Elw naming customs

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Elw naming customs have a long history and are widely used in Elwynn still to this day, also among other peoples than Elw. The Elw differentiate between given names and surnames. There are several types of surnames: patronymic (derived from one's father), metronymic (derived from one's mother), toponym (derived from a place), epithet. An Elw individual would have at least one of these as a surname, but would often also combine some of these. There have been instances of people having very long surnames, especially when combining the already long surnames of one's parents.

Given names

In Elw tradition, a person has at least one given name, often more than one. This name is assigned at birth. As time passes, more given names may be added as the individual. An individual may use different given names in different contexts. The parents may call their child with one of the given names, but the child's friends might use another of the names, and so on.


Surnames

Elw surnames are complicated and have various