[unparsed]See these threads for earlier and more general discussion:
http://conworlds.fun/cwbb/viewtopic.php?p=14651&highlight=naming#14651
http://conworlds.fun/cwbb/viewtopic.php?p=14014&highlight=naming#14014
http://conworlds.fun/cwbb/viewtopic.php?p=776&highlight=naming#776
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From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, in most of the world at most times, if a couple married when each was the average age to marry, and if each of them lived to an average life-span for his/her sex, and if they lived together as husband and wife for the entire time from their marriage until one of them died; then, on the average, they probably had about six or seven children.
In such a culture, it might make sense to have a system for naming up to the first six or seven sons and up to the first six or seven daughters. (Even though most couples wouldn't have six living sons or six living daughters.)
Some cultures just named the first-born son, and simply numbered the daughters and all the other sons.
Some cultures prohibited naming a child after a living relative.
Some cultures required a child to be named after a dead relative.
And there were other patterns.
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I am about to describe three patterns.
I want people to tell me which pattern they like best and why. (Failing that, tell me which one you like least and why.) If you want, you can also tell me how you feel about one of the other patterns.
[size=18:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Pattern One[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][/size:202916dbbb]
[u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Sons[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first son is named after his father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The second son is named after his mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The third son is named after his father's oldest brother (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth son is named after his mother's oldest brother (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth son is named after his father's second-oldest brother (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth son is named after his mother's second-oldest brother (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh son is named after his father's third-oldest brother (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Daughters[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first daughter is named after her mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The second daughter is named after her father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The third daughter is named after her mother's oldest sister (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth daughter is named after her father's oldest sister (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth daughter is named after her mother's second-oldest sister (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth daughter is named after her father's second-oldest sister (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh daughter is named after her mother's third-oldest sister (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb]
[size=18:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Pattern Two[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][/size:202916dbbb]
[u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Sons[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first son is named after his father's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The second son is named after his mother's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The third son is named after his father's mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth son is named after his mother's mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth son is named after his father's father's oldest brother (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth son is named after his mother's father's oldest brother (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh son is named after his father's mother's oldest brother (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Daughters[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first daughter is named after her mother's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The second daughter is named after her father's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The third daughter is named after her mother's father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth daughter is named after her father's father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth daughter is named after her mother's mother's oldest sister (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth daughter is named after her father's mother's oldest sister (if she has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh daughter is named after her mother's father's oldest sister (if he has or had one).
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb]
[size=18:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Pattern Three[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][/size:202916dbbb]
[u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Sons[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first son is named after his father's father's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The second son is named after his mother's father's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The third son is named after his father's mother's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth son is named after his mother's mother's father's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth son is named after his father's father's mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth son is named after his mother's father's mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh son is named after his father's mother's mother's father.
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb][u:202916dbbb][b:202916dbbb]Daughters[/b:202916dbbb][/u:202916dbbb][list=1:202916dbbb][*:202916dbbb]The first daughter is named after her mother's mother's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The second daughter is named after her father's mother's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The third daughter is named after her mother's father's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The fourth daughter is named after her father's father's mother's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The fifth daughter is named after her mother's mother's father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The sixth daughter is named after her father's mother's father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]The seventh daughter is named after her mother's father's father's mother.
[*:202916dbbb]And so on.[/list:o:202916dbbb]