If Able, Would You Change Your Name To Meet Racial Conventions?

[Orophin]

I'm not going to alter my name for my main character, but I will have alts that I'll make an effort to use lore names for.

I think that's where I'm at with it. I'd prefer to keep the name I have with my main character since I've used it since FFXI, but any alts I make I'll try to come up with something that matches the naming conventions.

[Mishaela]

Edit: To clarify, an apostrophe is something that's only seen on paper, never spoken aloud. Perhaps in the example of "Okhi'a Nbolo" they simply added the A sound to Okhi, resulting in "Okhia", but when given an alphabet to work with opted to apply the apostrophe for clarity's sake.

True, but in the case of sunkitties at least, the name after the apostrophe is typically (from what I'm reading) a stand-alone name that can be pronounced as such. Not to say you couldn't have a unique/odd-sounding name, but in Enki's case "nkidoh" is a kind of obtuse thing to pronounce on its own. Forced N-consnant combinations just clash on the English-speaking tongue/ear when not broken up by syllables. _'N works in cases like "J’nangho Tyaka" from convention post (jah-nahn-go, "nahn-go" stands alone as an easily pronouncible name).

Makes me wonder if the given names are ever (in-lore) decided upon based on how they flow with the clan denotation? I would think that would be the norm for a parent to do, but not required.

[Celia]

I feel I had a pretty good name for a Midlander Hyur, but as a Sea Wolf Roegadyn it doesn't fit in, and while at the same time I'm opening to changing my name to something more fitting for a Roegadyn I can't come up with a name that I like (given the current depth/size of the Roegadyn popular lexicon).

I'm hoping in the future they add more words to the Roegadyn dictionary so I can come up with something better.

[Mishaela]

Nonsense, there are plenty of words already listed!

Frusklona Doenbroeswyn
Horsambryda Loetrmynawyn
Thosingeim Geissihanthwyn

You can thank me later for these wonderful names.

[Yrusama]

Frusklona Doenbroeswyn

Now that's just plain hilarious rude!

[Celia]

Nonsense, there are plenty of words already listed!

Frusklona Doenbroeswyn
Horsambryda Loetrmynawyn
Thosingeim Geissihanthwyn

You can thank me later for these wonderful names.

There are some that work really well.

Rhotryss (Red Giant).
Hollhaerz (Hollow Heart)
Koelkoena (Coeurl Queen)

[finiteHP]

I'm not sure. While I don't roleplay my characters, I do try have names that fit the conventions. I thought I had done that with Tyger Maimhov. I did, just for the wrong clan. I'll probably do one of three things; change her name to T'yger Maimhov, change her race to Keeper of the Moon, or shrug and just have my mules fit the conventions. Options one and two have problems though. Having a father named M'aimhov Nunh is kind of odd, plus Maimhov is a Keeper last name. I also don't really want to change her to a Keeper. I prefer her skin coulour to any of the ones for Keepers.

[Lady]

If they offer RP servers, I'll definately change my name to match the naming conventions.

[Yrusama]

I'm not sure. While I don't roleplay my characters, I do try have names that fit the conventions. I thought I had done that with Tyger Maimhov. I did, just for the wrong clan. I'll probably do one of three things; change her name to T'yger Maimhov, change her race to Keeper of the Moon, or shrug and just have my mules fit the conventions. Options one and two have problems though. Having a father named M'aimhov Nunh is kind of odd, plus Maimhov is a Keeper last name. I also don't really want to change her to a Keeper. I prefer her skin coulour to any of the ones for Keepers.

Sorry to nitpick, but the father would be "T'maimhov", given you chose "T" as the tribal prefix.

Also, there are supposedly going to be more options for character creation than there were in 1.0. Maybe play around with Keeper of the Moon, just in case? Honestly I'm not expecting everyone to follow the lore when picking naming conventions, because far too few gamers care about anything besides making their stat numbers increase. It's baffling how mindless gamers can be, really.

[finiteHP]

Sorry to nitpick, but the father would be "T'maimhov", given you chose "T" as the tribal prefix.

Also, there are supposedly going to be more options for character creation than there were in 1.0. Maybe play around with Keeper of the Moon, just in case? Honestly I'm not expecting everyone to follow the lore when picking naming conventions, because far too few gamers care about anything besides making their stat numbers increase. It's baffling how mindless gamers can be, really.

You're right. I was misreading the "Sushmo of the Raptors, sired by R’rhiki Nunh" as just R'hiki and combining that with the examples of women with different last names thereby making them women in different tribes than their fathers. So I was thing of N’bolata Raha as daughter of R'aha instead of N'raha. T'maimhov makes it even weirder.