Heir naming?

[Thure]

I for one am not fan of Aerith and Bob and nor do I get people who are.

We have humans with Human names. And we have aliens with non-Human names. What's the problem? Otherwise it would be unrealistic in this setting.

 

[Chlodio]

We have humans with Human names. And we have aliens with non-Human names. What's the problem? Otherwise it would be unrealistic in this setting.

Humans, would already have human names, but why would non-human civilizations have to have human names if they already have their unique names?

 

[vyshan]

Humans, would already have human names, but why would non-human civilizations have to have human names if they already have their unique names?

Plenty of reasons, also this can be applied to humans and other aliens interactions with each other.

1. inter-species romance: the new parents have a kid either by adoption or birth(if they are genetically compatiable) and use a name from either species.
2. Human becomes famous: Say a human admiral by the name of Johan saved the Raksasan Empress's fleet by sacraficing himself against an army of tyranid like aliens and destroyed them. Perhaps some Raksasan decide to name their kids Zohan in honor of this brave human?
3. Cultural exchange: As they interact perhaps some Raksasan youth's use human names as a way of "rebelling" against society. Or maybe they like the human name.
4. Being apart of alien culture: Maybe they are apart of the human dominated federation of planets where humans are at the top and thus take human style names to fit in with the dominate ruling culture

 

[Thure]

Plenty of reasons, also this can be applied to humans and other aliens interactions with each other.

1. inter-species romance: the new parents have a kid either by adoption or birth(if they are genetically compatiable) and use a name from either species.
2. Human becomes famous: Say a human admiral by the name of Johan saved the Raksasan Empress's fleet by sacraficing himself against an army of tyranid like aliens and destroyed them. Perhaps some Raksasan decide to name their kids Zohan in honor of this brave human?
3. Cultural exchange: As they interact perhaps some Raksasan youth's use human names as a way of "rebelling" against society. Or maybe they like the human name.
4. Being apart of alien culture: Maybe they are apart of the human dominated federation of planets where humans are at the top and thus take human style names to fit in with the dominate ruling culture

So... pretty much why we have English names all around the world

 

[loup99]

Well, with a monarchy naming a royal heir would be fitting, so I guess this would be a good concern.

 

[VineFynn]

Whhaaatt do those words even mean in this context?

Regnal is a name assumed once a monarch takes the throne, posthumous name is one given to a monarch after death, and a birth name is one given to the person by their parents.

 

[Surimi]

Wasn't it confirmed in the dev diary on government types that monarchical governments will have heirs (rather than being able to select/elect a leader from another role) and that a ruler dying without an heir will cause unrest. Given that, it would seem quite cool to be able to name them if you so desire. Sure, you could just use a modded name list, but it might be interesting if you want the royal family to use a different name schema from their subjects.

That doesn't mean all the complexities of royal marriage and disgusting alien reproduction need to be accounted for though. It could just be a more abstracted thing like EU4's system where heirs occasionally pop into existence.