Whenever I read about medieval Iberian history, there seems to be a gap in my understanding of personal naming customs. During Visigothic Spain we have these Latinized Germanic personal names and then in Al-Andalus the names of Christians all appear to be Arabic (or Arabized) names. I would assume that the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman naming customs did not die out overnight, so do we have any evidence of what Christians under Muslim rule would have named themselves?
Hello everyone, not so long ago I found this map while browsing the web: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a7/2e/a5/a72ea552bee0b693907b9b25491d19e1.jpg and while I don't know how true it is it led me to ask myself why do the spanish and the portuguese use two surnames when seemingly the rest of the world mostly uses the father's name only (I was born in a spanish speaking country and it is my mother tongue). I tried searching for answers on my own but other than discussions on the legal implications of the naming customs I couldn't find a reason for why it started. My uneducated guess would be that it had something to do with the inheritance of noble titles as an easier way to keep track of the families involved, but I have found no evidence as to what the real reason was.
In VB Aurora we could add custom name lists with ShipNames.txt. Is this still possible?
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I've painted the first mini of a custom "Fists" Successor and need help coming up with a name.
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Their history is that they were founded during the third founding, primarily by Iron Warriors blackshields. In the chaos following the Heresy, they were readily accepted into the imperial fold and designated as a Fists Successor in an effort to obfuscate their heritage, much like the Silver Skulls and Minotaurs.
Despite not being true sons of Dorn, they match the spirit of them. Their chapter culture is deeply self loathing, the ripples of guilt for their gene-father's part in the siege of terra being passed from brother to aspirant since the beginning. They throw themselves into the worst conceivable meat grinder campaigns with fervor and amassed firepower, in the hopes that their deaths will save lives which hold more worth than their own.
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Hope everyone is doing well. I am building a custom RPG system focusing on the simplicity of the system, with aspects focusing on roleplaying and collaboration. It's an open story and open genre RPG system. Plug and Play if you will.
I am having a hell of a time naming it, it's really bothering me that I can't think of a name. I'm chalking it up to leaving it open, I can't name it after the world, or lore in the game.
I thought about naming it after the system's version of the Dungeon Master or Game Master. Would it be confusing if Dungeon's and Dragons were instead named 'Dungeon Master'. Would that feel like the game focuses too much on that role?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how they named their system? I feel like I owe Thesaurus.com a ton of money for using it so much. I would love any feedback. Thanks! <3
Basically the title. Is it because of the Celts or not? I've always found it very curious but never actually known enough about it.
I asked this question in r/AskEurope some time ago and I was shocked women still get their husband's last name in most European countries and their children only get one last name. Meanwhile, Latin Americans, Spanish and Portuguese have 2 or more last names. Hispanics get at least two last names (father's first last name + mother's fist last name) and in Portugal the mother's last name comes first and the father's first last name is second.
For example: Rodrigo Peralta Pérez and Luz Helena Calle Arcesio have a son, so his name becomes Andrés Peralta Calle.
In most Hispanic countries you can change the last name order currently, but it's mandatory to have at least 2 (outside Argentina).
Also, women don't take their husbands last name because last names for us are too important, and you're not getting adopted by the other family. This has been a thing for almost the last 200 years or so.
What are the naming customs in your country like? What about those countries that were part of Portugal and Spain? Do you have the two last name tradition as well? Is it based on the ethnic group or is it standardized by your government's country?
Am I missing something about naming your creations? Everytime I try to make a custom event, it just gives me random naming options to pick from. Why can’t we just type in a name for the event?
Title kinda says what I'm after. I'm not really *working* on the tree, but I've come across extremely long names that seem to change almost at random. Miguel Luis Gonzalez de Aldorando y Torres, as an example of a male name. It's listed on various records in various ways. Women's names also obviously change but they carry both their maiden name and mother's maiden name AND married name? Is that what I'm seeing?
How would I go about doing research into this? I don't even want to start until I know what I'm looking at, lol.
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- External log ins: if you're having trouble with in-app login, there's now a browser alternative which should work for anyone
- New settings for whether to import podcasts
- Add support for unencrypted mp3 files. esp. podcasts
