Naming Conventions
Skenden: Clan Name (of the Heirs of Eindride), Family Name, Given Name, Deed Name
Ex: Larsson Dyhr Aron Hammaren (the Hammer)
Example Languages*: Scandinavian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Minzoku: Family Name, Given Name
Ex: Nakagawa Hoshi
Example Languages*: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
Oami: Given Name, Byname or Deed name, Tribe Name
Ex: Ziven Petr (the rock) Tesar
Example Languages*: Slavic, Czechoslovakian, Russian, Ukranian
Dascean: Given Name, Family Name (often an occupation or place name)
Ex: Aidan Stille (the silent)
Example Languages*: Anglo-Saxon, Arthurian Legend, Dutch, English, German, Teutonic
Ta Atoua: Earned Title, Family Name, Given Name
Ex: Theron (the hunter) Sudani Thabit
Example Languages*: Egyptian, African, Greek
Ash-Sh'b: Professional Title, Given Name, ("bin" if the son of or "binte" if the daughter) Father's Name, Family Name (Trade or Place title)
Ex: Amir-al-bahr Aden bin Tarik Musa
(Commander of the sea, Aden, son of Tarik, Musa (taken from the water)
Example Languages*: Arabic, Indian, Persian
Free Isles: Often a shortened version of the parent culture of the individual or simply a given or byname
*Example Languages are languages you can use as inspiration for names for a given culture. For those "example languages" that are not actual languages, see the excellent guide The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Each culture speaks its own singular language, resulting in six cultural languages plus Trade Tongue, a mishmash language based primarily on Ash-Sh'b and spoken largely by sailors, travelers and coastal villages
http://www.behindthename.com/
A good site for finding cultural names and their meanings.
Ex: Larsson Dyhr Aron Hammaren (the Hammer)
Example Languages*: Scandinavian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Minzoku: Family Name, Given Name
Ex: Nakagawa Hoshi
Example Languages*: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
Oami: Given Name, Byname or Deed name, Tribe Name
Ex: Ziven Petr (the rock) Tesar
Example Languages*: Slavic, Czechoslovakian, Russian, Ukranian
Dascean: Given Name, Family Name (often an occupation or place name)
Ex: Aidan Stille (the silent)
Example Languages*: Anglo-Saxon, Arthurian Legend, Dutch, English, German, Teutonic
Ta Atoua: Earned Title, Family Name, Given Name
Ex: Theron (the hunter) Sudani Thabit
Example Languages*: Egyptian, African, Greek
Ash-Sh'b: Professional Title, Given Name, ("bin" if the son of or "binte" if the daughter) Father's Name, Family Name (Trade or Place title)
Ex: Amir-al-bahr Aden bin Tarik Musa
(Commander of the sea, Aden, son of Tarik, Musa (taken from the water)
Example Languages*: Arabic, Indian, Persian
Free Isles: Often a shortened version of the parent culture of the individual or simply a given or byname
*Example Languages are languages you can use as inspiration for names for a given culture. For those "example languages" that are not actual languages, see the excellent guide The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Each culture speaks its own singular language, resulting in six cultural languages plus Trade Tongue, a mishmash language based primarily on Ash-Sh'b and spoken largely by sailors, travelers and coastal villages
http://www.behindthename.com/
A good site for finding cultural names and their meanings.