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An Ikronurum name consists minimally of a first name and a surname. | An Ikronurum name consists minimally of a first name and a surname. | ||
First names | First names | ||
Surnames are typically either | Surnames are typically either occupational (e.g. “swordmaker”), genitive (e.g. “of Greenwall”) or patronymic (e.g. Dur-Kríhrafr), amongst which the oldest can be found. | ||
Each spouse may carry the surname of the other after their own, prefixed with Det-, “with”, while a widow/er may use Har-, “without”. | |||
For example: | For example: | ||
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| *<small>(Énor < Énorag)</small> | | *<small>(Énor < Énorag)</small> | ||
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| colspan=7| A name with first name, surname and spouse’s surname: | |||
[Énor Ór-Altahjol Har-Artassarir] | |||
“Bearpaw of Greenwall, widower of Swordwright” | |||
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Older genitive names, like some older genitive compounds, dont suffix the word with -(e)n; for example, the surname “Ór-Altahjol” would become the Middle IK rendering **Ór-Altahjolen, but in this stage of the language a similar form would only be used to indicate actual procedence, regardless of the procedence which birthed the surname in the first place. One could have a “Faradur Ó-pBrankóg, ór Artahjolen”, being “Horse-son of Longmoor, of[=from] Artahjol”. | |||
Nicknames derived from first names follow different regional traditions. While in the southern marks names are typically clipped (e.g. Faradur → Far, Fare, Faru), in the northern marks names tend to be modified by merging of the first and last syllables (e.g. Faradur → Fadu). Islanders generally prefer clippings marked as diminutives (Faradur → Fárejar). | |||
Nicknames not derived from first-names but from the individual’s character include a rather wide array of motifs and themes, such as nature (animals, landscape features), auspicious or desirable characteristics (habilities, expertises) and objects associated with such characteristics (“sword” for the cunning, “boat” for the swift, “beam” for the strong), amongst others. | |||
====Toponyms==== | ====Toponyms==== | ||