Garlean naming conventions?

[Endemerrin]

A lot of what you're saying

First off, incredible post. Definitely elaborated on everything I was thinking. Thanks a ton for this!

Figure I'd continue to add to the speculation, in the form of Cid's father.

It's mentioned in the Immortal Flames questline that Cid's father is named Midas nan Garlond. Yet another latin name. Midas being the king of Phrygia, who was given the power to turn everything he touched into gold by Dionysus. Perhaps that is hinting at Midas' incredible skill with creating very powerful Magitek, and eventual downfall due to that very gift. (Or so it was inferred.)

[Anonymoose]

Perhaps that is hinting at Midas' incredible skill with creating very powerful Magitek, and eventual downfall due to that very gift.

This is what I've been assuming as well; an allusion to another "master metal worker," so to speak. Glad I could contribute; thanks for giving me an excuse to let these ramblings loose. I've had them in a rudimentary form for a while, but had no excuse to be like, "HEY ERRYBODEH, do you think his name might mean, 'Nail of God, descended from the House of Secrets!?'" without sounding like a dårhus out of context :P

That said, I was a huge Jeuno nut in FFXI. I would have traded away my alliegance to The Dutchy in an instant, and my Sandy Pride was off the charts - so I would bet my bottom gil that there are a lot of people out there who would be all the hell over Garlean naming conventions to create a character backstory as a spy or defector (I would).