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* In the [[Honor Harrington]] series, the non-human sentients known as Treecats have descriptive names giving an insightful view of them. Notable names have included "Laughs Brightly", "Swift Striker" and "Echo of Time". Several humans have also been awarded names such as "Death Fang's Bane" and "Dances On Clouds".
* In [[Iain M Banks]]' [[The Culture|Culture]] setting, names function as characters' addresses (although the full forms are rarely mentioned in the novels). As [http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm Banks explained]:
{{quote| Culture names act as an address if the person concerned stays where they were brought up. Let's take an example; Balveda, from ''[[Consider Phlebas]]''. Her full name is Juboal-Rabaroansa Perosteck Alseyn Balveda dam T'seif. The first part tells you she was born/brought up on Rabaroan Plate, in the Juboal stellar system [...]; Perosteck is her given name (almost invariably the choice of one's mother), Alseyn is her chosen name (people usually choose their names in their teens, and sometimes have a succession through their lives; [...]); Balveda is her family name (usually one's mother's family name) and T'seif is the house/estate she was raised within. The 'sa' affix on the first part of her name would translate into 'er' in English (we might all start our names with 'Sun-Earther', in English, if we were to adopt the same nomenclature), and the 'dam' part is similar to the German 'von'.}}
* Hares in the ''[[Redwall]]'' universe tend to have names consisting of 5, 6, or even 7 parts. One of the longest names is "Bellscut Oglecrop Obrathon Ragglewaithe Audube Baggscut". He goes by his initials: Boorab. Even longer than that is Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether Jodrellio, or Jodd, for short. He ''did'' warn them that they did NOT want to know his full name...
* Anyone and everyone associated with the Lands Born of Smoke and Sacrifice in ''[[Breaking the Wall]].'' Up to and including the "Lands Born of Smoke and Sacrifice." Among actual characters we have Flying Claw, Honey Dream, and Righteous Drum.
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