Question About Lalafell Sibling Names

[Ametrine]

It's a somewhat subtle detail, but I always found it interesting how Eorzeans tend to refer to each other, even in more distant social settings, by their given names, rather than their surnames. Perhaps that's because Lalafell and male Seekers of the Sun don't even have formal family names, and when such a large subset of the population doesn't have them, it becomes more common to refer to even your rulers by their first names.

You also see this quirk with certain NPCs using titles over their actual surnames. Particularly amoung Elezan (Aymeric the Blue, Haurchefant Greystone, Alaimbert of the Spiked Butt), but not exclusively (Franz the Fair).

I recall Pipin was shown with such a name in one instance, but I'm frustrated now since I can't a picture of it!

[Serilda]

You also see this quirk with certain NPCs using titles over their actual surnames. Particularly amoung Elezan (Aymeric the Blue, Haurchefant Greystone, Alaimbert of the Spiked Butt), but not exclusively (Franz the Fair).

Haurchefant Greystone is his actual name. His title is Haurchefant of the Silver Fuller. A lot of non-Elezen have style titles too but we saw a huge number of Ishgardian ones in Heavensward which probably makes them seem dominant.

[Ametrine]

Really, there are some consistencies with names in the US for official documents, but there are so many nuances in names used, honorifics, whether your name is a foreign carry over.

Even our "First, Middle, Last name" descriptors is unique. Most Americans won't use the terms surname or family name, we just say last name since it always comes last. Some people don't even have middle names, and some others go by their middle name in place of their first/given name in conversation.

It gets even more complicated with nicknames and deadnames. Phew...

Honestly, in the US, if you don't know which name to use, opt for Mr. or Ms. "Family/last name." Let them offer a different name if they prefer another, and then call them that.


But, that's not how Eorzea does it. (Interestingly, I just now realized that Garlemald citizens convert their names to a same format all pureblood Garleans use.)