RfS Part V, Name Conflict

#5PART V - NAME CONFLICT Names may not be too similar to the names of others, as is required by General Principle 3a of these rules. Names need to be distinguished from each other both in their written form and when heard in announcements. This section defines ways in which submitted names may differ sufficiently from protected names. #5.11. Personal Names. - Personal names must be significantly different from other protected personal names. a. Difference of Name Phrases – Two name phrases are considered significantly different__// if they differ significantly in sound __and__ appearance. Name phrases that are not //significantly different// are said to be //__equivalent// .Variant spellings of the same word or name, no matter how radical, are not considered significantly different unless there is also a significant difference in pronunciation. Low German //Flaschenträger// could be spelled //vlaschendreyger// in 1430, but the pronunciation was essentially the same, so //vlaschendreyger// and //Flaschenträger are equivalent. Such variant spellings may be registered where appropriate but do not make the name different. Examples and further restrictions for different types of name phrase are given below. i. Given Names - Two given names are significantly different only if they differ significantly in sound and appearance. Irrespective of differences in sound and appearance, a given name is not significantly different from any of its diminutives when they are used as given names. However, two diminutives of the same given name are significantly different if they differ significantly in sound and appearance.Mary// is equivalent to the French //Marie// , since neither the appearance nor the sound is significantly different; it is significantly different from the Hebrew //Miriam// , since it differs significantly in sound and appearance and neither name is a diminutive of the other. Similarly, //Ali// is significantly different from //Auda// . //Hob// is a diminutive of //Robert// and therefore equivalent to it, and for the same reason //Kunz// is equivalent to //Konrad// . But //Hob// and //Robin// are significantly different; though both are diminutives of //Robert// , they look and sound significantly different. The same holds for //Nickel// and //Klas// , which are both diminutives of //Niclas . ii. Bynames - Two bynames are significantly different if they look and sound significantly different. In general the addition or deletion of prepositions and articles is not significant. Additional restrictions apply to certain types of bynames as specified below.Blacksmith// is significantly different from //Smith// . //Le Vanur// 'the basketmaker is not significantly different from //le vannere 'the winnower or maker of fans or winnowing-baskets because the pronunciations are not significantly different. Cum Barba// is significantly different from //Beard// and //Witheberd// 'with the beard, but //Beard// is equivalent to //Witheberd// . //Der grosse Esel// 'the great ass is significantly different from //der Esel// , and //with the Long Nose// is significantly different from //with the Crooked Nose// . //The Lion// is not significantly different from //de Lyon . Brekeleg// is significantly different from //Brekeheved// 'break head. //Waggespere// is significantly different from //Shakespeare . >>>> (a) Bynames of Relationship - Two bynames of relationship are significantly different if the natures of the relationships or the objects of the relationships are significantly different.Smythwyf// is significantly different from //Smithson// because the nature of the relationship is significantly changed; it is significantly different from //Tomwyf// because the object of the relationship has been changed (from //Smith// to //Tom// ). //Mac Korkyll// 'son of Thorcull is equivalent to //nyk Korkyll// 'daughter of the son of Torcull', and //Richards// is equivalent to //Richard// and to //Richardson// ; in each case the sound is insufficiently different. //Hobson// is significantly different from //Robertson// , however, because //Hob// and //Robert differ significantly in sound and appearance and are not being used in given names. >>>> (b)Locative Bynames - Two locative bynames need not refer to different places in order to be considered significantly different; they need only look and sound sufficiently different.Der Brabanter// is equivalent to //von Brabant// ; such bynames were interchangeable in period. However, //de Flandre// is significantly different from //le Flemyng// because //Flandre// and //Flemyng// are significantly different in sound and appearance. //York// is equivalent to //of York// , //Münstermann// is equivalent to //von Münster// , and //Undertheclyf// is equivalent to //del Clif// and //Cliff// . //Zum Roten Löwen// 'at the Red Lion is significantly different from //zum Löwen// and from //zum Blauen Löwen// 'at the Blue Lion. //Lion// (from a sign name) is not significantly different from //de Lyon because the bynames do not differ significantly in appearance. b. Conflict of Personal Names - Two personal names conflict unless at least one of the following conditions is met. >>> i. Given Names - Two personal names do not conflict if the given names are significantly different. >>> Sancha Alfonso Carrillo// does not conflict with //Juan Alfonso Carrillo// . //Hob Gage// conflicts with //Robert Gage// because //Hob// is not significantly different from //Robert (of which it is a diminutive). >>> ii. Number of Name Phrases - A personal name containing at most two name phrases does not conflict with any personal name containing a different number name phrases. >>> Thóra Arnthórudóttir// does not conflict with //Thóra in spaka Arnthórudóttir// ; //Pedro Fernandez// does not conflict with //Pedro Fernandez Perez . >>> iii. Order of Name Phrases - Two personal names that contain equivalent name phrases arranged in different orders do not conflict if the change in order significantly changes the meaning of the name as a whole. >>> Klein Konrad// conflicts with //Konrad der Kleine// : they could well refer to the same person. //Owen ap Morgan ap Gruffudd// does not conflict with //Owen ap Gruffudd ap Morgan// : as they have different fathers, they cannot be the same person. //Aed Dub mac Cormaic// 'Black //Aed// son of //Cormac// does not conflict with //Aed mac Cormaic Duib// ' //Aed// son of Black //Cormac// , and //Hrólfr dúfunef Bjarnarson// ' //Hrólfr dove-nose// son of //Björn// does not conflict with //Hrólfr Bjarnarson dúfunefs// ' //Hrólfr// son of //Björn dove-nose// . //William Brun le Mercer// conflicts with //William Mercer le Brun , both meaning 'William with brown hair who is a merchant in fine textiles. >>> iv. Change of Name Phrases - Two personal names do not conflict if each__ contains a name phrase that is significantly different from __every name phrase in the other. >>> William Jamesson the Smith// does not conflict with //William Jamesson the Carter// because each of the phrases //the Smith// and //the Carter// appears in one name but not the other. //Gilbert Fletcher the Long of Kent// conflicts with //Gilbert Long Fletcher because (1) the latter name contains no__ phrase that is significantly different from __every phrase of the former name, and (2) the change in order of the second and third name phrases does not significantly change the meaning of the name. c. Historical Personal Names - Protected historical personal names are protected in all of the forms in which they commonly appear. Charlemagne// , which becomes //Carolus Magnus// in Latin and //Karl der Grosse in German, is protected in all three forms. #5.22. Non-Personal Names. - Branch names, order and award names, heraldic titles, and household names must be significantly different from other protected non-personal names. a. Difference of Descriptive Elements - A descriptive element__// is a word other than a designator, an article, a preposition, or the name of a branch of the Society. Two //descriptive elements// are considered //__significantly different__// if they differ significantly in both sound __and__ appearance. Descriptive elements that are not //significantly different// are said to be //__equivalent . b. Conflict of Names with the Same Number of Elements - Two non-personal names with the same number of descriptive elements conflict unless at least one of the following conditions is met. >>> i. Change of Elements - Two such names do not conflict if each__ of them contains a descriptive element significantly different from __every descriptive element in the other. >>> House Saint Mary// , //Saint Mary Herald// , and the //College of Sainte Marie// all conflict with one another because their descriptive elements are equivalent; //House// , //Herald// , and //College of// , being designators, are not descriptive elements. The //House of the Red Dolphin// does not conflict with the //House of the Blue Dolphin// or the //House of the Red Lion// . The //Order of the White Scarf of Ansteorra// conflicts with the //Order of the White Scarf of Atenveldt// because //Ansteorra// and //Atenveldt are not descriptive elements as defined above in clause 2. a. >>> ii. Change of Order or Grammar - Two such names containing equivalent descriptive elements do not conflict if either the order of the elements or the grammatical structure of the name has changed in a way that significantly changes the meaning of the name as a whole. >>> The Order of the Sword and the Tower// conflicts with the //Order of the Tower and the Sword// because the change in order does not significantly change the meaning of the name. Similarly, the //Order of the Guardians of the Castle// conflicts with the //Order of the Castles Guardians// . The //Order of the Castle of the Guardians// does not conflict the //Order of the Guardians of the Castle// because the change in order significantly changes the meaning; it does not conflict with the //Order of the Castles Guardians because the change in grammatical structure significantly changes the meaning. c. Conflict of Names with Different Numbers of Elements - Two non-personal names with different numbers of descriptive elements conflict if the only difference in the descriptive parts is the addition of one or more modifiers to a single, already modified root element. The addition of one or more modifiers to an unmodified noun is a significant change, so Black Lion Herald// does not conflict with //Lyon King of Arms// . The //Order of the Black Rampant Lion// conflicts with the //Black Lion Herald// , however, since //Rampant// is added to an already modified noun. (Adding further modifiers to an already modified noun is not a significant change because it is generally not good period style. ) The //Order of the Black Lions Heart// does not conflict with the //Black Lion Herald// since the added element, //Heart// , is not a modifier. Similarly, the //Order of the Tower and the Sword// does not conflict with the //Order of the Sword .