When/if you give your characters full names, how do you order them? First, Middle, Last? Last, Middle, First? First, Last? Do people normally have two middle names? Where do you put titles in their name? Do they even have last names? Are their last names their father's/mother's name? Do you call them Henry I, Henry II, Henry III or do you have another method?
In my world (Ashta) people's names go; last, first, middle, title (ex. Y'rota-Sanah'Atel-Hybernia). The symbols between names are important too. A (-) goes between the last and first names. A (') goes between a first and middle name. And another (-) goes between their middle name and title.
Sometimes the names mean something too. Occasionally in the nation's language, but most of the time it's just "what the name means". The example above means: High-Held Star of El-Rosa's Glory, The Heavens on Earth, the Future in Hand. Sanah (her first/given name) is Ashtain and this is how all Ashtain names are structured. The meaning of the last name normally ends with an "of", the first/given name finishes the "of", and the middle name is normally a separate meaning all together.
If I was to dissect her name:
Y'rota = High-Held Star (of) --- the "of" is added when it's a last/family name
Sanah = El-Rosa's Glory
Atel - The Heavens on Earth
Hybernia - The Future in Hand
Duvat names are almost the same, they go title, last, first, middle. (ex. KirAgaragAzavaeAmeare). The Duvat have no symbols between words in a name. They treat it like one long word.
The meanings of Duvat names are; one-for-one. A one-word meaning for one word. So, KirAgaragAzavaeAmeare is Eternal Silver (Stream) Ruler. Here you can see a change when the name is translated. The word "Kir" (king/ruler) is placed at the beginning of the Duvat name, but at the end when written in English. The reason the middle name is in parentheses is because, for the Duvat, a middle name is optional. Most people have a middle name, but its not used very often.
Dissecting his name will give us this:
Kir = King/Ruler (put at end of name when translated)
Agarag = Eternal
Azavae = Silver
Ameare - Stream
I find that if people have their last name first, when they tell you their name you can immediately know who their family is and begin connecting them to people you know. This also demonstrates how family is put before self/put first.
All right! Thanks for letting me ramble, now it's your turn
How do you put your names together?
That was incredibly detailed. You put a solid amount of thought into that, and I think, if you can explain it clearly in the narration, it will add a level of dimension to your story.