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

[Laiferr]

For anyone else who is stuck for female Highlander second names, I suggest having a read of a list of ancient combat weapons. It really helped me!

[Yrusama]

Like others I am torn on changing my name or not. I don't rp but I tend to follow naming conventions in games if they have them. "Naria" is my default name though and one that I carried over from XI. (Maybe Naria's parents thought they were having a son?) "Starcatcher" is a literary reference that I ended up choosing because I could not choose Seraph since the server merger had already happened but for some reason all of the seraph character names were still blocked out. I like my name though, and I have occasionally gotten random tells in game complementing me on it.

My character's given name could easily be changed to "Nhari" since most the time that's how people address me anyways, but I don't have a clue on what to do for the last name. Mithra/Miq'ote names always seemed to have too many consonants.

Naria sounds just short enough to be a female Miqo'te name, and Starcatcher sounds like a title or nickname. Sounds fine to me.

[Yrusama]

If there's no apostrophes allowed in new names, then I'll probably leave my name as-is, and if I needed some lame excuse then I'd just say I was adopted and raised by Hyurs or something. If apostrophes are allowed, then I'm debating ways of changing my name.

Historically, I'm attached to chromatic names, and would like to preserve that in a new name. I'm less attached to the surname I chose, but would probably try to pick something phonetically inspired by it, though truncated to one or two kana's worth

X'Pia Ihno (シ・ピア イノ, Shee-pea-ah Ee-noh) sounds promising to me.

Ooh! Ooh! Can we call you "sheepy"?! <3 Sheepies!

[Naria]

Naria sounds just short enough to be a female Miqo'te name, and Starcatcher sounds like a title or nickname. Sounds fine to me.

I was kinda worried that sense 'a indicates a son that female names would not normally end in a, but a second look at the name thread (when I'm not trying to get ready for work, eat and read simultaneously) disproves that.

Unless we get naming conventions for Keeper surnames I'll probably just keep "Starcatcher". Perhaps my kitty had particularly high ambitions when starting her adventuring life.

Although that would make it awkward if she ever did have a son having Naria and Naria'a in the same family. Huh, somehow I think that Keeper males tend to end up going by nicknames.

[Catapult]

I'll be changing to a male Keeper of the Moon, but I'm not keen on using the naming conventions, so here is the backstory I've come up with:

Most people might think that in a society so female-heavy, being the man is really the life. But if that guy in a keeper-sized family is gay, things can get depressing. The chances of having someone that you can click with are exceedingly remote.
So after reaching a certain way into adulthood, he finally makes the call and buggers off, leaving his culture and his mother's name behind, instead adopting a name inspired by a roegadyn he once met.
It is during his trip to Ul'dah that he finally finds a boyfriend, but back in the city of Gridania where he truly finds his professional calling. Neither place gives him a desire to look back to his Keeper family from the outskirts of the East Shroud.

[Hestern_Nestern]

I'll be changing to a male Keeper of the Moon, but I'm not keen on using the naming conventions, so here is the backstory I've come up with:

Most people might think that in a society so female-heavy, being the man is really the life. But if that guy in a keeper-sized family is gay, things can get depressing. The chances of having someone that you can click with are exceedingly remote.
So after reaching a certain way into adulthood, he finally makes the call and buggers off, leaving his culture and his mother's name behind, instead adopting a name inspired by a roegadyn he once met.
It is during his trip to Ul'dah that he finally finds a boyfriend, but back in the city of Gridania where he truly finds his professional calling. Neither place gives him a desire to look back to his Keeper family from the outskirts of the East Shroud.

Tee hee, how adorable!

Maybe one day Hestie Nestie will find a lover boy, too.

I completely support this backstory. In fact, I approve it. I gay approve it.

/stamp

[Nuinn]

I think I came up with a backstory, for my character in case I change race and want to keep my current char name. . . .

His adopted Huyr Midlander parents found him as a lost cub in the bushes in the Black Shround while on their way to the Lifemend Stump. Since he was raised to love and respect nature, he was given a druidic Hyur name "Nuinn". His last name isn't the same as of his adopted parents, though. As a small child (kitty?), he often used to wonder about his biological parents, and could often be seen pulling on the merchants' robes around Gridania and asking them "Do you know me?" At the age of 3, he still couldn't speak very well so it sounded more like "Do you nomi?" which soon became sort of a nickname to him. The Nomi child.

[Yrusama]

CUUUUUUUUUUTE!

[Khira]

These sun seeker kittens don't follow the racial conventions:

Sami Gamdhula
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Sami_Gamdhula

Senah Chalahko
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Senah_Chalahko

Doyoh Lihzeh
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Doyoh_Lihzeh

Rhela Nbolo
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Rhela_Nbolo

:P

[Jacien]

These sun seeker kittens don't follow the racial conventions:

Sami Gamdhula
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Sami_Gamdhula

Senah Chalahko
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Senah_Chalahko

Doyoh Lihzeh
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Doyoh_Lihzeh

Rhela Nbolo
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Rhela_Nbolo

:P

Always thought that naming conventions weren't always followed 100%, wouldn't be hard to believe that not every Eorzean would follow their cultural roots.