“Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.”
“Io. My name is Io." She pronounced the name "eye-oh" as if there perfectly ordinary. Which was ridiculous, because no one he knew bore a name with only vowels.”
“A child domain always contains the complete domain name of parent”
“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.”
“Names were important. You carried your name like a brand. You never lied about it, for fear of angering the god under which you were born.”
“Names are a great mystery. I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name. But you can be sure of this- whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong.”