Male Viera Naming Conventions

[andrealfus]

considering how uniform these last names are, chances are that they're more akin to the "tia" and "nuhn" titles that sunseeker men use, rather than traditional surnames. i hope there's some official word on what they actually mean in practice soon, though

[Iscah]

considering how uniform these last names are, chances are that they're more akin to the "tia" and "nuhn" titles that sunseeker men use, rather than traditional surnames. i hope there's some official word on what they actually mean in practice soon, though

That's what I'm expecting, which makes it even more important to understand what they mean before picking one.

[Onz]

As there are 12 names for each clan - 12 for Veena, 2x6 for Rava - my guess is that they don't refer to something alike to tia/nunh but instead to region or something else. Veena and Rava share a lot of culture except for their following of the Green Word and locale. There's a chance the Djt- or Rehw- prefixes on Rava names refer to whether they follow or have broken the Green Word, but as all PC Rava men have by definition left Golmore (and thus broken it), it makes no sense for it to be an option.

There has to be some significance around there being 12 names, I think. Given how closely related they are (in the case of Veena) as well as how restrictive, it only makes sense that it defines them along a category that can be split into 12 or 2x6, so... regions, birth months, something like that. Keep in mind that ordinarily Viera men would have very little use for a surname since they belong to no village and meet very few people. It makes sense, then, that their surname is a utility used by women when they do visit a village. Guess we can only know for sure when they tell us, but it's food for thought.

[Cassiel]

I believe that the community team are on vacation until after the new year, based on something that they posted on Facebook. We could be waiting a while

[NaohaLanbatal]

Last time it looks like they were posted by somebody from the Japanese team (based on their other posts) but who knows. I assume they take time off for the new year as well, although they haven't said anything on Twitter like the NA team did.

[Doopliss]

It has officially been a longer period than the wait for fViera and mHrothgar names, man... It would be nice if, like in the Shadowbringers thread involving those two, we got an official statement letting us know 'hey, they're coming later!' at least.

I'm sorry, I know I'm definitely being ignorant here, but I genuinely don't understand how the naming conventions of a single gender of a single race (that they presumably already have written down somewhere in order to put them in the name generator in the first place) is, well, difficult to post.

I'm also aware the launch and holidays have both been an especially hectic combination, though. Mostly just whining here in order to bump the thread in hopes for some sort of eventual official response.

[alacruxe]

There has to be some significance around there being 12 names, I think. Given how closely related they are (in the case of Veena) as well as how restrictive, it only makes sense that it defines them along a category that can be split into 12 or 2x6, so... regions, birth months, something like that.

Can't believe I never thought of birth months. That makes so much sense, especially with the Rava set being "split" the way it is. The Eorzean calendar has a similar system with the whole Astral/Umbral thing, so it matches up nicely.

[Vallavia]

Can't believe I never thought of birth months. That makes so much sense, especially with the Rava set being "split" the way it is. The Eorzean calendar has a similar system with the whole Astral/Umbral thing, so it matches up nicely.

My mind immediately went to 'something something Zodiac' while skipping directly over the birth month step regarding the number, but I agree that it makes a lot of sense.
At this point I'm wondering if they're planning to wait until female Hrothgar are released to put both documents out together...

[Doopliss]

I would genuinely love to have female Hrothgar names at the same time, but the tiny possibility of them waiting for their release to post male Viera naming conventions is one of my biggest, and probably most ridiculous, fears lol.

People can already play male Viera. They're going to have players want to abide to their lore and flesh out their backstories (myself included) as soon as possible, since they're finally a reality. It'd be less annoying and easier to guess if their surnames actually were the same as female Viera, but they are clearly deliberately different and hold some sort of cultural significance specific to them.

Right now I suppose we can only hope to hear something around the 4th, once the community team returns...

[Roda]

At this point I'm wondering if they're planning to wait until female Hrothgar are released to put both documents out together...

That would be... Distressingly too late, or miraculously early....