Etrandish name

Etrandish names are names commonly used in or originating in the Kingdom of Etrand, adhering to the conventions of the Etrandish language. In theory, a full Etrandish name ought to consist of a given name and a surname, but large portions still don't use surnames.

Given names
Etrandish names can be roughly divided into three categories:


 * 1) "Native Etrandish" names, which were inherited from Old Etrandish, and thus ultimately Proto-Human. Very common among men.
 * 2) * Male Examples: Aelfwaird, Aethling, Ashrám, Barn, Beoldwin, Bourn, Brelon, Cairbré, Calder, Calhoun, Corlagon, Cradar, Cuthbert, Drugó, Eremerd, Ethelfríd, Eurenic, Égas, Fathred, Fryhild, Ghéri, Kerlon, Keshuver, Kélen, Kymbern, Leugair, Markal, Morshu, Morthen, Negbiarth, Rath, Swidhelm, Symner, Theuderic, Tondbert, Yenos, Zylf
 * 3) * Female Examples: Héli, Ayn, Elna
 * 4) High Elven names, specifically Classical High Elven, due to the influence of the Church of Titanius.
 * 5) * Male Examples: Stephanus, Ladislaus, Orlónius, Gaius, Ignátius, Márius, Vidiorta
 * 6) * Female Examples: Lumina, Anélia, Arnélia, Reyanna, Izaverra, Lynasa, Larissa, Mythela
 * 7) Names derived from onomatopoeia, or even just random-ish sequences of sound that "sound nice and feminine". It is very common for girls names that have no meaning at all, but sound "nice and feminine" - there is even a name for this phenomenon: the so-called.
 * 8) * Male Examples: none
 * 9) * Female Examples: Shena, Sena, Zana, Lana, Lara, Dana, Mara, Cara, Aya, Lina

Nalara-names
The uniquely Etrandish phenomenon of so-called "Nalara names" is one that involves giving children - specifically girls - names that don't have any meanings or actual etymology, but "sound nice and feminine". The pattern for Nalara-names is a combination of  - meaning that true Nalara-names always consist of two syllables, adhere to  phonotactics and end with the vowel.

There are a few Nalara-adjacent names in use as well, which violate some of the aforementioned rules, but still have no meaning or are of uncertain etymology. Pseudo-Nalara names (names which do have a meaning and an etymology, but at the same time also fit into the pattern of Nalara names) are the most beloved.

There is no male equivalent to Nalara names, though there are some commonly used male names with uncertain etymology.

Surnames
Not everyone in Etrand has a surname - while having a surname is mandatory among aristocrats and yeomen, ubiquitous among urban people (even the poorest residents of the cities tend to have surnames, save for maybe a few street beggars) - it is rather uncommon among non-yeoman peasants, who typically don't even need surnames to begin with. When faced with a situation that de facto mandates the usage of a surname, non-yeoman rural people will use the convention of,   or. When rural peasants move to cities, many of these patronymics, occupational bynames and locational bynames are solidified as actual surnames, inherited by their descendants.

Non-human residents - such as Elves, Dwarves, etc. - tend to have surnames regardless of their social class, though they also tend to adhere to different naming conventions altogether.