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Chlouvānem names are made by three different parts: the '''matronymic''' (in Chl. ''nāḍimāvi''), the '''surname''' (''leliėmihaloe''), and one or more '''personal''' (or '''given''') '''names''' (''lilahaloe'', pl. ''lilahalenī''— commonly just ''haloe/halenī''). This is the standard for people everywhere in [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|the Inquisition]], but note that ethnic ''Bazá'' people from ''Tūnambasā'' diocese may also be called with the standard names for the ''Bazá'' people; anyway in the last two decades the Chlouvānem standard has grown from being used by 25% to 93% of all Bazá people living in Tūnambasā diocese; titular ethnicities in other ethnic dioceses follow the Chlouvānem standard.<br/>

* Nouns in '''-ė''' make their matronymic in '''-yāvi''', e.g. ''Lairė'' → ''Lairyāvi''

* The common name ''Bandiė'' has ''Banditiāvi''.

== Surnames (leliėmihalenī) ==

The surname or ''leliėmihaloe'' (from ''leliėmita'' "family", and ''haloe'' "name") is of newer formation when compared to the matronymic, especially in rural areas. Chlouvānem people have a huge number of surnames, and there are different possible origins:

* Some have been derived by ancient matronymics (keeping the one of the grandmother of the first generation which had this surname), and are distinguished by ending in ''-lišā'', ''-æha'', ''-æša'', or others instead of ''-āvi''. As this has a popular origin, the original name may not be recognizable, especially because of heavy shortenings and/or vernacular influence. Some examples include ''Lænkæša'', ''Nākāyæha'', ''Ñæhūvæša'', ''Lūmāvæha'', or ''Jėliāvyæša''.

* Many surnames have unknown origin, most probably from non-Chlouvānem now displaced languages, especially in the jungle area. Examples are ''Nāɂahilūma'', ''Jāmatthāla'', ''Naiñoɂamė'', ''Lamichlīkyah'' or ''Nājihaufram''.

* ''-(i)tėsa, -tairās, -teltīs'' - Neamitėsa, Neamitairās, Neamiteltīs

In most areas of the Inquisition, men take their wife's surname (in the married male form, if variable) when they marry - so for example a hypothetical Martayināvi Lantakaltīs ''Kāltarvān'' who marries the hypothetical Namihūlšāvi Huliālišā ''Lairė'' will be known as Martayināvi Huliāyorās ''Kāltarvān'' after marrying. Their son Dalaigin's full name will be Lairyāvi Huliāltīs ''Dalaigin''.

Names inherited by the Proto-Lahob culture, or the earliest Chlouvānem names, are usually made by two elements compounded together (a kind of bahuvrihi compound), like for example the male names ''Gāṇakvyāta ''"steel hero" or ''Hånisrajñās ''"friend of toucans", or the female ones ''Martayinām ''"city protector" or ''Ñaiṭasamin'' "star child". There are also names made by a single Chlouvānem word, like ''Lairė ''"sky", ''Yānāh'' “innocence” (both female) or ''Hånia ''"toucan" (unisex but mostly female).

Anyway, possibly the majority of nationwide Chlouvānem names are not inherited from Proto-Lahob, but originally from cultures of the central Lāmiejāya plain in prehistoric times, many without a known meaning. Such names include for example the female ''Hæniląuya ''and ''Namihūlśa'' or the male ''Lælithiam ''and ''Nuikthalin''. Other names with a known origin are for example the female ''Kūldendėla ''or ''Nariekaiṣa'' and the male ''Kāltarvān ''or ''Kāljivaṃṣān'', all of Ancient Yodhvāyi origin (once spoken in the current-day dioceses of Galiākñijātia and Yodhvāya). A few nationwide given names also have Ancient Kūṣṛmāthi or other origins, but they're much rarer.

# Lairė

# Bandiė

# Yārachilgėn

| Bandiė || Old Cambhaugrāyi || beauty of the wind ||  

| Dėlenitā || Ancient Yodhvāši || leading woman ||

| Kūldendėla || Ancient Yodhvāši || beautiful flower ||

| Lairė || Chlouvānem || sky, air ||

| Nimahullė || Ancient Yodhvāši || smile of the stars ||  

| Yārachilgėn || Ancient Yodhvāši<ref>Coined in the late Third Era for the main character of a novel by writer Ñælihairāvi Kaitakalīm ''Lileikhura''.</ref> || sky girl ||

| Dėlendarhām || Ancient Yodhvāši || strong leader ||  

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 ''Pėtėram'' - 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.)

| Tanūrėṣa || Female || Cer. ''Tanúréšen'', Bes. ''Tanurexi''

* If the person spoken of is respected (of higher rank), then the appropriate formula is used the first time they're mentioned, then the norm is to use a shorter form - in this case, a form like ''yamei Læhimausa murkadhāna'' is accepted, while it is not when speaking directly to that person. The higher rank that person is, usually the longer it takes to completely shift to a shorter form — e.g. while the Great Inquisitor will not be referred to every time as ''nanū aveṣyotāra lallāmaha Hæliyǣšāvi yamei Dhīvajhūyai Lairė camimurkadhāna lāma'', it will not probably get shorter than ''nanū aveṣyotāra yamei lallāmaha'' ([Her] Respectable Most Excellent Highness) or ''nanū aveṣyotāra lallāmaha camimurkadhāna'' ([Her] Most Excellent Highness, the Great Inquisitor);