Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Crushnight]

Naming conventions are probably either similar or same, though it depends on culture, and we still don't know enough about it even from other games where Viera were presented (mainly because there was no need for it, since male Viera were never shown).

As far as we know, until puberty girls and boys aren't distinquishable - it does, in fact, raise another question (and I don't remember if it's explained anywhere or not): when lore stands that males and females aren't distinquishable until puberty, what exactly it stands for? That they don't know the gender at all? Or that they know, but since they are still kids, boys are just allowed to live in village until puberty? The answer can affect naming noticeably.

If we imply that they can't tell the sex until puberty at all, then there are 3 scenarios I can think about:

a) there is no male/female name concept among Viera to begin with;
b) they change their names once they step into puberty when it becomes clear who's who.
c) they do it similar to Tumet tribe (Au Ra, Xaela), where children don't have names at all until their 10th summer, when they need to pass the trial, and if they are succefful at it - they get the name and are allowed into the tribe. This can be adapted to Viera as well, but without a trial, just no names until they reach puberty.

And if we imply they can tell sex but just allowed to live in villages before reaching puberty, then there's no any real issues with naming, and boys and girls can be named as in any other race (though I personally like non-gendered names concept). In this case the name question would be just what names sound like, without the deep need to consider other factors.

Not going to lie I would like a name doesn't connotate which gender you are in Viera society but pronunciation of it does for example Vjrn for one could be pronounced Vjern while the other Vjron, be wholly unique in that respect.

[Halivel]

Not going to lie I would like a name doesn't connotate which gender you are in Viera society but pronunciation of it does for example Vjrn for one could be pronounced Vjern while the other Vjron, be wholly unique in that respect.

I like the idea of non-gendered names because it's something what isn't presented in the game yet, as far as I can tell (well, teeeeeechnically we can say that Keepers of the Moon have non-gendered names, to same extend... but in case with them males just don't have their own name to begin with, their names are directly indicators whose sons they are. In my case it's "the first son of Naur", for example). And well, it's generally more interesting culturaly, for me.

As for pronounciation - yeah, it can vary. Or it can be same. Can be even both, depending on traditions of different villages.