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Many Hendalarskaren choose to be identified by their fornám in formal situations, with the kvalnám reserved for more intimate setting such as friends and partners. It is, for example, considered highly unusual for a politician to go by their kvalnám instead of their fornám in political contexts, even on the radical left, with such a move usually understood to be part of a desire on the politician's part to be understood as populist or otherwise unorthodox; a 2014 study from Alodarfs Universitét<ref>Kál Schwerwarth, 'Kvalnámsche Polítiker - Erfolgsindikátor oder erste Schritt zum Niederlag?', ''Alodarfs Geselschafdwísenschafdzeidschrifd'' 107.2 (2014), pp. 209-238</ref> indicated that such a decision nevertheless made a candidate more likely to fail at the ballot box. | Many Hendalarskaren choose to be identified by their fornám in formal situations, with the kvalnám reserved for more intimate setting such as friends and partners. It is, for example, considered highly unusual for a politician to go by their kvalnám instead of their fornám in political contexts, even on the radical left, with such a move usually understood to be part of a desire on the politician's part to be understood as populist or otherwise unorthodox; a 2014 study from Alodarfs Universitét<ref>Kál Schwerwarth, 'Kvalnámsche Polítiker - Erfolgsindikátor oder erste Schritt zum Niederlag?', ''Alodarfs Geselschafdwísenschafdzeidschrifd'' 107.2 (2014), pp. 209-238</ref> indicated that such a decision nevertheless made a candidate more likely to fail at the ballot box. | ||
===''Kvalnám''=== | ===''Kvalnám''=== | ||
A ''Kvalnám'' is chosen by an individual on their 18th birthday. Unlike a fornám, a kvalnám may freely be changed at any point in the bearer's life, although for the change to be registered officially a form must be filed with the borough council and thence forwarded on to the Domestic Department in [[Frehmenwerth|Frémenwerd]]. There are also almost no restrictions on what names might be used as a kvalnám, leading individuals such as comedians and campaigners to change their ''kvalnäme'' to a deliberately absurd name so as to highlight a particular goal or cause. Even ordinary people often change their kvalnám at least once or twice in their lives, as the kvalnám is taken to be a reflection of a person's self-perception. Children do not have kvalnäme, and are consequently known only by three names until their 18th birthday, although they often pick one for themselves and use it with friends and family rather earlier. During the early modern period and the [[Industrialisation in Hendalarsk|Industrial Revolution]], ''kvalnäme'' were instead chosen on an individual's gaining their first job, so as to make it easier to tell employees of the period's increasingly large enterprises apart. | A ''Kvalnám'', meaning 'chosen name', is chosen by an individual on their 18th birthday. Unlike a fornám, a kvalnám may freely be changed at any point in the bearer's life, although for the change to be registered officially a form must be filed with the borough council and thence forwarded on to the Domestic Department in [[Frehmenwerth|Frémenwerd]]. There are also almost no restrictions on what names might be used as a kvalnám, leading individuals such as comedians and campaigners to change their ''kvalnäme'' to a deliberately absurd name so as to highlight a particular goal or cause. Even ordinary people often change their kvalnám at least once or twice in their lives, as the kvalnám is taken to be a reflection of a person's self-perception. Children do not have kvalnäme, and are consequently known only by three names until their 18th birthday, although they often pick one for themselves and use it with friends and family rather earlier. During the early modern period and the [[Industrialisation in Hendalarsk|Industrial Revolution]], ''kvalnäme'' were instead chosen on an individual's gaining their first job, so as to make it easier to tell employees of the period's increasingly large enterprises apart. | ||
===''Muternám''=== | ===''Muternám''=== | ||
The ''Muternám'', meaning 'mother name', is the second name to be assigned rather than chosen, and takes the form of a matronymic. It consists of the mother's Fornám, suffixed with -són, -toschter or -kind according to the bearer's gender identity, and cannot be changed unless the mother's fornám is itself changed or (optionally) if the mother is found guilty of serious crimes. It is increasingly common for Hendalarskaren - mainly but not solely women - who have a particularly strong relationship with their mothers to go by their Muternám rather than their Erbnám in informal contexts, rendering a short name of the form [Kvalnám] [Muternám]. A woman with the full name Karóla María Aríanstoscher Schwankert, for example, might find herself referred to by her friends as María Aríanstoscher in group conversation, rather than María Schwankert (more traditional) or Karóla Schwankert (in a formal letter). | |||
===''Erbnám''=== | ===''Erbnám''=== | ||
The simplest component of a Hendalarskara name is the ''Erbnám'', or 'inherited name', which refers to the father's lineage (or the lineage of one given partner in a same-gender union). Passed down through the generations, an Erbnám is relatively static and is the main source by which genealogists trace descent, with the Muternám an auxiliary which helps resolve ambiguities between common surnames, children of the same father by different women and similar such situations. An Erbnám is, like a Muternám, very difficult to change, although cases such as the Erbnam's source parent being found guilty of domestic abuse or other serious crimes can, as with the Muternám, open up the possibility of change; the most typical solution would be for the person seeking change to adopt the mother's Erbnám instead. Individuals will almost invariably be referred to by their Erbnám in paperwork and other official or formal contexts, although as ever individuals might choose to go by a different combination of their names in more familiar or private settings. | |||
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