TRENOC NAMING SYSTEMS

            Only one major naming system is in use today, and certainly no surviving members of the Trenoc race possess a name from earlier and more diverse times. Much of the modern naming system is a straight copy from the founding tribe that expanded through the first church, and similar systems already existed at the time when the church expanded, the result is a system that at full length generates very long names indeed.

            The name is in five parts, in practical daily use only the two are used, the first and last names, though when discussing relationships this is extended to three, (usually first, last and second to last). Only in political and family heritage are all parts of the name used, whereas simple referral amongst friends use the first name, or any nickname developed.

            The first name is the name given when the Trenoc developed to the breeder stage, this name is the most dear, it is the equivalent of a humans first name.

The second name, if any is chosen, is the name the Trenoc assumes when she becomes a protector, though in nearly all cases, except in certain high church positions, they carry on using their first names, and so most technically have no second names.

The third and longest part, which has been mostly rendered obsolete, are a list of the family names that Trenoc is alleged to. This is a relic from more violent times, though now days a Trenoc will use this position to respect families they are not related to. There is no technical limit to the number of names in this part, like human middle names there are allowed to be more than one. A lot of Trenoc adopt names for institutions, so regularly the word federation appears in formal Trenoc names along with churches or universities. These third part names have no formal part in justice or heraldry it just provides at a glance summary of the Trenoc most important bonds.

Fourth part names are the family name of a Trenoc’s partner, or in case of death and rebonding both names. These like third part names show to whom a Trenoc considers family beyond their own.

The final fifth name is the Trenoc’s family name. Like in human culture family lines sprawl over time, so as the name Smith is common in English culture, there are similar recurring names in Trenoc culture.

Despite the unusual ornamental names in the middle the system is rather simpler than most human systems. As the Trenoc are strictly matrilineal and do not marry or change family names, an individual will keep the most important parts of there name throughout there life, and no social circumstance changes this.