I have two sunseekers, neither of which use traditional naming.
My first is a male who goes by K'aworu Rhea, which Rhea was his mother's last name. Technically, his last name should be Tia, or even Nuhn considering he and his mother lived alone and thus could be considered their own tribe. However! Due to some specific reasons in his upbringing, he adopted using his mother's surname, which is actually a Moonkeeper trait.
(He has since found closer family and now adopted their last name, Demiir, for his own reasons.)
The second one I have is Venalis Drocell. He wasn't raised among any other traditional miqote at all. He was born in Ala Mhigo!
So I think it really just depends on what you want. I know a lot of people who pick unconventional names simply because they don't like the lore ones, which is fine, and then a lot of people who make up specific stories and reasons behind it.
I know that most people I know are actually 1.0 players and none of this information had been made available until earlier this year. So the fact was that most of them just weren't going to ret-con and change their names (understandably) and muss up 2-years worth of roleplaying.
 Either way, RP is about having fun and enjoying your character. =] Do what you want~
My first is a male who goes by K'aworu Rhea, which Rhea was his mother's last name. Technically, his last name should be Tia, or even Nuhn considering he and his mother lived alone and thus could be considered their own tribe. However! Due to some specific reasons in his upbringing, he adopted using his mother's surname, which is actually a Moonkeeper trait.
(He has since found closer family and now adopted their last name, Demiir, for his own reasons.)
The second one I have is Venalis Drocell. He wasn't raised among any other traditional miqote at all. He was born in Ala Mhigo!
So I think it really just depends on what you want. I know a lot of people who pick unconventional names simply because they don't like the lore ones, which is fine, and then a lot of people who make up specific stories and reasons behind it.
I know that most people I know are actually 1.0 players and none of this information had been made available until earlier this year. So the fact was that most of them just weren't going to ret-con and change their names (understandably) and muss up 2-years worth of roleplaying.
 Either way, RP is about having fun and enjoying your character. =] Do what you want~
