Saw your post about the Gaia species version of Ericka and so my question is what factors do the species parents use to determine the proper name for their little ones for an example. Humans use name meaning and how well it fit with the middle and last names.
Generally, naming conventions are based way more on culture than species. But because of how LG species have tended to group together throughout history, some names have become very common among them in some areas.
Red elves, for instance, almost always have the -os (surname), -io (male), and -een (female) naming convention because most red elves are from one geographic area (Damijana).
Similarly, many roshava have -eesha names because their species descends from one motherland (Koeshan) and that's just how people are named there. But a roshava who was born and raised elsewhere, like Evangeline Kingdom, might have an Evangelite sounding name instead.
Names are also determined by the shape of the species' mouth. Minotaurs are the most obvious example. They struggle to make the sounds that other peoples make because they have bovine mouths, but they can make other sounds that are unique to them. Because of this, minotaur names are often hard or impossible for other peoples to pronounce, and they are sometimes given nicknames instead.
All goblins have a three-part name that they know from birth, and it's the first words they speak. These parts are simple enough that even a baby can pronounce them as a result, each part only 1 to 2 syllables.
There are many other examples, but the point is, all species may have "traditional/stereotypical" names or "cultural" names, it's not really set in stone.
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