Note: I found my oooooold Kanaši names document, and have worked most of the info in this post into it here. Not everything's there, but it's not all applicable to that specific subject so some stuff was cut. It's still canon, I'm just trying to keep the off-topic rambling in my documents down to a dull roar.
I feel like showing a half-written note of an idea. Not entirely sure why, something to do with my thought processes. Here goes nothing...[snip]
> I might as well finish filling it out.
Common surname suffix -gal from an Ancient Tzuman word, found in MTz, Čal (-gáll [gɑ:l:], and thus it has also appeared sporadically among the population of the Far Isles), the more Kanaši-influenced Western langs along the Emanar Venoršanid, Šareñasti, Ēgiticlangs, somewhat uncommonly in Salanjan, moreso in the Zein daughterlangs (fossilized/extended -gl/-glɔ/-ʟ in Coastal/Highland/Western Zein {elaborate at some point}), suggesting the Ker had adopted it rather moreso than Salanjan.
ATz/MTz name layout system
SURNAME [2nd surname] Given Name Earned Name
Surname - family name, passed down paternally (switched to maternal lineage in White Sands Bay and natives north therefrom, reverting to paternal in the culturally-influenced Čal lands). Often from occupations {make some derivative of maxt- the source of the most common surname, and 2 or 3 other common ones as well. poss Mahtúgal???}
2nd Surname - Found in only about 15-20% of Kanaši names, the second Surname has several sources:
a maternal surname when that line is of special note or significance
two exceptionally close families may choose to link the other's name with theirs
in some parts of the Kanašu it is a form of partial adoption for one or more members of another family (or orphans, who generally keep their surnames even when taken in by another family in Kanaši society)
it is found in the colonies along the Emanar Venoršanid by descendants of settlers, typically being the name of the family or city which sponsored their ancestors' travel, with those of Išeneli descent frequently postposing Išeni in solidarity with their mother country
Given Name - The parentchosen name.
Earned Name - This doesn't occur often, but when it does it is typically for an exceptional act - either of an inspiring nature (the Holy, the Kind, the Agile) or a disheartening one (the Drunk, the Lazy, the Shunned). Unsurprisingly the designees of the latter category don't often use it themselves.
ATz/MTz name layout system
SURNAME [2nd surname] Given Name Earned Name
Surname - family name, passed down paternally (switched to maternal lineage in White Sands Bay and natives north therefrom, reverting to paternal in the culturally-influenced Čal lands). Often from occupations {make some derivative of maxt- the source of the most common surname, and 2 or 3 other common ones as well. poss Mahtúgal???}
2nd Surname - Found in only about 15-20% of Kanaši names, the second Surname has several sources:
a maternal surname when that line is of special note or significance
two exceptionally close families may choose to link the other's name with theirs
in some parts of the Kanašu it is a form of partial adoption for one or more members of another family (or orphans, who generally keep their surnames even when taken in by another family in Kanaši society)
it is found in the colonies along the Emanar Venoršanid by descendants of settlers, typically being the name of the family or city which sponsored their ancestors' travel, with those of Išeneli descent frequently postposing Išeni in solidarity with their mother country
Given Name - The parentchosen name.
Earned Name - This doesn't occur often, but when it does it is typically for an exceptional act - either of an inspiring nature (the Holy, the Kind, the Agile) or a disheartening one (the Drunk, the Lazy, the Shunned). Unsurprisingly the designees of the latter category don't often use it themselves.