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This is part of a pattern that sees most male nouns being grammatically of lotus gender and most female ones of the parrot one. Only a few nouns are unisex, for example ''Kailnenia'' (though female in the vast majority of cases), ''Terintān'', or those ones formed with unisex names, like all of those with ''-samin'' (child). ''-likā'' or ''-mitā'' are typically used to form female names from male ones, while male ones are formed by removing the final ''-a'' of a female name (if possible) and adding ''-gin''. There are, however, many exceptions to this rule. | This is part of a pattern that sees most male nouns being grammatically of lotus gender and most female ones of the parrot one. Only a few nouns are unisex, for example ''Kailnenia'' (though female in the vast majority of cases), ''Terintān'', or those ones formed with unisex names, like all of those with ''-samin'' (child). ''-likā'' or ''-mitā'' are typically used to form female names from male ones, while male ones are formed by removing the final ''-a'' of a female name (if possible) and adding ''-gin''. There are, however, many exceptions to this rule. | ||
Many areas of the Inquisition also have their own "local" names, taken from pre-Chlouvānem local languages; this is particularly common in the East with | Many areas of the Inquisition also have their own "local" names, taken from pre-Chlouvānem local languages; this is particularly common in the East with Toyubeshian names, which often spread outside that area. Special mention also for the Dabuke female names ''Amabu ''and ''Nīmulšāmi'', which have spread outside the local area and are commonly given nationwide. | ||
=== Most common given names at the 4E 131 census === | === Most common given names at the 4E 131 census === | ||
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| Klætsflian || colspan=2 | unknown <small>(probably from the Near East)</small> || | | Klætsflian || colspan=2 | unknown <small>(probably from the Near East)</small> || | ||
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| Kuretsufan || | | Kuretsufan || Toyubeshian || strong boy || | ||
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| Lāyašāgin || colspan=2 | <small>(male version of ''Lāyašvāti'')</small> || | | Lāyašāgin || colspan=2 | <small>(male version of ''Lāyašvāti'')</small> || | ||