This makes me think of the naming system in Gathering [name_u]Blue[/name_u] by [name_f]Lois[/name_f] [name_u]Lowry[/name_u]. [name_m]Young[/name_m] children have one syllable, older children have 2 syllables, adults have 3 syllables, and elderly people have 4 syllables. i.e. [name_f]Ann[/name_f] - [name_f]Anna[/name_f] - [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] - [name_f]Annabella[/name_f]
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[name_f]Every[/name_f] childās first name must start with the same letter as their last name. Then, they must have enough middle names so that their first & middle initials spell out their last name.
For example: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Laura[/name_f] [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_f]Kirsten[/name_f] C.L.A.R.K. [name_m]Clark[/name_m]
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children are given 13 first names, each year one name gets taken off until there is only one. From the age of 5-18 the kid will take of one of their names on their birthday.
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This is reminding me of a naming system I used in a story I wrote when I was a kid. There were no last names - instead, every childās first name started with the same letter as their fatherās first name & their middle name started with the same first letter as their motherās first name. The main characters were [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] & [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] (I think the parents were [name_m]Mark[/name_m] & Ellen).
I studied abroad in a culture where babies are named by their (paternal) Grandparents, not their parents. Instead of looking forward to naming your own kids, you have to have a son and look forward to naming HIS kids someday! Sometimes another honored elder or even guest will be invited to name a baby because it is believed the child will grow up to be like whoever named them.
Iām really glad not to be in this system because if I give birth to the baby and raise the baby, I want to name the baby! But it did make me realize we take for granted that parents and not Grandparents do the naming. I was also intrigued that they seem to have the same kind of name trends and fashions (like girl names endingin A and names with lots of liquid sounds rising in popularity) even though it is the older generation choosing the names.
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Thatās such a cool story, especially the observation that naming grandparents follow similar trends as naming parents! What culture was that, if you donāt mind telling?
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Not a new law, but an experiment: I tried to name 3 kids using several of the laws in this thread!
Laws used:
-names not gendered but must align with zodiac sign
-no matching themes
-assigned a letter based on parentsā first initials (our letter: T)
-number of letters in given names combined is the childās birth date added up
-all are named after grandparents (I used middle names for this)
I randomly generated birth dates in order to follow a couple of these!
Names:
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] (g) - 26 [name_f]May[/name_f] 2024, [name_u]Gemini[/name_u]
[name_f]Tuuli[/name_f] [name_u]David[/name_u] (g) - 4 [name_m]Jun[/name_m] 2026, [name_u]Gemini[/name_u]
[name_m]Tyrone[/name_m] Albertson (b) - 30 Dec 2027, Capricon
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Kazakhstan, but I suspect itās similar in neighbouring cultures
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