Naming character a Doman/Kugane style name?

[FFXIVRP]

I wanted to ask about this and see if anyone more familiar with the lore than me (I'm not very familiar) can give some answers about this. 

 

if a character was taken in and "adopted" of sorts at an early age by traders/travelers from Doma or Kugane and named by them... would a traditional Japanese name work for this?

 

I'm also using this as a hopefully creative way of getting around the more restrictive naming conventions for seekers of the sun.  Feedback and suggestions are welcome, thanks! 

[Oroban]

Absolutely! Doman and Hingan naming is based on Japanese, specifically Japanese from between the 16th and 18th centuries! So having a Japanese themed name would be one hundred percent in line with lore.

[Valence]

More specifically if you're after exhaustive naming conventions, you can take a look here, under the Raen race, which shares the same cultural conventions than Domans/Hingans.

 

Keep in mind that most commoners in their culture don't have last names. At best, they might have nicknames/aliases. Yugiri Mistwalker for example, has no last name.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Valence

[Tregarde]

On 2/28/2018 at 3:47 PM, Miqoseeker said:

I'm also using this as a hopefully creative way of getting around the more restrictive naming conventions for seekers of the sun.  Feedback and suggestions are welcome, thanks! 

 

Adoptions are a great away to get around typical naming conventions. As long as it makes sense for X to adopt Y, go for it (it's how my Miqos have very non-Miqo names).

 

And let's also not forget that you CAN find NPCs that do not have standard names for their races. Besides adoption there's also marriage and cultural assimilation/intermingling. For example - a Miqo born on the streets of Ul'dah, whose family has lived there for generations, may not have or care about traditional tribal names.

Edited March 19, 2018 by Tregarde