Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2017 2:14:54 GMT
Names in Easthaven:
-Names are written Last, First. Always. People will also introduce themselves this way, because family is considered most important.
-The Oracles will always be called by their first name and -sama, ie: Mirai-sama or Viridi-sama. This is the highest possible suffix.
-When meeting a person for the first time, you should call them by their last name and the suffix -san. Ie: Kim-san or Niwa-san. This is regardless of gender, and is the equivalent of Miss/Ms/Mr etc.
-Unless someone gives you permission, do not call them by their first name.
-As you become more familiar with someone, you may switch to the suffixes -kun and -chan. -Kun is usually for boys/men, and -chan is usually for women/girls. -Chan is 'cutesy' so it may also be used on young brothers or cousins, or people you have known since childhood.
-The suffix -bo is only for very young boys and is usually a term of endearment/making fun of from family members
-For the correct titles for other family members, see this handy chart.
Reference: takelessons.com/blog/japanese-honorifics-z05
Hyphenating:
Commoners:
-In a marriage between commoners, both members of the married couple hyphenate, but children keep their mother's family name, since they are born from her.
-Each person's original family name goes first. So if Niwa Ko married a Sato Kun, their names would become Niwa-Sato Ko and Sato-Niwa Kun, but their children would all be Niwas.
Nobles:
Here is where things get tricky--mainly because these families are so prideful about their lineage.
-Those who marry into a noble family have hyphenated names. For example, the spouse of a family head or their siblings would have their name OriginalName-NobleName. In practice this looks like Sato-Mai Daisuke or Hyun-Song Kimiko.
-The children of these people keep their noble heritage name, and only the person who married keeps the hyphen.
-In the case of a divorce, both parties revert to their birth name, and children may choose a family name.
-In the case that a noble marries a noble, each party may choose their name. They may hyphenate, keep their family name, or fully take the other family name.
-In the case that an heir marries an heir, then their oldest child becomes head of the mother's family, and the second oldest becomes head of the father's family. No one person may be the head of two families. If the couple in this scenario had only one child, they would have to choose another heir for one of the families.
-Names are written Last, First. Always. People will also introduce themselves this way, because family is considered most important.
-The Oracles will always be called by their first name and -sama, ie: Mirai-sama or Viridi-sama. This is the highest possible suffix.
-When meeting a person for the first time, you should call them by their last name and the suffix -san. Ie: Kim-san or Niwa-san. This is regardless of gender, and is the equivalent of Miss/Ms/Mr etc.
-Unless someone gives you permission, do not call them by their first name.
-As you become more familiar with someone, you may switch to the suffixes -kun and -chan. -Kun is usually for boys/men, and -chan is usually for women/girls. -Chan is 'cutesy' so it may also be used on young brothers or cousins, or people you have known since childhood.
-The suffix -bo is only for very young boys and is usually a term of endearment/making fun of from family members
-For the correct titles for other family members, see this handy chart.
Reference: takelessons.com/blog/japanese-honorifics-z05
Hyphenating:
Commoners:
-In a marriage between commoners, both members of the married couple hyphenate, but children keep their mother's family name, since they are born from her.
-Each person's original family name goes first. So if Niwa Ko married a Sato Kun, their names would become Niwa-Sato Ko and Sato-Niwa Kun, but their children would all be Niwas.
Nobles:
Here is where things get tricky--mainly because these families are so prideful about their lineage.
-Those who marry into a noble family have hyphenated names. For example, the spouse of a family head or their siblings would have their name OriginalName-NobleName. In practice this looks like Sato-Mai Daisuke or Hyun-Song Kimiko.
-The children of these people keep their noble heritage name, and only the person who married keeps the hyphen.
-In the case of a divorce, both parties revert to their birth name, and children may choose a family name.
-In the case that a noble marries a noble, each party may choose their name. They may hyphenate, keep their family name, or fully take the other family name.
-In the case that an heir marries an heir, then their oldest child becomes head of the mother's family, and the second oldest becomes head of the father's family. No one person may be the head of two families. If the couple in this scenario had only one child, they would have to choose another heir for one of the families.
