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Author: Dawnwing

Jan 18th 2014 at 10:55:35 PM

See also LetterMotif.

Here's a more detailed version of the Literature/WarriorCats entry:

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** The Clan cats have a naming system that involves putting two nouns, verbs, or adjectives together. The first part of the names may include stuff from nature such as plants, animals, colors, etc., while the last part of their name includes the part of a cat's body, an action, plants, animals, and much more. (Fireheart, Ivypool, Whitestorm, etc.) The suffix of the name changes throughout their life: with "kit" when they are kittens, "paw" when they begin training, pretty much anything once they're an actual warrior, and "star" if they become a Clan leader. (For example, one character went from Bluekit to Bluepaw to Bluefur to Bluestar).  
** Tribe cats are named after the first thing their mother sees when they are born, and this results in several-word-long, [[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom descriptive]] names, such as Bird Who Rides The Wind and Brook Where Small Fish Swim. (They just go by the first word of their name for everyday use.)
** Both naming schemes began with an early group of cats, who had names like "Moth Flight" and "Gray Wing"  and so forth, which are very similar to Clan names. The Tribe's pattern branched off of this when an ancient cat, Stone Song (who was temporarily leader of the ancient group), was named by his mother for the wind that blew over the rocks when he was born.

Literature: 
* In ''Literature/TheWolfChronicles'', both wolves and humans have name patterns.  Normal wolves' names have a double letter in them - Kaala, Rissa, Trevegg, etc.  Greatwolves' names end in -dru or -dra, as an homage to their ancestor, Indru.  Humans have compound names such as [=TaLi=] and [=MikLan=]; the last half signifies their gender and which tribe they are from (for example, [=TaLi=]'s tribe is the Lin tribe, so all males have the ending "Lin" and all females have the ending "Li").