Titles and Names in Ethuveraz

Names and titles in Ethuveraz and Barizhan denote gender, and a woman’s marital status.

Titles
It is always better to err on the side of being too formal than too informal with elves.  Note the use of Dach’ on the Major nobility. This is a contraction of the term Dachen, which means “Greater”. The prefix “Os” generally means “Honorable”. Children under the age of 13 should have “Michen” or “little” applied before their title.

The Emperor's wives are a special case, their title being a suffix rather than a prefix. The Empress is styled "Name Zhasan". If she is a widowed empress, she is styled "Name Zhasanai". This is a shortening of the full Imperial title used by both the Emperor and Empress in letters and official decrees, which appears as follows:

Personal Names
All names have a root, and are modified from there. We’ll now look at some examples. It should also be noted in female names, when adding the ending would create a double vowel, the second vowel receives an umlaut.

The exception to this is the Emperor, who, while retaining their personal name, only gives it to their closest friends. They are otherwise referred to by their Cognomen, or the Imperial Name by which they will be remembered. These are often long, unwieldy names that are never used by anyone other than emperors.

The Emperors use a specific prefix on their name, detailing which "dynasty" they intend to be a part of. Before the unification by Edrevenivar, all Emperor's names began with the prefix "Bel-". Some examples include "Belmaliven", "Beltanthiar", "Belthelema", and "Belvesena".

After the Unification of the Eastern and Western portions of Ethuveraz, Emperors began using the prefix "Edre-" in honor of Edrevenivar, though no one takes the name Edrevenivar out of respect for the original and his great deeds. Some examples of the "Edre-" names are "Edrehasivar", "Edretanthiar", "Edrethelema", "Edrevechelar".

In recent history, the current dynasty switched to using the prefix "Vare-" to signify their departure from the politics of previous emperors. All have been "Varenechibel", save one, "Varevesena".

Family Names
Family names follow a similar rule, with endings that denote gender, and marital status for females. The table below includes examples. Please note that the Emperor’s house is the Drazhada, the Emperor’s family name is Drazhar. As for the Emperor’s title, Other than being called “the Emperor”, one always calls him “Serenity”.

Exceptions
There are exceptions to these naming rules of course. In the far south, where goblins intermarry with elves, you can often find family names that end in -a, -o, and -eth. In the far west, some family names still end in -ezh, -ezho, ezhen.

Root Database
TGE Name Roots