Asteran Names

Asteran personal names are not gendered.

There are no masculine or feminine name endings. A name is simply a name.

Types of Names

Asteran distinguishes between different kinds of names.

Civil Names

Civil names are ordinary names from local Earth languages, family languages, or non-Asteran cultures.

They do not need to follow Asteran phonology.

Example:

Brodir Senn

This may be a civil or birth name from outside Asteran.

However, Senn is not a clean Asteran consecration name because Asteran does not use doubled consonants like nn in this system.

If adapted into Asteran, it would become something like:

Sen
or
Sēn

Consecration Names

Consecration names are names given, chosen, or used within the Choir.

These names follow Asteran phonology and morphology.

They are used in ritual, institutional, liturgical, and formal contexts.

Examples:

Sārel
Caisem
Tārom
Wailar
Mōres

Titles and Office Names

Titles and offices are not personal names.

Example:

astor
= cantor, consecrated singer, Choir priest

So:

astor Sārel
= Cantor Sārel

Name Endings

Asteran consecration names use a small set of special name endings.

These endings mark personal names.

These endings are not gendered.

They do not mean male or female. They simply mark a word as a personal consecration name.

Reserved Name Endings

Ordinary common noun stems normally avoid the consecration-name endings:

-el
-em
-om
-ar
-es

These endings are reserved for:

personal consecration names
old sacred names
legendary names
possibly fossilized divine or ritual names

This makes names immediately recognizable as names.

Endings Not Used for Names

Asteran consecration names should normally avoid endings already used for grammar or derivation.

Avoid:

-or = person / office noun suffix
-un = action / rite noun suffix
-ir = abstract / doctrine noun suffix
-et = result noun suffix
-ac = instrument noun suffix
-al = institution / place noun suffix
-au = adjective ending
-an = too ordinary and too useful elsewhere

So astor is not a personal name form. It is an office noun:

astor
= cantor, consecrated singer, Choir priest

Name Formation

Asteran consecration names are formed as:

name stem + name ending

Examples:

Sār + -el → Sārel

Cais + -em → Caisem

Tār + -om → Tārom

Wail + -ar → Wailar

Mōr + -es → Mōres

Names Decline Like Nouns

Asteran names decline like nouns.

Example:

Sārel

Examples:

Sārel malgam calei
= Sārel binds the fracture.

astor Sārel malgam calei
= Cantor Sārel binds the fracture.

astor Sārelam cala
= I bind Cantor Sārel.

Sārelēn cort
= Sārel’s chord / the chord of Sārel

Titles with Names

Formal Asteran uses:

Title + Name

Examples:

astor Sārel
= Cantor Sārel

astor Caisem
= Cantor Caisem

astor Tārom
= Cantor Tārom

In very formal Asteran, both the title and the name may take case endings.

This double marking is ceremonially heavy, but fitting for official Choir speech.

In less formal use, only the name may be declined, especially if the title is functioning almost like an honorific.

Civil Name vs. Consecration Name

A Choir member may have both:

civil name
= birth name, family name, ordinary public name

consecration name
= Asteran ritual name used by the Choir

This allows the Choir to overwrite personal identity through ritual naming.

A person may be born with one name, then receive an Asteran consecration name when entering the Choir.

Example pattern:

Brodir Senn
= civil name

Sārel
= consecration name

astor Sārel
= Cantor Sārel

This means the Choir can treat the consecration name as the person’s true institutional voice-name.