They seem to share the same naming conventions.
The names are composed of a stem and a suffix :
- The stem is a short (1 syllab) word, and is often an english name of any gender. The radicals can be used for both gender, independantly of the gender of the original name (so Chad and Beth can both be used for both men and women).
- The suffix, on the other hand, is dependant of gender. There are very few suffixes : I've found only 4 of them for each gender, and I think it's all of them or almost all them.
Some examples (all from existing npc):
Male names
Bethden (Beth+den)
Billfort (Bill+fort)
Lloyden (Llyod+den)
Seanard (Sean+ard)
Seanric(Sean+ric)
Female names :
Chadine (Chad+ine)
Billdia(Bill+dia)
Cassana (Cass+ana)
Caswren (Cass+wren)
List of known parts:
List of known stems:
An, Beth, Bill, Cass, Chad, Col, Dad, Darl, Dod, Fath, Fern, Fran, Grac, Gwen, Hal, Jas, Joan, Joyce, Jud, Llyod, Lyn, Paul, Min, Roald, Phil, Sean, Tod, Will, Yal
List of masculine suffixes:-ard, -den, -fort, -ric
List of feminine suffixes:-ana, -dia, -ine, -wren
Notes:
- I can't be 100% sure that all the radicals are independant of race and gender since there are many radicals and not enough npcs. Every npc added to the list will help confirming or refuting this theory. For now, it's the most likely answer.
- However, I'm sure the suffixes are gender dependants and shared between the 2 races, since there are only 8 of them and I have a long list of npc who all follow the same pattern (the only suffix I didn't find on both races is -wren, and it's only because I could find only 4 FemGaldjents in total).
- I have many Raen and Seawolves, but only 1 Xaela and 2 Hellguards. They seem to share the naming convention, but finding more of them would be great for confirmation.
Information needed:
If I'm right, there is almost nothing left to discover (except if they have surnames), but more proofs and radicals to add to list are welcome :
- new stems and suffixes
- any information contradicting what I said
- stemsI already have on a character of the other race/gender
- Hellguards, Xaelas, and FemGaldjents