User:Frederic Bayer/namedump

Well, Valmoric names basically differ by situation.

Everyone has a "main" name that they are called by people who know them. This can be one of their given names or a nickname. Valmorians can have arbitrarily many given names, though 2-3 is most common, but only one epithet. If there are several people in the same location with the same main given name, you would use an epithet in addition for distinction, so you could have "Nalas the Quiet" and "Nalas the Pale" as the overall main name. Alternatively you can also use their patronym/matronym or their residential or patrial name (see below).

Then there's the so-called "registry name", which consists of this main name and their family name. The family name itself consists of a branch and a house. So, to stick with our example, "Nalas (the Quiet) Turan of Lor". In many places, there are only very few, or even just one, house represented within the population, in which case this might be omitted in registers, so in a village that has only Lors, or only Lors and 3-4 other houses, our friend might be listed simply as "Nalas (the Quiet) Turan". The epithet is generally only listed if the two people with the same given name also share a surname. So in a list you might find:

Turan, Nalas the Quiet Turan, Nalas the Pale

Or:

Turan, Nalas Modal, Nalas

Now, Valmorians' full names are really quite long and complicated, and consist of the following elements:

[given names] [epithet] of [patrial/residential name], son/daughter of [father] and [mother], (of [patrilinear or matrilinear ancestors]), [branch] of [house], of [residential/patrial name]

The pedigree of ancestors can go back ad infinitum. The ancestors are chosen by who supplied the branch/house affiliation. As a rule, a child inherits the more prestigious branch and house; if they are evenly matched, a son will inherit the father's and a daughter the mother's.

The patrial name refers to the place of birth, which can have varying specificity (anywhere from "x province" to "the split birch tree next to the pond in y village"). The residential name refers to the current residence, generally giving the name of the house/farm/estate/building/street, together with the town. Which one comes after the epithet versus at the end of the name is a matter of arbitrary choice.

So, because I can't really come up with all these proper nouns on the spot, I'm going to use myself as a kind of hypothetical example:

Main name: Fred Registry name: Bayer, Fred Full name: Frederic Sebastian Columba the Pious of Cologne, son of Bernhard and Andrea, of Friedrich Ernst, of Friedrich Ernst August, of Friedrich Wilhelm, Bayer of Bayer, of Canal Place in Aberdeen