Goal: Explore strategies for personal names
Note: Think about how your speakers will refer to each other as individuals.
Tip: Personal names may include familial names.
Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try
It can be quite interesting to think about names and how your speakers will refer to each other and how they will identify one individual from another. Naming practices are often embedded in cultural beliefs, so deciding how names are given may involve deciding more about your conculture.
Use today’s time to explore strategies for creating personal names. It is enlightening to research where names come from and what meanings they originally had. As you explore options, also consider whether you want personal names to indicate familial connections. If so, you need to make sure you’ve figured out how families work in your conworld and then how names will be shared among family members.
Have some fun researching naming practices and brainstorming ideas for your own world!