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While names from other languages are typically only transcribed when referring to foreign people, only with name and surname inverted and an appropriate declensional ending - like incumbent Cerian Prime Minister Pétéro Bafín is referred to as Bafīn ''Pētēram'' - when foreigners become Chlouvānem citizens they have to fully convert their names according to the official Chlouvānem equivalent; note, though, that this mostly applies to Western and Skyrdegan people. As most names from other cultures have no Chlouvānem equivalent but may have different forms depending on the language (cf. on Earth "John, Iōannēs, João..."), there is an Inquisitorial list of Chlouvānem equivalents for most common names. (Note that sometimes the common origin of two names was not recognized - for example Cerian ''Imúbánidu'' and Holenagic ''Ṅbäehd'' [ŋbaːi̯] have the same origin, but correspond to adapted Chlouvānem ''Mūbānidum'' and ''Libǣsam'' respectively.)

The Chlouvānem versions of those names are often taken from the Auralian, Cerian, Nordulaki, or Majo-Bankravian dialects spoken in the northwest of the Inquisition; sometimes, however, they have been created ad hoc by the Inquisitorial Office for the Language.