been asked and answered.

We really have no one we can look to for hints as to what their names might be like except the race name itself.

Yugiri as mentioned has a Doman name, ie. eastern themed Hyur naming conventions.

we all know what the naming convention will be.

awsdgfhffvgjhgfvghcdvbng DONE :D

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Originally Posted by Grimmel

Well considering Yugiri is a Doman; it follows traditional Doman naming. The Au Ra may not all be from Doma.

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The Au Ra are from Doma

http://mein-mmo.de/magazin/medien/20...-Ra.jpg?b180e3

Doma is in Othard
And don't forget, the current domans in Eorzea are only the first wave of refugees. Yugiri said in Ul'dah that more are coming and that her group arrived Eorzea first to find a place for all.

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Originally Posted by Musashidon

we all know what the naming convention will be.

awsdgfhffvgjhgfvghcdvbng DONE :D

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We already have Roe

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Originally Posted by Felis

The Au Ra are from Doma

http://mein-mmo.de/magazin/medien/20...-Ra.jpg?b180e3

Doma is in Othard
And don't forget, the current domans in Eorzea are only the first wave of refugees. Yugiri said in Ul'dah that more are coming and that her group arrived Eorzea first to find a place for all.

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Othard is a continent; Doma is a city. Not all Au Ra will be Doman citizens.
I believe Yugiri also mentioned that a vast part of Othard was under attack from Garlean forces; not just Doma.

Any news on naming covention

There was a hint as regards to what the two "tribes" are called, as well as basic confirmation that "Yugiri" is an Au Ra name.

We know 2 tribes:
1. Raen -- has always had a close relationship with doma, as such have japanish names (probably where Yugiri comes from)
2. Xaela -- Are nomadic

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Originally Posted by kyuven

There was a hint as regards to what the two "tribes" are called, as well as basic confirmation that "Yugiri" is an Au Ra name.

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Correct

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

Q1: Could you please tell us the naming conventions for the Au Ra?

A1: There are two clans: Au Ra Raen and Au Ra Xaela. Au Ra Raen have been closely related to the Domans for long time, so their names are somewhat Japanese-like. The Xaela on the other hand have led a nomadic lifestyle for some time, and they have a unique naming convention.

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Yugiri is a Raen

And with this, food for thought: The Raen are the Light-horned Au Ra and the Xaela are the dark-horned.

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Originally Posted by Terrini

And with this, food for thought: The Raen are the Light-horned Au Ra and the Xaela are the dark-horned.

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Hence a bit of frustration over the vagueness of "they have a unique naming convention". I like the look of the dark horns better, so my Au Ra character is going to be a Xaela, but I still have no clue what sort of name he should have. I sure hope this teaser bit of info is followed soon by a more detailed Naming Conventions sticky post in the Lore forum.

maybe with a way people think the darker au ra the xaela are going to be demonic while the rein are more draconic, it might be a good assumption (for now) to say that the xaela have more biblical/ demonological names such as lucifer.

then again we know hardly anything of the xaela we only know one Raen and we know theres are japanese like so on the 27th (when i think benchmark will come out) we will see :D but i do hope they post the naming conventions soon, i have been sat on a name for my raen au ra for a while and i want to be lore friendly D:

Well LOOKING at the name Xaela makes me lean towards maybe them doing Chinese thematics with their names while Raen have Japanese...

It's going to be Au+[American First Name] [American Last Name]+Ra

Example: Aujohn Smithra

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Originally Posted by Fortified

It's going to be Au+[American First Name] [American Last Name]+Ra

Example: Aujohn Smithra

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that dosnt work with the first name we saw YUgiri mistwalkER
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