Miqo ' te / Naming The Miqo ' te naming conventions of " Final Fantasy XIV " are intricate , and vary between the Seekers of the Sun and Keepers of the Moon , though both make heavy use of apostrophes and aitches ( " h " s ) , and provide easy ways to decipher each individual ' s lineage . Seekers of the Sun . Male . Most males have simple , one or two syllable names . The extra H ' s we see in names such as “ Bhee , ” “ Kuzh , ” and “ Pahsh ” represent a slight hissing / spitting sound that is made when the name is pronounced by the cat - like Miqo ’ te . Many of the other races in Eorzea cannot accurately reproduce this sound , so the H ' s end up going silent when read ( Bee , Kooz , Pash ) . The first name is always preceded by a letter representing their tribe . In the mass exodus which occurred during the Fifth Umbral Era , 26 Seeker of the Sun tribes crossed the seas ( which had frozen solid as a result of the Calamity ) to Eorzea in search of food and warmer climates . The names of these tribes contained many sounds which were difficult to represent with the existing Eorzean alphabet ; but the fact that there were the same exact number of tribes as letters in the Eorzean alphabet was taken as a sign that they were destined to make the new realm their home , and so assigned each tribe with a letter / sound that was closest to its name . Over time , this resulted in the changing of the pronunciation to more closely resemble the pronunciation of the Eorzean letter than that of the original word . The tribe names are originally based on traditional beastkin , scalekin , or cloudkin totems , which are said to protect the tribe . Males do not take family names , as they are each considered the ' origins ' of new families . In place of a family name , they are given a title that denotes their tribe , and their position within it . For a male Seeker of the Sun , there are only two positions available — breeding males ( nunh – pronounced ' noon ' ) and all others ( tia – pronounced ' tea - ah ' ) . All males are born as tia . At any time in their lives , a tia can challenge the tribe nunh to battle . If the tia is victorious , he takes the nunh ' s place as tribe breeding male ( until he is challenged and defeated ) , and the nunh becomes a tia once again ( if he survives the ordeal ) . This is done to ensure that the tribes offspring are of the finest stock . Depending on its size , a tribe may have multiple nunh ( a ratio of one nunh per ten to fifty females is average ) . There is only one other way a tia can become a nunh , and that is to leave his tribe , and start his own . This , of course , requires several females to accomplish , and most female Seekers of the Sun are rarely impressed by a male who cannot defeat a nunh . As all letters of the alphabet are already taken by the 26 original tribes , any new tribes founded by tia are named with a second letter , such as " Ma " ( e . g . " Ma ' shtola " ) . These tribes tend to die out due to the aforementioned lack of women . Nunh status does not equate to leadership within a tribe , and in fact , very few nunh ever become leaders . Pronunciation - wise , other than the tribe pronunciations listed above , names follow common English phonics . Though followed by an apostrophe , the tribe sound is usually flows into the name . O ' raha would be pronounced " o - RA - ha ” not " OH - raha " . Female . A female first name will always begin with the letter representing her tribe , followed by an apostrophe , and then her given name . Her last name is the first name of the tribe ' s breeding male who sired her . R ' Sushmo Rhiki Sushmo of the Raptors , sired by R ' rhiki Nunh ( breeding male of the Raptors ) The apostrophe pronunciation rule applies here , as well . The first name Y ' shtola would be pronounced " yash - TOE - lah " not " ya - shtoe - lah " . In colloquial speech amongst close friends and companions , sometimes the tribe letter will be dropped from the first name . F ' lhaminn - > Lhammin Keepers of the Moon . Female . Unlike the Seekers of the Sun , the Keepers of the Moon is a highly matriarchal society , with family names passed down from the mother , not the father . It is said that some of these surnames have survived since the First Astral Era . The Keepers of the Moon lead more solitary lives , rarely forming communities of more than two or three families . Therefore , a tribal letter is not assigned to the names . The matriarchal strength is further displayed by the fact that female first names are short , one / two syllable constructions that closely resemble names used by male Seekers of the Sun . Unpronounced H ' s are also present in the names . Male . More evidence of how important the mother is to the Keepers of the Moon can be seen when looking at the names given to males . In addition to taking the mother ' s surname , males also take the mother ' s forename , adding a suffix ( separated by an apostrophe ) to the end to designate the order in which they were born . Though there are ten suffixes listed above , rarely do even the largest Keeper of the Moon families have more than two or three sons . This is not by choice . Nature merely sees to it that more females are born to this race . Mixed Tribe . Fans have established that a child with a Seeker of the Sun father and Keeper of the Moon mother would be difficult to name due to conflicting rules . The names of both parents are impossible to reflect in a daughter apart from directly passing either parent ' s forename down as a forename , although you can at least include the tribal prefix . However , for a male you can take the tribal prefix from the father and both names of the mother , and hopefully circumstances will allow you to disregard the numbering suffix of the first name . Example Parents : K ' tyaka Nunh and Okhi Nbolo Female Child : As the Seekers of the Sun are diurnal ( night sleepers ) and the Keepers of the Moon are nocturnal ( day sleepers ) , the parents of such a child would be a rare . It is also likely that these parents could easily opt to use the rules of either tribe ( or neither , if they so choose ) . Likewise , if the child is orphaned before they could be named , he or she will likely take a name based on the people ( Miqo ' te or otherwise ) that raise them . The parents and child may be also be shunned by both tribes , depending on their stance on inter - tribal breeding . It should be noted that the game ' s character creator is not expected to allow for mixed tribes at launch . Names Returning from " Final Fantasy XI " . A number of Miqo ' te surnames of both tribes are taken directly from specific Mithra NPCs in " Final Fantasy XI " : References . Official Forums ' Lore Section .